Patent Model - Automatic Air-Holder for Gas Apparatus
Maker and role
Hugh McAvoy (b.Circa 1823, d.1883), Patentee
Hugh McAvoy (b.Circa 1823, d.1883), Assignor
Elias Hutchinson, Assignee
Production date
Nov 22 1864
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Tinned sheet iron, brass, iron
Measurements
10 1/2 x 11 x 7" (26.7 x 27.9 x 17.8cm)
Description
McAvoy's invention "relates to an apparatus which is to be employed in connection with a generating device for manufacturing carbureted illuminating-gas. My object is to produce an air-holder which will keep itself constantly charged and supply the generator automatically." (Patent Number 45,205)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.498a,b
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