Clow Rotary Water Pump, Patent Model
Clow Rotary Water Pump, Patent Model
- Description
- This model was submitted to the U.S. Patent Office with the application for the patent issued to C. N. Clow, of Port Byron, New York, July 1, 1856, no. 15221.
- The model represents a cam pump in which two smooth elliptical cams run in contact in a casing, which is roughly a horizontal figure-eight in cross section. The cams are made to revolve together correctly by means of gear wheels on the outside of the casing on the same shafts to which the cams are attached. The pitch line of the gears correspond in shape to the elliptical peripheries of the cams. The pump is operated by a hand crank.
- 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
- rotary pump, model
- patent model, pump, rotary
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- 1856
- patent date
- 1856-07-01
- inventor
- Clow, Charles N.
- place made
- United States: New York
- associated place
- United States: New York, Port Byron
- Physical Description
- cast iron (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 1/2 in x 4 1/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 10.4775 cm x 11.43 cm
- ID Number
- MC.308658
- catalog number
- 308658
- accession number
- 89797
- patent number
- 15,221
- 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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