Patent Model for the Manufacture of Rubber Fabrics
date: label: date made
content: ca 1844
label: patent date
content: 1844-03-09
name: label: inventor
content: Goodyear, Charles
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: In 1844 Charles Goodyear of New York, New York received a patent for a machine used for the manufacturing of corrugated or shirred rubber fabrics. Rubber strips were sandwiched between fabric, stretched and pressed between two rollers, one calendared, creating a rubber impregnated cloth.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture and Natural Resources
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Invention and the Patent Model
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.003462
label: catalog number
content: 003462
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 3,462
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model, rubber fabric making machine
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Object Type
content: rubber
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33.5 cm x 29.5 cm x 32 cm; 13 3/16 in x 11 5/8 in x 12 19/32 in