Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Marsh, Joseph M.
- date made
- ca 1848
- patent date
- 1848-10-03
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 32 cm x 22.5 cm x 29.7 cm; 12 5/8 in x 8 7/8 in x 11 11/16 in
- Object Name
- patent model; press, printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- patent model; press, printing; press, cylinder, March
