National Museum of American History
Patent Model for a Chromolithographic Press
Hoen, August · ca 1869
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a chromolithographic press which was granted patent number 89997. The patent details a flatbed scraper machine with automatic inking, damping, feeding, and delivery. It printed at the rate of 300 impressions per hour, with the precise registration necessary for multicolor printing.
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