Patent Model - Pump for Raising Water
Maker and role
Amariah Fitch (b.1810, d.1875), Patentee
Production date
May 23 1848
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Cast iron, paint
Measurements
20 x 9 1/2 x 7" (50.8 x 24.1 x 17.8cm)
Description
Fitch's pump "is made like other suction and force pumps in use, having a cylinder A, piston B, piston rod C, lever D, side trunks E, valves F, water ways or chambers G, conducting tube H, discharging tube I, and other appendages belonging to such pumps... The improvements that I have made, relate to the construction and arrangement of the side water chambers G, the manner of arranging the valve seats K, the construction of the piston B, and the mode of coupling the induction and eduction tubes, to the water chambers, by rings I, driven over the screws, instead of screw couplings." (Patent Number 5,591)
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Object number
2015.14.65a,b
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