Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1861
label: patent date
content: 1861-04-23
name: label: maker
content: Gordon, George Phineas
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen press in which the platen had, in addition to the usual rocking motion, a straight-line approach that took it perfectly parallel to the type bed for the impression. The invention was granted patent number 32130.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
label: See more items in
content: Patent Models, Graphic Arts
label: See more items in
content: Work
label: See more items in
content: Communications
label: See more items in
content: Industry & Manufacturing
label: See more items in
content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.22837
label: accession number
content: 249602
label: patent number
content: 032130
label: catalog number
content: GA*22837
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, platen printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33.8 cm x 21.5 cm x 31.8 cm; 13 5/16 in x 8 7/16 in x 12 1/2 in