Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen printing press which was granted patent number 203335. Patentee Edward Gilman's simple treadle press was intended for job printers and amateurs. The rotating ink disk was on a plane with the type. The platen with paper was brought down against the type by a direct connection with the treadle.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Gilman, Edward L.
- date made
- ca 1878
- patent date
- 1878-05-07
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 19.5 cm x 11.8 cm x 14.5 cm; 7 11/16 in x 4 5/8 in x 5 11/16 in
- Object Name
- press, platen printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
