Patent Model of a Flatbed Cylinder Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1871
label: patent date
content: 1871-11-07
name: label: maker
content: Huber, Berthold
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a flatbed cylinder press which was granted patent number 120646. The patent detailed improvements to the movement of the bed in cylinder presses. The bed traveled faster when the cylinder was not in contact, allowing the cylinder to be of a smaller diameter than otherwise.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.120646
label: patent number
content: 120646
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.120646
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, flatbed cylinder printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25.3 cm x 28.7 cm x 10.5 cm; 9 15/16 in x 11 5/16 in x 4 1/8 in