Patent model for printers' chase lock

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Object Details

maker

Sprague, E. H.

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a combination of quoins and sidesticks, with a special lever for their adjustment; the invention was granted patent number 11091.

Location

Currently not on view

Date made

1854

date made

ca 1854

patent date

1854-06-13

ID Number

1996.0062.16

patent number

011091

accession number

1996.0062

catalog number

1996.0062.16

Object Name

patent model

manufacture, printers chase lock

Chase, Printer's

Object Type

Patent Model

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 1 in x 3 in x 8 in; 2.54 cm x 7.62 cm x 20.32 cm

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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts

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Work

Communications

Industry & Manufacturing

Patent Models

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-c06d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_997688