Patent Model for Bed-and-Platen Printing Press
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a double bed-and-platen power press with a frisket at each end and is considered an unnumbered patent. The bed was raised by toggles beneath against the fixed platen. This patent provided the basis for the single-ended Adams Power Press, a well-loved iron machine later produced by R. Hoe & Co. In the 1870s it was still considered to produce finer letterpress work than any other machine on the market. It was pre-eminently a book press. Isaac Adams (1803-1883), with no schooling but ample inventive genius, introduced his power press at the age of 25 and derived his living from its success.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- patent model; press, printing
- Date made
- 1830
- ca 1830
- patent date
- 1830-10-04
- maker
- Adams, Isaac
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 25 cm x 53 cm x 18 cm; 9 13/16 in x 20 7/8 in x 7 1/16 in
- ID Number
- GA*11024
- accession number
- 48865
- catalog number
- GA*11024
- subject
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Communications
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Patent Models
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- Culture and the Arts: Graphic Arts
- Patent Models
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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