Patent Model of a Type Breaker
date: label: date made
content: ca 1869
label: patent date
content: 1869-02-16
name: label: maker
content: Baer, Charles
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a type breaker which was assigned patent number 86968. This device broke the jets from the bodies of newly cast type and was intended to be attached to a typecasting machine. The patent was granted to Philip Heinrich, proprietor of the Ph. Heinrich type foundry in New York.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.086968
label: patent number
content: 086968
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.086968
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, type breakers
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Dressing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Dressing; Type Founding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31.5 cm x 22.8 cm x 22.5 cm; 12 3/8 in x 9 in x 8 7/8 in