Patent Model of a Machine for Cutting Paper Collars

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Object Details

maker

Tapley, Jesse F.

Tapley, George W.

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a machine for cutting paper collars and simultaneously indenting them with imitation stitches or printing them with ornamental devices; the invention was granted patent number 56679.

J. F. Tapley, a bookbinder and a prolific inventor, founded the bookbinding J. F. Tapley Company in 1850. The company survived until its merger in 1970.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1866

patent date

1866-07-24

ID Number

GA.24592

patent number

056679

accession number

1977.0968

catalog number

GA*24592

Object Name

machine, cutting paper collars

Object Type

Patent Model

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

wood (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 12 cm x 16.5 cm x 26 cm; 4 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in

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Communications

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-87cc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998794