Patent Model - Improvement in Milk-Vats
Maker and role
Elvira Hale (b.1830, d.1909), Patentee
Production date
Oct 01 1872
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, iron
Measurements
5 x 11 x 6 3/8" (12.7 x 27.9 x 16.2cm)
1 5/16lbs (0.59kg)
1 5/16lbs (0.59kg)
Description
Mrs. Hale's patent "has relation to that class of milk-vats in which the milk-pans are placed within troughs containing water; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a milk-strainer, together with other elements, constituting a convenient apparatus for dairy use..." (Patent Number 131,874)
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Object number
2015.14.1484a-e
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