Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1879
label: patent date
content: 1879-05-20
name: label: maker
content: Jones, John M.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen printing press which was granted patent number 215459. This patent describes the means of giving the proper dwell to the platen at each end of its stroke. Patentee John Jones developed many successful platen jobbers including the Star, Washington, Jones-Gordon, Clipper, and Jewel, as well as the patents to cover them. Jones had patented a "domestic printing machine," or typewriter (Pat. 14919, 1856), and his hand stamp, before he became involved with platen jobbers.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.215459
label: patent number
content: 215459
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.215459
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; press, printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.5 cm x 12.7 cm x 21 cm; 8 1/16 in x 5 in x 8 1/4 in