Patent Model of a Type-distributing Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
label: patent date
content: 1880-02-03
name: label: maker
content: Fraser, Alexander
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a type distributing machine which was granted patent number 224167. Fraser's distributer worked like his composer, but in reverse. Lines of dead type, held at the top of the machine, were read off by the operator who keyed in the letters. The action of the keys pushed the type down channels and back into storage trays, to be returned to the composing machine.
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content: Communications
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.224167
label: patent number
content: 224167
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.224167
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: apparatus, type distributing
label: Object Name
content: Composing Machine
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: patent model; type distributing apparatus; apparatus, type distributing; patent model; type distributing machine, Fraser
label: Other Terms
content: Composing Machine; Composing; Type Distributing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 cm x 17.5 cm x 30 cm; 12 3/16 in x 6 7/8 in x 11 13/16 in