Patent Model of a Platen Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1844
label: patent date
content: 1844-08-23
name: label: maker
content: Gilman, Alonzo
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a self-inking platen jobbing press with a vertical bed and platen which was brought together by toggle levers. An inking cylinder sat beneath the bed, and a frisket frame was lifted up between impressions to receive sheets of paper. The invention was granted patent number 3716. This invention first appeared as Gilman's job press, and then from 1846 to 1873 as the Hoe Company's Patent Machine Card Press.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.003716
label: patent number
content: 003716
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.003716
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; press, printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: patent model; press, printing; press, A. Gilman
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.7 cm x 12.5 cm x 15.7 cm; 6 15/16 in x 4 15/16 in x 6 3/16 in