Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for improvement in stop-cylinder presses which was granted number 139229. The patent relates to the method of stopping and starting the cylinder, feeding and delivering paper, and distributing ink. The press could have two or more printing surfaces and stops on the cylinder, giving multiple impressions for each full revolution. Henry Barth was one of the owners of the Cincinnati Type Foundry. He was later famous for the Barth Type Caster.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- patentee
- Barth, Henry
- date made
- ca 1873
- patent date
- 1873-05-27
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 22.8 cm x 29.5 cm x 23 cm; 9 in x 11 5/8 in x 9 1/16 in
- Object Name
- patent model: press, flatbed cylinder printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
