Object Details
- Fraser, Alexander
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a type distributing machine which was granted patent number 224167. Fraser's distributer worked like his composer, but in reverse. Lines of dead type, held at the top of the machine, were read off by the operator who keyed in the letters. The action of the keys pushed the type down channels and back into storage trays, to be returned to the composing machine.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1880
- patent date
- 1880-02-03
- ID Number
- GA.89797.224167
- patent number
- 224167
- catalog number
- GA*89797.224167
- Object Name
- patent model
- apparatus, type distributing
- Composing Machine
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- patent model; type distributing apparatus; apparatus, type distributing; patent model; type distributing machine, Fraser
- Composing Machine; Composing; Type Distributing
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 31 cm x 17.5 cm x 30 cm; 12 3/16 in x 6 7/8 in x 11 13/16 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_790076
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-c891-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
