Typewriter Ink Ribbon Mechanism Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1883
label: patent date
content: 1883-10-02
name: label: inventor
content: Wortley, A. H. P. Stuart
notes: label: Description
content: This model was submitted with patent number 286,161 by A. H. P. Stuart Wortley of London, England that was granted October 2, 1883. The patent applied to an improvement in the ink ribbon spool shaft of typewriters that was meant to reduce the sagging of the ribbon.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United Kingdom: England, London
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
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content: Typewriters
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content: Computers & Business Machines
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ME.318159
label: catalog number
content: 318159
label: patent number
content: 286,161
label: accession number
content: 254082
label: patent number
content: 286,161
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model, typewriter
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 9 in x 12 in; 10.16 cm x 22.86 cm x 30.48 cm