Patent Model for a Paper-ruling Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1873
label: patent date
content: 1873-02-11
name: label: maker
content: Averell, Ellicott D.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a paper-ruling machine which was granted patent number 135751. The ruling pens on the machine were lowered and lifted by an electro-magnetic apparatus, a 'quick and lively but soft and easy' action. Patentee Averell is best known as the inventor of a wire stitcher (or stapler), which he patented in 1874.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.135751
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 135751
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.135751
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: machine, paper ruling
label: Object Name
content: Lapping, Printer's
label: Object Name
content: book finishing
label: Object Name
content: Bindery Machine
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Bindery Machine; Bookbinding; Paper Ruling
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25.3 cm x 19 cm x 23.5 cm; 9 15/16 in x 7 1/2 in x 9 1/4 in