- Accession Number:
- 2006.19.4
- Description:
- Heavy, green-enameled steel, open frame embossing press; feeds from a large roll of paper at bottom left, paper tension adjustable with brake controlled by rack/pinion gear & lever; hand wheel on front shafted to drive wheel, electric drive motor and belt missing; paper feeds through double embossing cylinders protected by a hinged sheet metal cover, marked in red marker "Mr. Swiss"; marked in black marker on roller cover, "Doris/Deborah/Elizabeth"; output from cylinders directed under flared bright aluminum sheet with cutouts for two felted rollers to cutter bar; bent irregular wires under the cutter drop the embossed and cut sheets into an adjustable width cardboard lined output tray; a counter, labeled "PRIMOR" on the output tray guides; red vinyl covered board swivels to open and close the side of the output tray; arm rests with green pads on both sides of the press; steel transmission lever on left.
- Height:
- 51
- Width:
- 55
- Depth:
- 40
- Date Made:
- ca. 1936
- Place of Origin:
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- Collection:
- APH Collection
- History/Provenance:
- APH Collection
- Credit Line:
- APH Collection
- Subjects:
- Braille Printing presses Printing industry
- Made:
- J. Bobst & Son
- Material:
- Steel, paper, felt, vinyl, aluminum
- Updated:
- 01/26/2018
