Machine for Washing Dishes, Fruits, &c. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Machine for Washing Dishes, Fruits, &c.

Creator

  • Inventor: King, Charles Rufus
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: King, C. R., of Lampasas, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Reeves, G. M.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Price, D. G.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Patent Office.
    Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

  • Creation: 1888-11-06
  • Acceptance Date: 1888-11-06
  • Submission Date: 1888-01-25

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design "is supported horizontally over a proper fireplace or stove and . . . water introduced to fill it to a point just below the perforated detachable bottom, and the pump mechanism then set in motion. When the plunger ascends, it draws water from the water-space and extension through the valve up into the pump-chamber. When the plunger descends, it forces said water upward past the valve into the water-spaces . . . through the perforations . . . and into the washing-chamber, the water . . . washing quickly and thoroughly the articles" (lines 78-91).
  • Physical Description: [2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • Keyword: washing machines
  • Keyword: dishwashers
  • Keyword: fruit washers

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Lampasas County - Lampasas

Collection

  • Name: Texas Patents
    Code: TXPT

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Patent

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Patent Number: 392517
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth171895

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,517, dated November 6, 1888. Application filed January 25, 1888. Serial No. 261,828 (No model.)"
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