Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a typesetter for stereotype plates which was granted patent number 52073. The invention included the use of a "perpetual font of type" for impressing letters into a plastic molding material. Type was stored in a permanent holder, each piece tied by a thin strip of metal. At the touch of a key, type fell to casting position, the faces protruding below the holder. After casting, the type was returned to the storage cell.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- patentee
- Paulding, John
- date made
- ca 1866
- patent date
- 1866-01-16
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 cm x 17.5 cm x 7.8 cm; 7 7/8 in x 6 7/8 in x 3 1/16 in
- Object Name
- machine, typesetting
- Machine, Type Composing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
