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

Patent Model for a Rotary and Perfecting Web Press

Firm, Joseph L. · ca 1875

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

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a rotary and perfecting web press; the invention was granted patent number 169796. The rotary press has two type cylinders, two impression cylinders, and a knife to cut the sheet from the web of paper before the first impression was made.

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