Patent Model for Ink Fountains for Printing Presses
date: label: date made
content: ca 1877
label: patent date
content: 1877-08-14
name: label: maker
content: Campbell, Andrew
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for an ink fountain for printing presses which was granted patent number 194218. The patent provided a way of controlling the flow of ink from the fountain, and avoiding the accumulation of lint on the doctor blade.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.194218
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 194218
label: patent number
content: 194218
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.194218
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, ink fountains
label: Object Name
content: inking apparatus
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 cm x 18.3 cm x 18 cm; 11 in x 7 3/16 in x 7 1/16 in