Patent Model of an Inking Apparatus for Platen Presses
date: label: date made
content: ca 1873
label: patent date
content: 1873-07-22
name: label: maker
content: Prouty, G. W.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for an inking apparatus for platen presses where the platen gives a lateral motion to the ink-distributing plate. The patent is demonstrated on a platen jobber similar to one of Prouty's, patented in 1872. The new invention was granted patent number 141077.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.22839
label: accession number
content: 249602
label: patent number
content: 141077
label: catalog number
content: 22839
label: catalog number
content: GA*22839
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; apparatus, inking
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
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content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30.4 cm x 26.5 cm x 26.7 cm; 11 15/16 in x 10 7/16 in x 10 1/2 in