Patent Model for an Improvement in Stop-Cylinder Presses

Barth, Henry · ca 1873

This patent model demonstrates an invention for improvement in stop-cylinder presses which was granted number 139229. The patent relates to the method of stopping and starting the cylinder, feeding and delivering paper, and distributing ink. The press could have two or more printing surfaces and stops on the cylinder, giving multiple impressions for each full revolution. Henry Barth was one of the owners of the Cincinnati Type Foundry. He was later famous for the Barth Type Caster.