Object Details
patentee
Austin, Jane
Description (Brief)
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a machine for cutting books which was granted patent number 41337. There was a guillotine for cutting the top, foot and foredges of books. Two sets of books could be clamped simultaneously, without moving the clamps between cuts. Jane Austin was administratrix to the estate of Frederick J. Austin, inventor of this and other book-binding machines. F. J. Austin, the proprietor of a machine works in New York, also built hand printing presses along the lines of the Washington. The model is incomplete.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
ca 1873
date made
ca 1864
patent date
1864-01-19
ID Number
GA.89797.041337
accession number
089797
patent number
041337
catalog number
GA*89797.041337
Object Name
machine, book cutting
Apparatus?
Bindery Machine
Object Type
Patent Model
Other Terms
Bindery Machine; Bookbinding; Book Trimming
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
wood (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 23 cm x 18 cm x 20.5 cm; 9 1/16 in x 7 1/16 in x 8 1/16 in
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Work
Communications
Industry & Manufacturing
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_998986