Ice Auger, Patent Model
Ice Auger, Patent Model
- Description
- William A. Clark of New Haven, Connecticut, submitted this model with his patent that received number 139769 on June 10th, 1873. The patent describes an auger to bore holes in ice with the addition of a small threaded point to the leading end of a standard, helical drilling bit. The point would cut a pilot hole into the ice, and its threaded sides would grip the ice, pulling and guiding the entire auger forward.
- "I have found by experiment that when an attempt is made to bore into ice with the ordinary gimlet or screw-point," William Clark wrote in his patent specification, "the point will not take hold on the ice, the screw simply fracturing and breaking away the ice around it so that the screw can get no hold in it." His "Improved Tool for Boring in Ice" aimed to solve this problem with its threaded leading point, which would grip the ice and hold the auger's "cutting-lips firmly to their work."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- patent model, auger, ice
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Date made
- 1873
- patent date
- 1873-06-10
- patentee
- Clark, William A.
- inventor
- Clark, William A.
- associated place
- United States: Connecticut, New Haven
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 1 in; 13.97 cm x 2.54 cm
- ID Number
- 1999.0086.03
- catalog number
- 1999.0086.03
- accession number
- 1999.0086
- patent number
- 139,769
- subject
- Patent Models
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Maritime
- Industry & Manufacturing
- America on the Move
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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