Patent Model - Machine for Washing Printers' Ink-Rollers
Maker and role
Oliver Reed, Jr. (b.1838, d.1904), Patentee
Asa Carrier (b.1823, d.1896), Patentee
Production date
Dec 15 1868
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, iron, brass, rubber, tin
Measurements
12 1/2 x 12 1/4 x 8 1/2" (31.8 x 31.1 x 21.6cm)
Description
The nature of the inventor's patent "consists in constructing a machine, which shall, by means of revolving brushes, scrubbing the surface of printers' inking-rollers with lye and water, clean them, and then, by causing them to pass through wipers, made them dry; the ink-rollers to be carried through the brushes and wipers (and thus cleaned) by simple apparatus..." (Patent Number 84,904)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.942a,b
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