Patent Model - Improvement in Window-Screens
Maker and role
Edwin Lloyd, Patentee
Production date
Jul 02 1878
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, steel, sheet iron
Measurements
11 3/4 x 8 x 1 1/2" (29.8 x 20.3 x 3.8cm)
Description
Lloyd's invention "relates to an improvement in that class of window-screens in which a fixed screen-frame is combined with an adjustable strip or strips, by means of which it is adapted to windows of different sizes, the object of my improvement being to so construct a screen of this class that the frame will be light and neat in appearance and the sliding portions of the frame retained in any position in which they are adjusted." (Patent Number 205,658)
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Object number
2015.14.2636a,b
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