Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a sheet-feed apparatus which was granted patent number 229998. The patent describes a feeding attachment for flatbed cylinder machines that allowed sheets to be held obliquely, so that bands of color could be printed diagonally across the paper-a style popular at the time.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Goss, Frederick L.
- date made
- ca 1880
- patent date
- 1880-07-13
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 15 cm x 17.3 cm x 18.2 cm; 5 7/8 in x 6 13/16 in x 7 3/16 in
- Object Name
- Apparatus?
- Object Type
- Patent Model
