Patent Model - Coal-Hod
Maker and role
R. Huston (b.1824, d.Unknown), Patentee
Production date
Nov 22 1859
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron, wood
Measurements
4 x 4 x 3" (10.2 x 10.2 x 7.6cm)
Description
Huston's patent "consists in the employment of an open coal bucket or basket arranged to revolve within an outer casing of larger dimensions than the coal bucket, which receives and retains the coal dust and litter sifted from the coal when the bucket is turned. The coal dust and litter is discharged from the casing through an opening or channel the cover of which opens immediately below or under the mouth with which the casing is provided for the discharge of coal from the bucket." (Patent Number 26,188)
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Object number
2015.14.295a,b
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