Object Details
- Description
- Full-size patent model (U.S. Patent No. 47,749) of a kerosene-burning foot stove or warmer to be used in a carriage or vehicle, made by Edwin H. Reynolds of Rising Sun, MD, and patented on May 16, 1865. Consists of a rectangular box with perforated hinged lid and a strap bail handle riveted to its ends that contains the reservoir, wick burner, and regulator; entire mechanism is covered by a removable, flat plate to radiate the heat that has a circular cut out to accommodate the cylinder around the wick tube. No marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- inventor
- Reynolds, Edwin H.
- patent date
- 1865-05-16
- Physical Description
- iron (overall material)
- tin (overall material)
- iron wire (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 in x 8 7/8 in x 4 1/4 in; 12.7 cm x 22.5425 cm x 10.795 cm
- Object Name
- warmer, foot
- Object Type
- Patent Model
