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Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for nippers for holding the paper on a platen jobbing press and then delivering it after printing; the invention was granted patent number 29554. Charles Wells and Henry Barth were owners of the Cincinnati Type Foundry, the company to which this patent was assigned. The patent represents improvements to the CTF Wells Jobber. Henry Barth was later famous for the Barth Type Caster.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model of a Platen Printing Press. ca 1860. Wells, Charles. National Museum of American History. CC0.
