Velocipede Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1800
label: patent date
content: 1880-03-02
name: label: inventor
content: Hammelmann, Charles
notes: label: Description
content: Charles Hammelmann, of Buffalo, New York, was issued Patent 225,010 for a velocipede on March 2, 1880. Hammelmann submitted this model to the Patent office with his patent application. The model depicts a tricycle propelled by two foot-operated, spring-returned levers that rock sector-racks meshed with ratchet gears on the front-wheel axle. The model was transferred to the Smithsonian in 1926. It is not known whether a full-scale version of this tricycle was ever manufactured.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: New York, Buffalo
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Bicycling
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.309258
label: catalog number
content: 309258
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 225,010
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model, velocipede
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: patent model, velocipede; tricycle; Road
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (saddle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 8 3/4 in; 21.59 cm x 11.43 cm x 22.225 cm
label: Measurements
content: rear wheels: 2 1/4 in; x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: front wheel: 6 in; x 15.24 cm