Patent Model - Improvement in Fire-Places
Maker and role
Edward Robbins (b.1821, d.1894), Patentee
William Nixon, Assignee
Production date
Jul 19 1864
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron
Measurements
4 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 2" (12.1 x 14 x 5.1cm)
Description
Robbins' patent "consists in bringing the upper parts of the jambs and the arch and the breast or front of the mantel forward in an inclination or projection over the base of the jambs, allowing a strong forward inclination of the fire-back, so that it shall become more thoroughly heated by the blaze and hot gases impinging against it, and radiate the heat downward to the floor without the necessity of deep jambs, which obstruct the radiation sidewise;..." (Patent Number 43,604)
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Object number
2015.14.480a-c
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