Printing-Press.

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Patent for a printing, ruling, and cutting press of a simple and durable construction. The printing press can print both sides of a sheet of paper and has adjustable guards so that the operator can print any size paper. The machine also provides a "means for regulating the feed of the machine for adapting it to print short or long sections or a newspaper as well as a small tract" (lines 20-22). The machine has two plates opposite each other, the weight of one counterbalances the other so double printing is possible. Any amount of ink can be supplied to … continued below

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[3], 7 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Hallenbeck, Matthew L. W. March 31, 1896.

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Patent for a printing, ruling, and cutting press of a simple and durable construction. The printing press can print both sides of a sheet of paper and has adjustable guards so that the operator can print any size paper. The machine also provides a "means for regulating the feed of the machine for adapting it to print short or long sections or a newspaper as well as a small tract" (lines 20-22). The machine has two plates opposite each other, the weight of one counterbalances the other so double printing is possible. Any amount of ink can be supplied to the rollers, and adjustable scrapers remove extra ink from the ink drums. The uncut paper can be wound around a device if necessary. A drying-cylinder provides that the printed material has no blurs.

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[3], 7 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Application filed March 28, 1895. Serial No. 543,561. (No model.)

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  • March 31, 1896

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  • March 28, 1895

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Hallenbeck, Matthew L. W. Printing-Press., patent, March 31, 1896; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174249/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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