patent model, Anderson and Foote telegraph tape perforator, US #228585
date: label: Date made
content: 1880
name: label: maker
content: Anderson, Frank
label: maker
content: Foote, T. M.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Model for US Patent 228585, ""Mechanism for Perforating Paper for Telegraphic Purposes," issued 8 June 1880 to Frank Anderson and Theodore M. Foote. A brass and steel mechanism mounted on a mahogany base. Unit is designed to improve the accuracy and efficiency of automatic telegraph systems by making separations between characters clearer.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.308898
label: catalog number
content: 308898
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 228585
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Perforator
label: Object Name
content: tape perforator
label: Other Terms
content: Perforator; Telegraphy
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 9 1/8 in x 8 1/8 in; 6.985 cm x 23.1775 cm x 20.6375 cm