Pump for the Iron Lung Invented by C. E. H. Armbruster
date: label: patent filed
content: 1914-09-02
label: patent date
content: 1916-02-22
notes: label: Description
content: Cast iron pump with a “LEIMAN BROS. AIR PUMP / PAT’D JUNE 04 / MAR 08” inscription. Charles E. H. Armbruster used this pump for an iron lung of his own invention.
label: Description
content: Ref: William H. Leiman and George W. Leiman, “Rotary Pump,” U.S. Patent 762,539 (June 14, 1904).
label: Description
content: William H. Leiman and George W. Leiman, “Blower,” U.S. Patent 883,464 (March 31, 1908).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: Polio
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles C. Armbruster, John Lee Armbruster, Ruama Jane Armbruster Nelson, and Betty Louise Armbruster Raite Patino
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0200.02
label: accession number
content: 1982.0200
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0200.02
label: patent number
content: 1172660
label: patent number
content: 1172661
label: patent number
content: 1172662
objectType: label: Object Name
content: respirator pump
label: Object Name
content: iron lung pump, patent model
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Pump; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron; brass; glass; metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 13 in x 15 in; 33.02 cm x 33.02 cm x 38.1 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: p7097: 26 in x 72 in x 48 in; 66.04 cm x 182.88 cm x 121.92 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/8 in x 14 in x 12 in; 33.3375 cm x 35.56 cm x 30.48 cm