Patent Model - Improvement in Stove-Pipe Thimbles
Maker and role
Cephas Buttles (b.1829, d.1881), Patentee
Production date
Nov 07 1871
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Tin
Measurements
1 3/4 x 9 1/2" (4.4 x 24.1cm)
Description
Buttles's invention consists "first, in an improved method of constructing the heads for the purpose of holding the inner band more securely, and also of protecting its edges; secondly, in a method of strengthening the upper head so that it can be made very light without danger of fracture; and thirdly, in an improved method of attaching and staying the outer band without the employment of the annular flanges heretofore generally employed for the purpose. (Patent Number 120,710)
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Object number
2015.14.1372a,b
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