Patent Model for an Improvement in Stop-Cylinder Presses
date: label: date made
content: ca 1873
label: patent date
content: 1873-05-27
name: label: patentee
content: Barth, Henry
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for improvement in stop-cylinder presses which was granted number 139229. The patent relates to the method of stopping and starting the cylinder, feeding and delivering paper, and distributing ink. The press could have two or more printing surfaces and stops on the cylinder, giving multiple impressions for each full revolution. Henry Barth was one of the owners of the Cincinnati Type Foundry. He was later famous for the Barth Type Caster.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.139229
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 139229
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.139229
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model: press, flatbed cylinder printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22.8 cm x 29.5 cm x 23 cm; 9 in x 11 5/8 in x 9 1/16 in