Patent Model for an Ink-Roller Rest
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875
label: patent date
content: 1875-08-10
name: label: maker
content: Cook, James
label: maker
content: Fosket, William A.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a rest for an ink roller which was granted patent number 166675. The patent covered a simple rest attached to the inking plate on a small hand press, to support the handle of a hand roller. When not in use, the support could be stored under the plate. Patentee James Cook was the inventor and manufacturer of two amateur presses, the Enterprise and the Victor.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.24909
label: accession number
content: 1978.1070
label: patent number
content: 166675
label: catalog number
content: GA*24909
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, ink plate
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in x 3 7/8 in; 8.89 cm x 15.875 cm x 9.8425 cm