Patent Model of a Book-stitching Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1874
label: patent date
content: 1874-05-05
name: label: maker
content: Thompson, Henry G.
label: maker
content: Parkhurst, Edward G.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a book-stitching machine which was granted patent number 150495. The machine includes a mechanism to protect needles in book-sewing machines: latches to hold the needles in position and an alarm bell to warn of approaching knots in the thread. Thompson was an inventor and manufacturer in the field of book stitching, stapling and sewing machines who also acquired interests in the inventions of others.
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.150495
label: patent number
content: 150495
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.150495
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Machine, Sewing
label: Object Type
content: machine sewing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Sewing; Bookbinding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 25 cm x 21.5 cm; 3 1/8 in x 9 13/16 in x 8 7/16 in