Patent Model for a Flatbed Cylinder Printing Press
Patent Model for a Flatbed Cylinder Printing Press
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for improvements in the printing press; the invention was granted patent number 4025. The patent details improvements in feed and delivery, in raising the cylinder, and in stopping the bed.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- patent model; press, printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- patent model; press, printing; press, drum-cylinder, hoe
- date made
- ca 1845
- patent date
- 1845-05-01
- maker
- Hoe, Richard March
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 29.8 cm x 30 cm x 50.6 cm; 11 3/4 in x 11 13/16 in x 19 15/16 in
- ID Number
- GA.11016
- catalog number
- GA*11016
- patent number
- 004025
- accession number
- 48865
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Communications
- Patent Models
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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