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Patent Model for the Manufacture of Rubber Fabrics
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Patent Model for the Manufacture of Rubber Fabrics

Goodyear, Charles · ca 1844 · wood (overall material)

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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.

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Credit linePatent Model for the Manufacture of Rubber Fabrics. ca 1844. Goodyear, Charles. National Museum of American History. CC0.
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