Patent model for copper plate press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1855
label: patent date
content: 1855-01-09
name: label: maker
content: Neale, Robert
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a plate attached to an endless chain that was carried past stations for automatic inking, wiping, and printing; the invention was granted patent number 12213. There was provision for applying bands of different colors. According to Tucker, this press was built by R. Hoe & Co. for D. Steffens in 1858. Robert Neale, an American, was living in London when he took out this patent. He patented the press there in 1853.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.012213
label: patent number
content: 012213
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.012213
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: press, printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 45.5 cm x 76 cm x 25 cm; 17 15/16 in x 29 15/16 in x 9 13/16 in