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Typewriter Ink Ribbon Mechanism Patent Model
From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This model was submitted with patent number 286,161 by A. H. P. Stuart Wortley of London, England that was granted October 2, 1883. The patent applied to an improvement in the ink ribbon spool shaft of typewriters that was meant to reduce the sagging of the ribbon.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineTypewriter Ink Ribbon Mechanism Patent Model. 1883. Wortley, A. H. P. Stuart. National Museum of American History. CC0.
