Patent Model of an Apparatus for Cleaning and Preserving Inking Rollers
National Museum of American History

Patent Model of an Apparatus for Cleaning and Preserving Inking Rollers

Crump, Samuel · ca 1871

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

This patent model demonstrates an invention for an apparatus for cleaning and preserving ink rollers. Racks of rollers were lowered into a bath of oil, where the rollers were cleaned and protected until their next use. The invention was granted patent number 120043.

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