Patent Model of a Type-distributing Machine

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Object Details

maker

Fraser, Alexander

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a type distributing machine which was granted patent number 224167. Fraser's distributer worked like his composer, but in reverse. Lines of dead type, held at the top of the machine, were read off by the operator who keyed in the letters. The action of the keys pushed the type down channels and back into storage trays, to be returned to the composing machine.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1880

patent date

1880-02-03

ID Number

GA.89797.224167

patent number

224167

catalog number

GA*89797.224167

Object Name

patent model

apparatus, type distributing

Composing Machine

Object Type

Patent Model

Other Terms

patent model; type distributing apparatus; apparatus, type distributing; patent model; type distributing machine, Fraser

Composing Machine; Composing; Type Distributing

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

wood (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 31 cm x 17.5 cm x 30 cm; 12 3/16 in x 6 7/8 in x 11 13/16 in

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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/ng49ca746aa-c891-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_790076