Patent Model - Engineer's Valve
Maker and role
Albert Massey (b.1842, d.1898), Patentee
The New York Air Brake Company, Assignee
Production date
May 24 1892
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Brass, iron, wood
Measurements
10 x 12 x 9" (25.4 x 30.5 x 22.9cm)
26lbs (11.79kg)
26lbs (11.79kg)
Description
Massey's patent "relates to a valve for regulating the flow of fluid-pressure, such as may be used by an engineer to control the action of air-brakes on a train of cars." (Patent Number 475,695)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.3643a,b
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