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Patent model for copper plate press
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a plate attached to an endless chain that was carried past stations for automatic inking, wiping, and printing; the invention was granted patent number 12213. There was provision for applying bands of different colors. According to Tucker, this press was built by R. Hoe & Co. for D. Steffens in 1858. Robert Neale, an American, was living in London when he took out this patent. He patented the press there in 1853.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent model for copper plate press. ca 1855. Neale, Robert. National Museum of American History. CC0.
