Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1878
label: patent date
content: 1878-05-07
name: label: maker
content: Gilman, Edward L.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen printing press which was granted patent number 203335. Patentee Edward Gilman's simple treadle press was intended for job printers and amateurs. The rotating ink disk was on a plane with the type. The platen with paper was brought down against the type by a direct connection with the treadle.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.203335
label: patent number
content: 203335
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.203335
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, platen printing
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: 19.5 cm x 11.8 cm x 14.5 cm; 7 11/16 in x 4 5/8 in x 5 11/16 in