Patent model, Weston rotating armature, US Patent #234,443
date: label: Date made
content: 1880
name: label: maker
content: Weston Electrical Co.
label: maker
content: Weston, Edward
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Reference: US Patent 234443, "Rotating Armature for Dynamo Electric Machine," issued 16 November 1880 to Edward Weston. A wooden model showing the structure of the armature as detailed in the patent. No wire windings are extant. Weston designed a hollow armature with multiple holes to allow air to flow through and cool the armature.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.308586
label: catalog number
content: 308586
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 234443
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Armature
label: Object Name
content: electrical armature
label: Other Terms
content: Armature; Electromagnetic Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 2 in; x 25.4 cm x 5.08 cm