Object Details
- Reynolds, John A.
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a typesetting machine which was granted patent numbers 152868 and 152869. Type stored in a case of vertical channels was selected and pushed out by keyboard action to a moving belt, then dropped down a slot to be assembled in a composing stick. For distribution, the dead matter was placed in front of the operator who read off and keyed in a line of letters. Each piece of type was pushed in turn onto the moving belt and dropped into its appropriate slot for return to the storage case. The two patents are demonstrated on a single model.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1874
- patent date
- 1874-07-07
- ID Number
- GA.89797.152868
- accession number
- 089797
- catalog number
- GA*89797.152868
- Object Name
- machine, typesetting
- Machine, Type Composing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- Machine, Type Composing; Machine, Sorts, Distributing
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 31 cm x 34.8 cm x 39 cm; 12 3/16 in x 13 11/16 in x 15 3/8 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_998736
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7f84-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
