Dust Pan Patent Model
Dust Pan Patent Model
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- Description (Brief)
- Rennie described her only patented invention, for a “Dust Pan,” as having a “peculiar construction” which would assist with “Sweeping Stairs and Floors of Apartments.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Pan, Dust
- pan, dust
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- 1877
- patent date
- 1877-05-29
- patent reissue date
- 1877-08-28
- inventor
- Rennie, Sarah M.
- associated place
- United States: New York, Binghamton
- Physical Description
- iron, tinned sheet (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- paper (label on apron material)
- ink (label on apron material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16 cm x 30 cm x 19.5 cm; 6 5/16 in x 11 13/16 in x 7 11/16 in
- ID Number
- DL.65.0477
- catalog number
- 65.0477
- patent number
- 191,368
- accession number
- 249602
- subject
- Household Tools and Equipment
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Work
- Domestic Furnishings
- Patent Models
- Invention and the Patent Model
- Family & Social Life
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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