National Museum of American History
Patent Model of a Type-rubbing Machine
Webster, Cyrus C. · ca 1880
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a type-rubbing machine which was granted patent number 225501. The patent details a machine for smoothing and trueing the surfaces of type, and bringing the type to a proper width. The machine was hand fed, but otherwise automatic.
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