Hand printing press
Hand printing press
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a lever press using a combination of course and fine screws, the first to lower the platen fast, and the second to produce greater power at the end of the pull. It also included inclined ways or tracks, so the bed was raised as it was drawn under the platen. The invention was granted patent number 23951.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- patent model; press, printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- patent model; press, printing; press, Ruggles
- date made
- ca 1859
- patent date
- 1859-05-10
- maker
- Ruggles, Stephen P.
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 24 cm x 24 cm x 28 cm; 9 7/16 in x 9 7/16 in x 11 in
- ID Number
- GA.11020
- catalog number
- GA*11020
- patent number
- 023951
- accession number
- 48865
- 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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