Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1869
label: patent date
content: 1869-01-19
name: label: maker
content: Forbush, Walter H.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen jobbing press with stationary vertical type bed below a flat ink distributing surface in the same plane as the type. The lower part of the ink table shifted sideways, for better distribution. The invention was granted patent number 86064.
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.086064
label: patent number
content: 086064
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.086064
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; press, printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: print; press, platen jobber, forbush
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32.3 cm x 37.8 cm x 27 cm; 12 11/16 in x 14 7/8 in x 10 5/8 in