Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1860
label: patent date
content: 1860-08-07
name: label: maker
content: Wells, Charles
label: maker
content: Barth, Henry
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for nippers for holding the paper on a platen jobbing press and then delivering it after printing; the invention was granted patent number 29554. Charles Wells and Henry Barth were owners of the Cincinnati Type Foundry, the company to which this patent was assigned. The patent represents improvements to the CTF Wells Jobber. Henry Barth was later famous for the Barth Type Caster.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.22841
label: accession number
content: 249602
label: patent number
content: 029554
label: catalog number
content: 22841
label: catalog number
content: GA*22841
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, platen printing
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: 19.2 cm x 29.7 cm x 20 cm; 7 9/16 in x 11 11/16 in x 7 7/8 in