Fluting Iron Patent Model
Fluting Iron Patent Model
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- Description
- Full-size patent model of a manually-operated fluting machine that produces fluted puffing for clothing (shirt bosoms, etc.) along with a length of the trimming, made by George E. King of New York, NY. Consists of two open-ended rollers with plain and corrugated sections mounted horizontally one above the other between two vertical supports with curvilinear bases; lower roller is attached to a wood-handled crank. An angled guide in front of one side has two arches corresponding to the plain sections of the rollers, so when fabric is fed through it gathers at the crimped edges. Five darkened paper tags tied to thumbscrew at top with red or purple (faded) wove ribbon include the original patent tag (U.S. Patent No. 62,492, dated February 26, 1867) and separate reissue tags for the machine and the trimming. Flat spring, which rested on the blocks above the upper roller, is missing; three screws at top adjusted tension.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- iron, fluting
- date made
- after 1878
- 1867
- Date made
- 1867-02-26
- 1868-06-23
- 1875-06-29
- 1878-01-22
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Physical Description
- iron (machine material)
- brass (rollers, spring blocks, guide material)
- wood (handle material)
- cotton (trimming material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 1/4 in x 9 1/8 in x 6 1/2 in; 23.495 cm x 23.1775 cm x 16.51 cm
- ID Number
- DL.089797.0098
- accession number
- 89797
- catalog number
- 089797.0098
- patent number
- 62492
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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