Patent Model of a Chromatic Web Press
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a chromatic web press for printing a narrow strip of paper, such as a strip of tickets, with several colors successively. The invention was granted patent number 225501. The long type form, suspended above the platen, was inked from a divided fountain. The paper moved intermittently down the length of the form and received each color in turn.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- press, chromatic printing
- date made
- ca 1880
- patent date
- 1880-03-16
- maker
- Wright, George M.
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 22.5 cm x 30.5 cm x 25.6 cm; 8 7/8 in x 12 in x 10 1/16 in
- ID Number
- GA*89797.225501
- accession number
- 089797
- patent number
- 225501
- catalog number
- GA*89797.225501
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- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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