Patent model for printers' quoins
National Museum of American History

Patent model for printers' quoins

Ames, Chauncey W. · ca 1873

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

This patent model demonstrates an invention for quoins whose two sides were opened or closed by wedges governed by a central double-threaded screw; the invention was granted patent number 139351.

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