Patent Model of a Type-Distributing Machine
National Museum of American History

Patent Model of a Type-Distributing Machine

Beaumont, Victor · ca 1854

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

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a type-distributing machine which was granted patent number 10656. The rotary distributer, used notched type. The specification includes a brief description of other distributers of his day--the Gaubert, Clay and Rosenberg, and Sorenson machines.

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