National Museum of American History
Patent Model for Flatbed Cylinder Web Press
Montague, Charles · ca 1853
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a web-fed cylinder press, printing on both strokes of the bed; the web of paper was fed intermittently to match the printing motion, then rewound on a receiving cylinder at the other end of the machine. The invention was granted patent number 9993.
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