National Museum of American History
Patent Model for Bed-and-Platen Printing Press
Tufts, Otis · ca 1834
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a bed-and-platen power press with two friskets which carried paper under the platen alternately. The platen was drawn down by toggles against a fixed bed; it was to be powered by man, steam, horse, or water. The invention is considered an unnumbered patent.
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