Patent Model - Improvement in Shearing-Machines
Maker and role
Joseph Priest, Patentee
Joseph Priest, Assignee
R.T. Smith, Assignee
John Blunt, Assignee
William Earl, Jr., Assignee
Production date
Oct 28 1873
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Steel
Measurements
3 x 13 x 2 3/8" (7.6 x 33 x 6cm)
Description
The object of Priest's invention "is to improve shearing devices which are allowed to receive universal motion in the hand of the person using them - first, by applying two or more independently-adjusted cutter-carrying arms to a vibrating bar in such manner that the cutter will be held down squarely upon the comb-blade and allowed to adjust themselves thereto..." (Patent Number 144,136)
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Object number
2015.14.1646a,b
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