Patent Model of a Machine for Cutting Paper Collars
Patent Model of a Machine for Cutting Paper Collars
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a machine for cutting paper collars and simultaneously indenting them with imitation stitches or printing them with ornamental devices; the invention was granted patent number 56679.
- J. F. Tapley, a bookbinder and a prolific inventor, founded the bookbinding J. F. Tapley Company in 1850. The company survived until its merger in 1970.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- machine, cutting paper collars
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- ca 1866
- patent date
- 1866-07-24
- maker
- Tapley, Jesse F.
- Tapley, George W.
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 cm x 16.5 cm x 26 cm; 4 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in
- ID Number
- GA.24592
- patent number
- 056679
- accession number
- 1977.0968
- catalog number
- GA*24592
- 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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