Patent Model for Bed-and-Platen Printing Press
Patent Model for Bed-and-Platen Printing Press
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a bed-and-platen power press with two friskets which carried paper under the platen alternately. The platen was drawn down by toggles against a fixed bed; it was to be powered by man, steam, horse, or water. The invention is considered an unnumbered patent.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- patent model
- press, printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- patent model; press, printing; patent model; press, printing; press, flat-bed platen, Tufts
- date made
- ca 1834
- patent date
- 1834-08-22
- maker
- Tufts, Otis
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 1/4 in x 25 in; 23.495 cm x 63.5 cm
- ID Number
- GA.11025
- catalog number
- GA*11025
- accession number
- 48865
- patent number
- 8380X
- 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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