Patent Model - Improved Leather-Splitting Machine
Maker and role
Francis Vittum (b.1830, d.1893), Patentee
W. Ely, Assignee
Production date
Feb 18 1868
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, brass, iron, rubber
Measurements
9 x 12 1/2 x 7" (22.9 x 31.8 x 17.8cm)
Description
Vittum's patent improvement enables the machine "to receive and accommodate any inequalities of the leather, and enable a perfectly even and smooth sheet to be cut or split off." (Patent Number 74,734)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.828a,b
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