Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
National Museum of American History

Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press

Kritch, William C. · ca 1877

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 188151. The patent describes improvements to the ink fountain and the movement of the platen in a platen jobbing press. Patentees Kritch and Greenwood were from Leeds, England.

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