Patent Model - Improvement in Friction Calender Rolls for Paper
Maker and role
William Soley, Patentee
George Stites, Patentee
Production date
Apr 05 1870
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, brass
Measurements
7 3/16 x 12 1/2 x 6 3/4" (18.3 x 31.8 x 17.1cm)
Description
Soley and Stites’ patent was for improving a friction calendar roll machine which rolled papers until they were smooth or glazed. Their objective was “to combine with a set of calendering rolls, a set of driving-rolls, of different diameters, that the planishing-roll may be driven by frictional contact, through the rolls of the other set…” (Patent number 101,532)
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Object number
61.47.353
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