Patent Model of a Bookbinders' Standing Press
Patent Model of a Bookbinders' Standing Press
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a bookbinders standing press which was granted patent number 30243. The press has a platen, or upper follower, lowered in the usual way by an iron screw, and a bed, or lower follower, that was raised by a rack and pinion.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- press, bookbinders printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- ca 1860
- patent date
- 1860-10-02
- maker
- Pelletreau, Maltby K.
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 23 cm x 18 cm x 12.5 cm; 9 1/16 in x 7 1/16 in x 4 15/16 in
- ID Number
- GA.89797.030243
- patent number
- 030243
- accession number
- 089797
- catalog number
- GA*89797.030243
- 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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