Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for an inking apparatus for printing presses, which provided an improved means of operating the carriage of inking rollers. Rollers pass over the entire length of a stone distributing ink more accurately and efficiently. The invention was granted patent number 188386.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Macdonald, F.
- date made
- ca 1877
- patent date
- 1877-03-13
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 in x 5 in x 12 in; 15.24 cm x 12.7 cm x 30.48 cm
- Object Name
- patent model
- printing press
- patent model
- printing press
- specimen, printing
- inking apparatus
- Object Type
- Patent Model
