Patent Model of a Flatbed Cylinder Printing Press
National Museum of American History

Patent Model of a Flatbed Cylinder Printing Press

Johnson, William · ca 1872

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

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a flatbed cylinder press which was granted patent number 128731. The eccentric gears gave a variable motion to the cylinder, synchronizing it with the reciprocating bed.

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