Patent Model of a Sheet Feeder and Fly Operation for a Bed-and-Platen Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1855
label: patent date
content: 1855-01-02
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a sheet feeder and fly operation for a bed-and-platen press which was granted patent number 12183. Paper was fed through a slot on the feedboard to a carriage, which placed the sheet for printing. Then the carriage withdrew with the paper, and it was lifted off by a sheet fly.
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.012183
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 012183
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.012183
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; press, printing
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Finishing and Shaping
label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: machine, finishing and shaping
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Finishing and Shaping; Bookbinding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.8 cm x 22 cm x 29 cm; 6 5/8 in x 8 11/16 in x 11 7/16 in