Patent Model for Bed-and-Platen Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1834
label: patent date
content: 1834-08-22
name: label: maker
content: Tufts, Otis
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a bed-and-platen power press with two friskets which carried paper under the platen alternately. The platen was drawn down by toggles against a fixed bed; it was to be powered by man, steam, horse, or water. The invention is considered an unnumbered patent.
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.11025
label: catalog number
content: GA*11025
label: accession number
content: 48865
label: patent number
content: 8380X
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: press, printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: patent model; press, printing; patent model; press, printing; press, flat-bed platen, Tufts
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 25 in; 23.495 cm x 63.5 cm