overall: 32.3 cm x 37.8 cm x 27 cm; 12 11/16 in x 14 7/8 in x 10 5/8 in
Object Name:
patent model; press, printing
Object Type:
Patent Model
Other Terms:
print; press, platen jobber, forbush
Date made:
ca 1869
Patent date:
1869-01-19
Description (Brief):
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen jobbing press with stationary vertical type bed below a flat ink distributing surface in the same plane as the type. The lower part of the ink table shifted sideways, for better distribution. The invention was granted patent number 86064.
