Typewriter Ink Ribbon Mechanism Patent Model
Typewriter Ink Ribbon Mechanism Patent Model
- Description
- This model was submitted with patent number 286,161 by A. H. P. Stuart Wortley of London, England that was granted October 2, 1883. The patent applied to an improvement in the ink ribbon spool shaft of typewriters that was meant to reduce the sagging of the ribbon.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- patent model, typewriter
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- 1883
- patent date
- 1883-10-02
- inventor
- Wortley, A. H. P. Stuart
- associated place
- United Kingdom: England, London
- Measurements
- overall: 4 in x 9 in x 12 in; 10.16 cm x 22.86 cm x 30.48 cm
- ID Number
- ME.318159
- catalog number
- 318159
- patent number
- 286,161
- accession number
- 254082
- patent number
- 286,161
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mechanisms
- Typewriters
- Computers & Business Machines
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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