Patent Model of a Type Breaker
Patent Model of a Type Breaker
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a type breaker which was assigned patent number 86968. This device broke the jets from the bodies of newly cast type and was intended to be attached to a typecasting machine. The patent was granted to Philip Heinrich, proprietor of the Ph. Heinrich type foundry in New York.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- manufacture, type breakers
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- ca 1869
- patent date
- 1869-02-16
- maker
- Baer, Charles
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 31.5 cm x 22.8 cm x 22.5 cm; 12 3/8 in x 9 in x 8 7/8 in
- ID Number
- GA.89797.086968
- patent number
- 086968
- accession number
- 089797
- catalog number
- GA*89797.086968
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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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