Patent Model for a Typecasting Machine
date: label: Date made
content: 1843
label: date made
content: ca 1843
label: patent date
content: 1843-11-06
name: label: maker
content: Bruce, Jr., David
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a typecasting machine which was granted patent number 3324. The patent details improvements to David Bruce's earlier pivotal typecaster, specifically, adjustable parts to the mold, a method of opening the mold and tilting the matrix and the piston to force metal into the mold.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.003324
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 003324
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.003324
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: machine, typecasting
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Type Casting
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: type casting; patent model; type casting machine; machine, typecasting; type manufacture
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Type Casting; Pivotal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22.5 cm x 15.5 cm x 10.5 cm; 8 7/8 in x 6 1/8 in x 4 1/8 in