Object Details
- Description
- Cast iron pump with a “LEIMAN BROS. AIR PUMP / PAT’D JUNE 04 / MAR 08” inscription. Charles E. H. Armbruster used this pump for an iron lung of his own invention.
- Ref: William H. Leiman and George W. Leiman, “Rotary Pump,” U.S. Patent 762,539 (June 14, 1904).
- William H. Leiman and George W. Leiman, “Blower,” U.S. Patent 883,464 (March 31, 1908).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles C. Armbruster, John Lee Armbruster, Ruama Jane Armbruster Nelson, and Betty Louise Armbruster Raite Patino
- patent filed
- 1914-09-02
- patent date
- 1916-02-22
- ID Number
- 1982.0200.02
- accession number
- 1982.0200
- catalog number
- 1982.0200.02
- patent number
- 1172660
- 1172661
- 1172662
- Object Name
- respirator pump
- iron lung pump, patent model
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- Pump; Medicine
- Physical Description
- iron; brass; glass; metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 in x 13 in x 15 in; 33.02 cm x 33.02 cm x 38.1 cm
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- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_723866
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-1d55-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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