George W. N. Yost Typewriter Patent Model

Description:

This typewriter patent model was used by George W.N. Yost in his patent application that received patent number 408,061 on July 30th, 1889. The patent claimed several improvements to typewriter machines including a combination of the carriage and line-spacing apparatus with a lever used for line and letter spacing, the “combination of two extra key levers and connecting rods with the platen transverse reciprocating apparatus of a type-writing machine and a series of key-levers for operating the type-bars located between said extra key-levers.”

Patent Date: 1889-07-30

Inventor: Yost, George W. N.

Location: Currently not on view

Associated Place: United States: New York, New York City

See more items in: Work and Industry: Mechanisms, Typewriters, Computers & Business Machines

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: ME.308638Catalog Number: 308638Patent Number: 408061Accession Number: 89797Patent Number: 408,061

Object Name: patent model, typewriterObject Type: Patent ModelOther Terms: patent model, typewriter; typewriter; Standard; Manual

Measurements: overall: 11 in x 15 1/2 in x 10 in; 27.94 cm x 39.37 cm x 25.4 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-a075-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_849985

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