Corliss Water-Tube Boiler, Patent Model

Description:

This model was submitted to the U.S. Patent Office with the application for the patent issued to George H. Corliss, of Providence, Rhode Island, May 27, 1879, no. 215798.

The model represents a bank of curved water tubes joined in vertical rows by the separate cases or tube ends, which are the subject of the patent. Each end of each tube is threaded into the side of the cylindrical casting, which is provided with machined surfaces that allow the separate castings to go together tightly to form a continuous tube sheet or header for each vertical row of tubes. The castings forming each header are held together by a single long bolt, which threads into a casting that forms a common connector along the lower ends of the vertical headers.

Reference:

This description comes from the 1939 Catalog of the Mechanical Collections of the Division of Engineering United States Museum Bulletin 173 by Frank A. Taylor.

Date Made: 1879Patent Date: 1879-05-27

Inventor: Corliss, George H.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Rhode IslandAssociated Place: United States: Rhode Island, Providence

See more items in: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Bulletin 173, Engineering, Building, and Architecture, Work, Industry & Manufacturing

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Related Publication: Frank A. Taylor. Catalog of the Mechanical Collections of the Division of Engineering United States National Museum, Bulletin 173

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MC.309214Catalog Number: 309214Accession Number: 89797Patent Number: 215,798

Object Name: boiler, steamboiler, steam, modelpatent model, boiler, steam, tubularObject Type: Patent Model

Measurements: overall: 6 1/2 in x 11 1/8 in x 6 in; 16.51 cm x 28.2575 cm x 15.24 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-713b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_847581

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