Patent Model of a Sheet Perfecting Flatbed Cylinder Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1870
label: patent date
content: 1870-06-07
name: label: maker
content: Kerr, William A.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a sheet perfecting flatbed cylinder press which was granted patent number 103894. The invention had two vertical type beds, one at each end of the press. A sheet of paper was fed to the first cylinder and printed at the first type form traveling upwards. Next the sheet was passed to the second cylinder and printed on the other side at the other form traveling downwards. Finally, it was deposited under the press.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.103894
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 103894
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.103894
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; press, printing
label: Object Name
content: Delivery Apparatus
label: Object Name
content: apparatus
label: Object Name
content: press, printing
label: Object Name
content: apparatus, sheet feed
label: Object Name
content: apparatus, cylinder press
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: 30 cm x 21.8 cm x 15.8 cm; 11 13/16 in x 8 9/16 in x 6 1/4 in