Printing press and sheet-fed apparatus

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Object Details

maker

Swift, Henry D.

Swift, D. Wheeler

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a press for printing material such as envelopes, and the pneumatic apparatus for feeding sheets to the press. The two patents, numbers 303550 and 386440, are demonstrated on a single model. Despite the dates of the patents, both applications were made on 10 July 1880. They were granted after unusually long delays.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1884

ca 1888

patent date

1884-08-12

1888-07-17

ID Number

GA.89797.303550

patent number

GA*303550

accession number

089797

catalog number

GA*89797.303550

386440

Object Name

patent model: press, printing

Sheet Feed Apparatus

Feeder, Paper

Object Type

Patent Model

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 32.7 cm x 30.5 cm x 28 cm; 12 7/8 in x 12 in x 11 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/ng49ca746a8-85ff-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998952