Road Scraper Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1879
label: patent date
content: 1879-11-04
name: label: inventor; patent holder
content: Ball, Hiram W.
label: inventor
content: Ball, Hiram W.
notes: label: Description
content: Hiram W. Ball submitted this model with his patent for an “improvement in road scrapers” that received patent number 221,273 on November 4, 1879. The horse drawn drag scraper incorporated a catch that allowed the scoop to dump its load without having to raise the handle.
label: Description
content: As the good roads movement gathered strength in the 1890s, a host of patent applications were received for machines that, using horses, helped maintain the surfaces of the nation's roadways.
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Ohio, Columbus
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.319432
label: catalog number
content: 319432
label: accession number
content: 237906
label: patent number
content: 221,273
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model, road scraper
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (scoop material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (draw bar material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 10 in; 3.81 cm x 11.43 cm x 25.4 cm