Object Details
- inventor
- Woodbury, Daniel A.
- Description
- This model was filed with the application to the U.S. Patent Office for Patent Number 107,746 issued to Daniel A. Woodbury of Rochester, New York, on September 27, 1870. The patent was for an improved design for a governor which could control the cut-off valve for a steam engine. His design, instead of being based on fly balls and mounted on the steam valves, included a system of springs and weights placed directly on the engine's shaft. While more complicated and needing to be specifically designed for a particular engine, it had the advantage of accuracy and economy of operation. Mr. Woodbury's design became one of the first industrially successful shaft governors, and such governors became increasingly popular after this invention.
- The patent model is constructed of metal and mounted on a wood base. All of the key elements of the patent are illustrated by the model. A full description of the workings of the governor and diagrams showing the complete design of the patent can be found in the patent document online at the United States Patent and Trademark Office website, www.uspto.gov.
- 1870
- ca 1870
- patent date
- 1870-09-27
- ID Number
- MC.251290
- catalog number
- 251290
- accession number
- 48865
- patent number
- 107,746
- Object Name
- governor, woodbury, model
- patent model, engine, cut off for steam
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 9 in; x 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm
- place made
- United States: New York
- associated place
- United States: New York, Rochester
- Related Publication
- Frank A. Taylor. Catalog of the Mechanical Collections of the Division of Engineering United States National Museum, Bulletin 173
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- Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- Engineering, Building, and Architecture
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Patent Models
- Exhibition
- Power Machinery
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Patent Models
- Steam Engines
- Record ID
- nmah_846144
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-692e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
