Invention for Improvement in Rotary Printing Presses
Invention for Improvement in Rotary Printing Presses
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for an improvement on Hoe's rotary printing press; the invention was granted patent number 5199. The patent includes improvements to the inking apparatus, the use of a portion of the type cylinder for ink distribution, and locking type to the cylinder with tapering rules.
- Object Name
- patent model; press, printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- patent model; press, printing; rotary press; presses
- date made
- ca 1847
- patent date
- 1847-07-24
- inventor
- Hoe, Richard March
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 in x 22 in x 9 in; 35.56 cm x 55.88 cm x 22.86 cm
- ID Number
- GA.11017
- accession number
- 48865
- catalog number
- GA*11017
- patent number
- 5199
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Work
- Communications
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Patent Models
- Invention and the Patent Model
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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