Patent Model of a Sheet-Feed Apparatus for Printing Machines
National Museum of American History

Patent Model of a Sheet-Feed Apparatus for Printing Machines

Comby, John P. · ca 1853

metal (overall material)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a sheet-separating apparatus which was granted patent number 9623. The machine was used to separate sheets and pass them to the press board by means of suction tubes, entirely replacing the human sheet feeder.

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