Patent Model - Improvement in Dies or Mouths for Brick-Machines
Maker and role
Charles Murray (b.1813, d.1891), Patentee
Production date
Jun 24 1873
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron, brass, textile, paint
Measurements
3 1/4 x 11 1/2 x 13" (8.3 x 29.2 x 33cm)
Description
Murray's "invention of improvements in machinery for molding clay for making bricks, tiles, and other analogous articles from plastic substances has for its object to so construct the die through which the clay or other plastic substance is delivered, and to lubricate the faces thereof, that the clay will be delivered with less friction, and consequently with a smoother and more even surface, than heretofore." (Patent Number 140,297)
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Object number
2015.14.1587a,b
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