Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- In 1844 Charles Goodyear of New York, New York received a patent for a machine used for the manufacturing of corrugated or shirred rubber fabrics. Rubber strips were sandwiched between fabric, stretched and pressed between two rollers, one calendared, creating a rubber impregnated cloth.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- inventor
- Goodyear, Charles
- date made
- ca 1844
- patent date
- 1844-03-09
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 33.5 cm x 29.5 cm x 32 cm; 13 3/16 in x 11 5/8 in x 12 19/32 in
- Object Name
- patent model, rubber fabric making machine
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- rubber
