Patent Model for a Hand Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1857
label: patent date
content: 1857-10-27
name: label: patentee
content: Morse, Jedediah
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a hand press which was granted patent number 18527. The platen was lowered by a series of conical rollers turning against cam discs. The platen adjustment wedge was placed at the crown of the press instead of the usual position in the hub of the platen, to avoid being knocked - "for it is well known that pressmen are in the habit of throwing their wrenches or other tools down on the platen.”
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.018527
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 018527
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.018527
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: 29.9 cm x 23 cm x 21.3 cm; 11 3/4 in x 9 1/16 in x 8 3/8 in