Patent Model of a Mechanism for Trimming Stereotype Plates
date: label: date made
content: ca 1879
label: patent date
content: 1879-11-04
name: label: maker
content: Scott, Walter
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for an apparatus for trimming stereotype plates; the invention was granted patent number 221366. The patent describes a machine that combined the operations of trimming (cutting the rough edges) and shaving (cutting down the back ribs) of curved stereotype plates for rotary printing. Walter Scott was a well-known manufacturer of fast rotary perfecting machines.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.221366
label: patent number
content: 221366
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.221366
objectType: label: Object Name
content: machine, shaving and trimming stereotype plates
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Stereotype Trimming
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Stereotype Trimming; Plate making
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23.5 cm x 31 cm x 20.5 cm; 9 1/4 in x 12 3/16 in x 8 1/16 in