Object Details
- Fraser, Alexander
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a type composing apparatus which was granted patent number 224166. Patentee Alexander Fraser's composer was designed to work with his type-distributing machine. Type, stored in horizontal trays at the top of the machine, was nudged forward at the touch of a key to fall down assembling channels and into a continuous line. The operator would break off line lengths manually and space out the words as needed. Alexander Fraser was from Edinburgh, Scotland, where his composers were used successfully for several years. Elements of his typesetting and distributing machines were patented in Britain in 1872, 1875, and 1877, before the American patents were taken out.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1880
- patent date
- 1880-02-03
- ID Number
- GA.89797.224166
- patent number
- 224166
- catalog number
- GA*89797.224166
- Object Name
- patent model
- apparatus, type distributing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- apparatus, type distributing; patent model; type distributing apparatus; patent model; type composing machine, Fraser
- Composing Machine; Composing; Type Setting
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- string (parts material)
- Measurements
- overall: 37.5 cm x 14.5 cm x 29 cm; 14 3/4 in x 5 11/16 in x 11 7/16 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_790075
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-becc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
