Patent Model of aType-Cutting Machine

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Object Details

maker

Smith, John J. C.

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a type-cutting machine which was granted patent number 31333. The patent details a machine for sawing type from a solid block of letters by first cutting a strip of letters from the block, then notching the strip, and finally cutting apart the letters. The block could be cast by Smith's patent of 1859.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1861

patent date

1861-02-05

ID Number

GA.89797.031333

patent number

031333

accession number

089797

catalog number

GA*89797.031333

Object Name

machine, notching

machine, pantographic letter carving

Object Type

Patent Model

Other Terms

Machine, Notching; Type Founding

Physical Description

wood (overall material)

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 28 cm x 22 cm x 37 cm; 11 in x 8 11/16 in x 14 9/16 in

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Work

Communications

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-85d7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998790