Printing press and sheet-fed apparatus
date: label: date made
content: ca 1884
label: date made
content: ca 1888
label: patent date
content: 1884-08-12
label: patent date
content: 1888-07-17
name: label: maker
content: Swift, Henry D.
label: maker
content: Swift, D. Wheeler
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a press for printing material such as envelopes, and the pneumatic apparatus for feeding sheets to the press. The two patents, numbers 303550 and 386440, are demonstrated on a single model. Despite the dates of the patents, both applications were made on 10 July 1880. They were granted after unusually long delays.
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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.89797.303550
label: patent number
content: GA*303550
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.303550
label: catalog number
content: 386440
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model: press, printing
label: Object Name
content: Sheet Feed Apparatus
label: Object Name
content: Feeder, Paper
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32.7 cm x 30.5 cm x 28 cm; 12 7/8 in x 12 in x 11 in