Patent Model - Improvement in Clothes-Mangles
Maker and role
James Fox (Canadian, b.1830, d.1891), Patentee
Production date
Jun 10 1879
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, iron
Measurements
12 x 12 x 10" (30.5 x 30.5 x 25.4cm)
Description
Fox's patent "has relation to that class of mangles in which the rolls are mounted on standards attached to a folding bench; and my improvements consist in a novel manner and means for connecting the mangle to the folding table, the same being readily removable, leaving the ironing-table with its attachments ready for convenient use." (Patent Number 216,320)
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Object number
2015.14.2909a,b
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