Object Details
maker
Tucker, Stephen D.
Hoe, Richard March
Description (Brief)
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a rotary printing press which was granted patent number 131217. The invention offers a new system of feeding, carrying, and delivering sheets for rotary perfecting presses. The model consists of the central group of feeding cylinders. According to Stephen D. Tucker’s History of R. Hoe & Company, a press on this plan was capable of printing 8000 sheets per hour and was used successfully by the New York Daily News.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1872
patent date
1872-09-10
ID Number
GA.89797.131217
patent number
131217
accession number
089797
catalog number
GA*89797.131217
Object Name
Press, Printing, Part of
Object Type
Patent Model
Other Terms
Press, Printing, Part of; Relief
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
wood (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 11 cm x 14 cm x 15 cm; 4 5/16 in x 5 1/2 in x 5 7/8 in
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Work
Communications
Industry & Manufacturing
Patent Models
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_998700