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

Patent Model of a Flatbed Cylinder Printing Press

Marsh, Joseph M. · ca 1848

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

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a flat-bed cylinder printing press; the invention was granted patent number 5819. The press featured an improved apparatus governing the motion of the bed on a flatbed cylinder press as well as the gripper fingers and the inking system.

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