Patent Model of a Bed-and-Platen Press
National Museum of American History

Patent Model of a Bed-and-Platen Press

Schuebly, William · ca 1839

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

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen-printing press; the invention was granted patent number 1315. On the press, the feeding, inking and printing actions were directed by grooves on a driving cylinder.

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