Patent model for printers' chase
Object Details
- patentee
- Kingsland, Jr., Joseph
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a chase that eliminated the need for furniture; the invention was granted patent number 228201. Four metal bars, matching the inside length and breadth of the chase, were toothed along their outer sides. The bars could be locked in any position in the chase by four matching toothed blocks that fitted at the crossing points.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1880
- patent date
- 1880-06-01
- ID Number
- GA.89797.228201
- patent number
- 228201
- accession number
- 089797
- catalog number
- GA*89797.228201
- Object Name
- manufacture, printers chases
- Block
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- Block; Printing
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1.7 cm x 19 cm x 1.5 cm; 11/16 in x 7 1/2 in x 9/16 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_998973
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-c82d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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