Rolling Mill Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1878
label: patent date
content: 1878-02-19
name: label: inventor
content: Swett, James H.
notes: label: Description
content: Patent: US200582A
label: Description
content: This is a patent model (US200582A) of a rolling mill for metal. It was patented by James H. Swett of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania on February 19, 1878. This model is incomplete.
label: Description
content: This patent focuses on enhancing the continuous rolling process for rods, bars, and wires. Traditionally, rolling metal through successive pairs of rolls required manual rotation of the bar between passes, which was a labor-intensive and inconsistent method.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania
label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: O. Rundle Gilbert
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.336656
label: catalog number
content: 336656
label: patent number
content: 200,582
label: accession number
content: 1978.0823
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model, mill, metal rolling
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 6 in x 5 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 13.97 cm x 29.21 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 11 1/2 in x 6 3/4 in; 13.335 cm x 29.21 cm x 17.145 cm