Lid Closer
Lid Closer
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- Description
- Cast iron device for putting lids on cans, with inscription that reads “THE OHIO PAIL CO., MIDDLEFIELD OHIO PATEND JAN. 23, 1923.”
- Ref: Smith Maddison Johnson, “Apparatus for Fastening Steel Pail Tops,” U.S. Patent 1,443,264 (Jan. 23, 1923).
- Smith Maddison Johnson, “Pail Closure,” U.S. Patent 1,459,469 (June 19, 1923).
- Object Name
- Lid Closer, Hand Operated
- Date made
- ca. 1923
- Measurements
- handle: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- overall: 37 cm x 51 cm; 14 9/16 in x 20 1/16 in
- ID Number
- CH.333866
- catalog number
- 333866
- accession number
- 1981.0518
- Credit Line
- Gift of Budeke's Paints
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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