John Cooper Print Machine Patent Model
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Object Details
- Cooper, John H.
- Description
- John H. Cooper of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was awarded patent number 14,907 on May 20th, 1856 for this printing machine patent model. Cooper describes his patent as a combination of the type radially arranged with a presser bar for carrying the paper to the type to receive the impression. The carriage is rather small and would have carried a smaller piece of paper similar to ticker tape. The radially arranged type must be moved and selected one-by-one to be typed onto the paper, in a manner similar in action to an old rotary telephone.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1856
- patent date
- 1856-05-20
- ID Number
- ME.251211
- catalog number
- 251211
- patent number
- 14907
- accession number
- 48865
- patent number
- 14,907
- Object Name
- patent model, typewriter
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- typewriter; patent model, typewriter; Manual
- Physical Description
- iron (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 1/4 in x 9 in x 7 1/2 in; 15.875 cm x 22.86 cm x 19.05 cm
- associated place
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mechanisms
- Typewriters
- Computers & Business Machines
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_850119
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-3eb5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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