Giffard-Sellers Injector, Patent Model
Giffard-Sellers Injector, Patent Model
- Description
- This model was submitted to the U.S. Patent Office with the application for the patent issued to William Sellers, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 21, 1863, no. 39313.
- William Sellers, who introduced the Giffard injector into the United States in 1860, immediately invented useful improvements in its construction. This model incorporates an improvement in the packing between the steam and water chambers and effects a material reduction in the length of the whole injector.
- 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
- gauge, steam, model
- injector, steam, model
- patent model, injector, steam
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- 1860
- patent date
- 1863-07-21
- inventor
- Sellers, William
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- associated place
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Measurements
- overall - from catalog card: 6 in x 6 in x 14 in; 15.24 cm x 15.24 cm x 35.56 cm
- overall: 5 in x 5 7/8 in x 14 in; 12.7 cm x 14.9225 cm x 35.56 cm
- ID Number
- MC.309367
- catalog number
- 309367
- accession number
- 89797
- patent number
- 39,313
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- Bulletin 173
- Engineering, Building, and Architecture
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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