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Patent model for printers' chase
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a chase that eliminated the need for furniture; the invention was granted patent number 228201. Four metal bars, matching the inside length and breadth of the chase, were toothed along their outer sides. The bars could be locked in any position in the chase by four matching toothed blocks that fitted at the crossing points.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent model for printers' chase. ca 1880. Kingsland, Jr., Joseph. National Museum of American History. CC0.
