Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1845
label: patent date
content: 1845-02-20
name: label: maker
content: Kneeland, J. C.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a self-inking press which was granted number 3917. The press has a vertical bed and platen, and sheet grippers traveling on an endless chain. The model is damaged.
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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.89797.003917
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 003917
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.003917
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: press, printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32.5 cm x 28.3 cm x 17.5 cm; 12 13/16 in x 11 1/8 in x 6 7/8 in