Patent Model for a Paper-Feeding Apparatus for Hand Presses
date: label: date made
content: ca 1855
label: patent date
content: 1855-04-03
name: label: maker
content: Mathers, Ebenezer
label: maker
content: Siegfried, William D.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for an automatic sheet feeder for hand presses which was granted patent number 12634. It was assumed that the platen would be fitted with tympan blankets, and the press supplied with an inking machine. The model, on a Washington-style press frame, is missing the feed apparatus itself as well as the inking rollers and press toggles.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.012634
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 012634
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.012634
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
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: 26 cm x 13.5 cm x 26 cm; 10 1/4 in x 5 5/16 in x 10 1/4 in