Patent Model for a Hand Lever Printing Press
National Museum of American History

Patent Model for a Hand Lever Printing Press

Underhill, Henry · 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 hand-lever printing press which was granted patent number 10717. The press is a self-inking hand press with a fixed bed. The paper was carried into position by a double frisket carriage with inking rollers. The carriage was propelled by a crank handle turned continuously in one direction.

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