Patent Model - Flushing-Cistern for Water-Closets
Maker and role
Samuel McFarland (b.1847, d.1915), Patentee
J. L. Mott Iron Works, Assignee
Production date
Jun 01 1880
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Copper, brass
Measurements
9 3/4 x 10 x 5 1/4" (24.8 x 25.4 x 13.3cm)
Description
McFarland's patent "relates to a peculiar construction of tipping bucket that insures the entire delivery of the water and the return of the buckets to its normal position and dispenses with a second stop." (Patent Number 228,264)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.3206a,b
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