Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1856
label: patent date
content: 1856-11-25
name: label: maker
content: Bailey, Franklin L.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen printing press which was granted patent number 16109. The press had a revolving ink cylinder behind the type bed. Inking rollers circulated entirely around the cylinder and over the type. The patent also covered a device for quick disconnection of bed and platen in case of a feeding accident. Patentee Franklin Bailey took out a number of printing patents, and sold several of them to the Hoe Company. This patent was assigned to Hoe in 1860.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.016109
label: patent number
content: 16109
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: 89797.016109
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: press, 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: 12.2 cm x 13.5 cm x 12.7 cm; 4 13/16 in x 5 5/16 in x 5 in