Patent Model of a Type-setting and Type-distributing Machine
Patent Model of a Type-setting and Type-distributing Machine
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- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a typesetting machine which was granted patent numbers 152868 and 152869. Type stored in a case of vertical channels was selected and pushed out by keyboard action to a moving belt, then dropped down a slot to be assembled in a composing stick. For distribution, the dead matter was placed in front of the operator who read off and keyed in a line of letters. Each piece of type was pushed in turn onto the moving belt and dropped into its appropriate slot for return to the storage case. The two patents are demonstrated on a single model.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- machine, typesetting
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- ca 1874
- patent date
- 1874-07-07
- maker
- Reynolds, John A.
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 31 cm x 34.8 cm x 39 cm; 12 3/16 in x 13 11/16 in x 15 3/8 in
- ID Number
- GA.89797.152868
- accession number
- 089797
- catalog number
- GA*89797.152868
- 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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