Patent Model for a Rotary Web Perfecting Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1869
label: patent date
content: 1869-06-08
name: label: maker
content: Wright, John K.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a rotary web perfecting press which was granted patent number 91191. The two pairs of printing cylinders had surfaces that were half type bed and half impression blanket, the type on one backing onto the blanket on its mate. As the web passed through the first pair, alternating parts of the paper were printed on each side. Then the web passed through the other pair, and the impression was completed. After printing, the web was cut into sheets.
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.091191
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 091191
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.091191
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; press, printing
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Type Composing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Type Composing; Stereotype
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 cm x 35 cm x 23 cm; 11 in x 13 3/4 in x 9 1/16 in