Patent Model of a Flatbed Cylinder Printing Press for Cards and Tickets
Object Details
- Watson, John
- Jones, Albert
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a flatbed press which was granted patent number 146792. The patent details a press for printing and numbering tickets. A double strip of card stock was fed through the press. At the first pass, text was printed on one half of the sheet and the numbers on the other. The sheet was turned end-to-end and put through a second time to complete the tickets.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1874
- patent date
- 1874-01-27
- ID Number
- GA.89797.146792
- patent number
- 146792
- accession number
- 089797
- catalog number
- GA*89797.146792
- Object Name
- press, flatbed cylinder printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 28 cm x 31 cm x 35 cm; 11 in x 12 3/16 in x 13 3/4 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_998976
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-8708-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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