Patent Model for a Rotary Web Press
Patent Model for a Rotary Web Press
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- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a rotary press using tapered type on its type cylinders along with a special curved composing stick; the web of paper was cut and folded at the same machine, after printing. The invention was granted patent number 468.
- According to Stephen D. Tucker’s History of R. Hoe & Company, Wilkinson built a press along these lines for the New York Sun in 1842, but never succeeded in printing the paper at it.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- patent model; press, printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- patent model; press, printing; press, web-fed, Wilkinson
- date made
- ca 1853
- patent date
- 1853-01-04
- maker
- Wilkinson, Jephtha A.
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 in x 7 in x 17 1/4 in; 20.32 cm x 17.78 cm x 43.815 cm
- ID Number
- GA.11019
- catalog number
- GA*11019
- accession number
- 48865
- patent number
- 009525
- catalog number
- GA*48865.009525
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Work
- Communications
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Patent Models
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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