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Patent Model of a Sheet Feeder and Fly Operation for a Bed-and-Platen Press
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a sheet feeder and fly operation for a bed-and-platen press which was granted patent number 12183. Paper was fed through a slot on the feedboard to a carriage, which placed the sheet for printing. Then the carriage withdrew with the paper, and it was lifted off by a sheet fly.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model of a Sheet Feeder and Fly Operation for a Bed-and-Platen Press. ca 1855. National Museum of American History. CC0.
