Patent Model - Improvement in Machines for Forming Pottery-Ware
Maker and role
Richard Glenon (b.1837, d.Post 1915), Patentee
Production date
Dec 05 1876
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, iron, paint
Measurements
6 x 7 x 2 1/2" (15.2 x 17.8 x 6.4cm)
Description
Glenon's patent "relates to a simple, economical, and expeditious process of forming flour-pots and other pottery-ware, and to a novel combination and arrangement of a stationary mold, and a die forced into same by a weighted drop, and raised by a lever pivoted to a toggle, whereby a cheap, durable, and effective machine is obtained for forming pottery-ware under the aforesaid process." (Patent Number 185,096)
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Object number
2015.14.2297a,b
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