Patent Model - Improvement in Machines for Making Ox-Shoes
Maker and role
Raymond French (b.1805, d.1886), Patentee
Production date
Dec 16 1873
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron
Measurements
7 x 9 1/2 x 4 3/4" (17.8 x 24.1 x 12.1cm)
Description
French's patent explains that ox-shoes "are made in two pieces or parts - one a 'right' and the other a 'left' - one being the reverse of the other; and consequently both parts cannot be made in one and the same die; and are commonly made in two separate machines..." His "invention relates to a machine in which by simply reversing the direction of motion of the die wheels or formers, rights or lefts may be made with equal facility..." (Patent Number 145,561)
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Object number
2015.14.1667a,b
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