Patent model for sheet-gripper motions for flatbed cylinder presses

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Object Details

maker

Babcock, Nathan

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for improvements in the action of gripper fingers on press cylinders; the invention was granted patent number 208359.

Nathan Babcock (1824-1902) set up a partnership in 1855 with Calvert B. Cottrell, initially manufacturing wool and cotton machinery, but he quickly turning to printing presses. He retired from the wool and cotton company in 1880, and established the Babcock Printing Press Manufactory in 1882. Model incomplete, all critical parts missing.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1878

patent date

1878-09-24

ID Number

GA.89797.208359

accession number

089797

patent number

208359

catalog number

GA*89797.208359

Object Name

apparatus, sheet gripper motions

Object Type

Patent Model

Physical Description

wood (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 12 cm x 20 cm x 10.7 cm; 4 3/4 in x 7 7/8 in x 4 3/16 in

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-835a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998904