Patent Model of a Bookbinders' Finishing Roll
Object Details
- Skelton, Daniel J.
- Feely, Michael
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a bookbinding roll which was granted patent number 156678. The patent details a bookbinding roll, on which the design was cast on a strip "secured to the roller after the fashion of a tire to a wheel." The strip was usually of bronze, and was bent to fit around the wheel. A projection on the back of the strip fit into a groove in the wheel.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1874
- patent date
- 1874-11-10
- ID Number
- GA.89797.156678
- patent number
- 156678
- accession number
- 089797
- catalog number
- GA*89797.156678
- Object Name
- Manufacture, bookbinders finishing rolls
- patent model
- manufacture, bookbinders finishing rolls
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 23.5 cm x 2.5 cm x 10.5 cm; 9 1/4 in x in x 4 1/8 in
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Work
- Communications
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Patent Models
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_998677
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-b1be-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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