Patent Model of a Sheet-Feed Apparatus for Printing Machines
date: label: date made
content: ca 1853
label: patent date
content: 1853-03-22
name: label: maker
content: Comby, John P.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a sheet-separating apparatus which was granted patent number 9623. The machine was used to separate sheets and pass them to the press board by means of suction tubes, entirely replacing the human sheet feeder.
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.009623
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 009623
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.009623
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Feeder, Paper
label: Object Name
content: apparatus, sheet separating
label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24.5 cm x 34 cm x 41 cm; 9 5/8 in x 13 3/8 in x 16 1/8 in