Patent Model of a Bookbinders' Standing Press

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Object Details

maker

Pelletreau, Maltby K.

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a bookbinders standing press which was granted patent number 30243. The press has a platen, or upper follower, lowered in the usual way by an iron screw, and a bed, or lower follower, that was raised by a rack and pinion.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1860

patent date

1860-10-02

ID Number

GA.89797.030243

patent number

030243

accession number

089797

catalog number

GA*89797.030243

Object Name

press, bookbinders printing

Press, Standing

Object Type

Patent Model

Other Terms

Press, Standing; Bookbinding

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 23 cm x 18 cm x 12.5 cm; 9 1/16 in x 7 1/16 in x 4 15/16 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/ng49ca746a8-5fcd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998708