Patent Model - Machine for Cutting and Folding Paper
Maker and role
Charles Moore (b.Unknown, d.Unknown), Patentee
Charles Moore (b.Unknown, d.Unknown), Assignee
Wm. Sheldon, Assignee
Lorenzo Chandler, Assignee
Production date
Dec 16 1856
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron, brass
Measurements
13 x 12 x 15 1/2" (33 x 30.5 x 39.4cm)
Description
Moore's patent "consists in so constructing and arranging the machine in all its parts that it will throw a single sheet of paper upon its folding surface at the same time cutting it in halves, fold each half once, then by its secondary cutting it is when thus folded cut into quarters, each quarter afterward receiving one or more folds as described; its back margin punctured and then thrown from the machine." (Patent Number 16,256)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.182a,b
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