Typewriter Ink Ribbon Mechanism Patent Model
National Museum of American History

Typewriter Ink Ribbon Mechanism Patent Model

Wortley, A. H. P. Stuart · 1883

overall: 4 in x 9 in x 12 in; 10.16 cm x 22.86 cm x 30.48 cm
National Museum of American History
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National Museum of American History

This model was submitted with patent number 286,161 by A. H. P. Stuart Wortley of London, England that was granted October 2, 1883. The patent applied to an improvement in the ink ribbon spool shaft of typewriters that was meant to reduce the sagging of the ribbon.

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