Patent model, Thomson arc suppressor, US Patent #265,936
date: label: Date made
content: 1882
name: label: associated person
content: Thomson, Elihu
label: maker
content: Thomson, Elihu
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Model to accompany US Patent #265936, "Means for Preventing Flashing between Electric Conductors," issued 10 October to Elihu Thomson. An arc suppressor. Wooden base on which is mounted a stand and a switch. A crank handle is on one side of the stand, a rotating brass cylinder is set on the other side. Two 6-tine copper brushes ride against the cylinder. The switch includes two binding posts, a sliding handle, and a 2-tine copper brush that bridges a gap when the switch is closed. A piece of brass tubing bent 90o is set on the switch base.
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.308602
label: catalog number
content: 308602
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 265936
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Suppressor, Arc
label: Object Name
content: arc suppressor
label: Other Terms
content: Suppressor, Arc; Motors and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 12 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 30.48 cm x 25.4 cm