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Patent Model of an Inking Apparatus for Platen Presses
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for an inking apparatus for platen presses where the platen gives a lateral motion to the ink-distributing plate. The patent is demonstrated on a platen jobber similar to one of Prouty's, patented in 1872. The new invention was granted patent number 141077.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model of an Inking Apparatus for Platen Presses. ca 1873. Prouty, G. W.. National Museum of American History. CC0.