Patent Model - Improvement in Egg-Carriers
Maker and role
George Bull (b.1823, d.Post 1886), Patentee
John Woodruff, Patentee
Production date
Oct 24 1876
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, textile, brass
Measurements
2 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 5" (7 x 19.1 x 12.7cm)
Description
Bull and Woodruff's patent "consists in the construction and arrangement of an egg-carrier..." Their improvements include "the combination, in an egg-carrier, of a series of sections, each composed of a frame provided with cross-cords a at intervals, a single sheet, C, of cloth, connected to each end of the frame, and loosely passed over the cords, so as to fall down between, the longitudinal cords b, passed over the cloth C and cords a at intervals, and having cross-strips D, so as to form double thickness of cloth in each pocket..." (Patent Number 183,634)
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Object number
2015.14.2272a,b
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