Patent Model for Color Printing Blocks
Patent Model for Color Printing Blocks
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- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for color printing blocks which was granted patent number 172340. The invention included multicolor printing blocks particularly intended for oilcloths, requiring colors to be applied thickly and in an intricate pattern. The blocks were pierced by channels, which conducted the ink from reservoirs of converging tubes surmounting the blocks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- manufacture, color printing blocks
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- ca 1876
- patent date
- 1876-01-18
- patentee
- Perkins, Joseph
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 cm x 18 cm x 18 cm; 7 7/8 in x 7 1/16 in x 7 1/16 in
- ID Number
- GA.89797.172340
- patent number
- 172340
- accession number
- 089797
- catalog number
- GA*89797.172340
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- 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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