Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
National Museum of American History

Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press

Griffiths, Harry S. · ca 1880

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

This patent model demonstrates an invention for improvements to the platen jobbing press, adapting it to ticket printing. The press had a roll feeder, numbering wheels, and slitting and cutting knives. The invention was granted number 227520.

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