Patent Model

Name/Title

Patent Model

Entry/Object ID

1978.6.3

Description

Patent model for a milk cooler composed of a shallow rectangular pan with a center drain set inside a larger rectangular pan. The bottom pan has corner ledges to hold up the inner pan. A water pipe empties into the center of the cooling pan and drains from the other end. A bolt and nut tightens the inner pan down for complete drainage. It is accompanied by a paper tag with the inked inscription, "No. 149.705 / Aug. R. Bailey / Milk-Cooler / Patented April 14/ 1874."

Context

Made by Augustus R. Bailey of Elmore, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1978.6

Source or Donor

Gilbert, Orville Rundle (1906-1989)

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Artist

Bailey, Augustus R. (1825-1878)

Date made

1874

Place

Town

Elmore

County

Lamoille County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Patent

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Record, Executive

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Government Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

11 in

Width

2-1/2 in

Material

Metal