Jenks and Hart Injector, Patent Model
Jenks and Hart Injector, Patent Model
- Description
- This model was submitted to the U.S. Patent Office with the application for the patent issued to James Jenks and Thomas J. Hart, Detroit, Michigan.
- The principal feature of this injector is the method provided for varying the area of the water passage that surrounds the steam-forcing jet. A conical nut screwed onto threads on the outside of the steam tube forms one wall of the water space. The position of the nut on the tube and the area of the water space are changed by turning the nut. The nut is turned by a handwheel, worm, and worm wheel.
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- injector, steam, model
- patent model, injector, steam
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- 1886
- patent date
- 1886-05-25
- inventor
- Jenks, James
- Hart, Thomas J.
- place made
- United States: Michigan
- associated place
- United States: Michigan, Detroit
- Measurements
- overall - from catalog card: 6 in x 6 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 16.51 cm
- overall: 3 3/4 in x 6 in x 6 3/8 in; 9.525 cm x 15.24 cm x 16.1925 cm
- ID Number
- MC.309182
- catalog number
- 309182
- accession number
- 89797
- patent number
- 342,604
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Bulletin 173
- Engineering, Building, and Architecture
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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