Patent Model for a Machine for Cutting Books
Patent Model for a Machine for Cutting Books
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a machine for cutting books which was granted patent number 41337. There was a guillotine for cutting the top, foot and foredges of books. Two sets of books could be clamped simultaneously, without moving the clamps between cuts. Jane Austin was administratrix to the estate of Frederick J. Austin, inventor of this and other book-binding machines. F. J. Austin, the proprietor of a machine works in New York, also built hand printing presses along the lines of the Washington. The model is incomplete.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- machine, book cutting
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Date made
- ca 1873
- date made
- ca 1864
- patent date
- 1864-01-19
- patentee
- Austin, Jane
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 23 cm x 18 cm x 20.5 cm; 9 1/16 in x 7 1/16 in x 8 1/16 in
- ID Number
- GA.89797.041337
- accession number
- 089797
- patent number
- 041337
- catalog number
- GA*89797.041337
- 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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