"THE ORIGINAL KNOX" Fluting Machine
date: label: date made
content: 1877 - 1891
label: patent date for clamping device
content: 1877-07-03
label: patent reissue date for fluting machine
content: 1870-04-26
notes: label: Description
content: Manually-operated fluting machine or iron with two hollow corrugated rollers, open at one end, mounted horizontally one above the other to a flat, coved-sided, rectangular base with swiveling C clamp at front right; model and patent information cast in top and maker across underside. Enamelled black with red striping, metallic gold bands and stenciling; empty oval at center of stand face originally affixed with lithograph of Mrs. Knox. Lower roller is mounted to two, tapered rectangular pedestal supports and has a wooden-handled crank at its right end; frame holding upper roller has an arched flat spring across its top and lever at back that pivots inside the end of an arm extending from the right support and ending with tension screw on spring. Comes with four roller slugs or heater tubes and a pair of black-enamelled, long-handled tongs with concave heads for handling.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Alfred Roberts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.224282.0067
label: catalog number
content: 224282.0067
label: accession number
content: 224282
objectType: label: Object Name
content: iron, fluting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (machine, slugs, tongs material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (finish material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (rollers material)
label: Physical Description
content: beech or maple (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 13 in x 8 3/8 in; 20.955 cm x 33.02 cm x 21.2725 cm