Patent Model for a Self-Inking Platen Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1853
label: patent date
content: 1853-08-09
name: label: maker
content: Northrup, Joel G.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a self-inking platen printing press which was granted patent number 9925. Four or more platens rotated intermittently around a single axis. The bed was rocked, clamshell fashion, against each platen in turn. Sheets of paper were fed to grippers on the uppermost platen, printed when that platen turned to the vertical, and then dropped to a pile beneath the press when the platen went to the bottom position.
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.009925
label: patent number
content: 009925
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.009925
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; press, printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: patent model; press, printing; press, Northrup
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 cm x 24.8 cm x 36 cm; 13 3/8 in x 9 3/4 in x 14 3/16 in