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Patent Model of a Type Breaker
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a type breaker which was assigned patent number 86968. This device broke the jets from the bodies of newly cast type and was intended to be attached to a typecasting machine. The patent was granted to Philip Heinrich, proprietor of the Ph. Heinrich type foundry in New York.
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Credit linePatent Model of a Type Breaker. ca 1869. Baer, Charles. National Museum of American History. CC0.
