Patent Model for Platen Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1863
label: patent date
content: 1863-09-29
name: label: maker
content: Gordon, George Phineas
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen printing press, which was granted patent number 40099. In this invention, one of a series on Gordon's platen presses, the platen was pivoted on long legs. The bed, rocking on its own axis, was locked into vertical position to take the impact of impression. The model is incomplete: the platen assembly is missing.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.22836
label: accession number
content: 249602
label: patent number
content: 040099
label: catalog number
content: GA*22836
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, platen printing
label: Object Name
content: Feeder, Paper
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: 25.3 cm x 20.2 cm x 20.5 cm; 9 31/32 in x 7 15/16 in x 8 1/16 in