Patent model for printers' sidesticks and quoins
National Museum of American History

Patent model for printers' sidesticks and quoins

McGrath, Thomas · ca 1872

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

This patent model demonstrates an invention for sidesticks made with two symmetrical series of inclined surfaces; the invention was granted patent number 133948. Matching quoins were adjusted by turning a double-threaded screw.

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