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Patent Model of a Bookbinders' Finishing Roll

American History Museum

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Object Details

maker

Skelton, Daniel J.
Feely, Michael

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a bookbinding roll which was granted patent number 156678. The patent details a bookbinding roll, on which the design was cast on a strip "secured to the roller after the fashion of a tire to a wheel." The strip was usually of bronze, and was bent to fit around the wheel. A projection on the back of the strip fit into a groove in the wheel.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1874

patent date

1874-11-10

ID Number

GA.89797.156678

patent number

156678

accession number

089797

catalog number

GA*89797.156678

Object Name

Manufacture, bookbinders finishing rolls
patent model
manufacture, bookbinders finishing rolls

Object Type

Patent Model

Physical Description

wood (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 23.5 cm x 2.5 cm x 10.5 cm; 9 1/4 in x in x 4 1/8 in

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-b1be-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998677

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Patent model for inking apparatus. A wooden circle with the inventor's name written on it. To the right of the circle is a wooden square.

Patent Models: Graphic Arts

Patent model for inking apparatus. A wooden circle with the inventor's name written on it. To the right of the circle is a wooden square.

Patent Models: Graphic Arts

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