Patent Model of an Apparatus for Printing on Bottles, Boxes, or Cans
Patent Model of an Apparatus for Printing on Bottles, Boxes, or Cans
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for printing directly on glass or metal with elastic type instead of using the common practice of stenciling on the surface or using a paper label. The invention was granted patent number 56593. The rubber printing block of the patent model has hardened and perished. In 1860 Isaac Miles had bought shares in the rights of two other printing patents: Samuel Lowe's cone press (Patent 15429, 1856) and Charles Hawkes's platen press (Patent 7855, 1850).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- apparatus, printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- ca 1866
- patent date
- 1866-07-24
- maker
- Miles, Isaac L.
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 17.5 cm x 25.7 cm x 31.7 cm; 6 7/8 in x 10 1/8 in x 12 1/2 in
- ID Number
- GA.89797.056593
- patent number
- 056593
- accession number
- 089797
- catalog number
- GA*89797.056593
- 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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