Patent model for printers' sidesticks and quoins
Patent model for printers' sidesticks and quoins
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for sidesticks made with two symmetrical series of inclined surfaces; the invention was granted patent number 133948. Matching quoins were adjusted by turning a double-threaded screw.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- manufacture, sidesticks and quoins
- patent model
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- ca 1872
- patent date
- 1872-12-17
- maker
- McGrath, Thomas
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1.7 cm x 31 cm x 3.5 cm; 11/16 in x 12 3/16 in x 1 3/8 in
- ID Number
- 1996.0062.12
- patent number
- 133948
- accession number
- 1996.0062
- catalog number
- 1996.0062.12
- 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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