Patent Model for a Rotary Web Press
National Museum of American History

Patent Model for a Rotary Web Press

Wilkinson, Jephtha A. · ca 1853

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

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a rotary press using tapered type on its type cylinders along with a special curved composing stick; the web of paper was cut and folded at the same machine, after printing. The invention was granted patent number 468.

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