Object Details
- Ruggles, Stephen P.
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a lever press using a combination of course and fine screws, the first to lower the platen fast, and the second to produce greater power at the end of the pull. It also included inclined ways or tracks, so the bed was raised as it was drawn under the platen. The invention was granted patent number 23951.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1859
- patent date
- 1859-05-10
- ID Number
- GA.11020
- catalog number
- GA*11020
- patent number
- 023951
- accession number
- 48865
- Object Name
- patent model; press, printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- patent model; press, printing; press, Ruggles
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 24 cm x 24 cm x 28 cm; 9 7/16 in x 9 7/16 in x 11 in
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Work
- Communications
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Patent Models
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_790073
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-b6c3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
