Impressor

Press, Embossing

Accession Number: 2007.11.1

Description: A braille business card embosser that is similar in construction to a notary embosser; card is inserted between custom-brailled aluminum plates; user presses down on a steel plunger handle which squeezes the plates together, embossing the card with braille text; stamped into handle, "Elite"; embosses up to 4-lines, 13 braille cells per line; rests in the slot of a lucite base from which it can be removed; APH no. 1-03380-00; label with "APH Pat. Pending" in black print is affixed to top of impressor.

Height: 3.75

Width: 3.75

Length: 5

Date Made: ca. 1994

Collection: APH Collection

History/Provenance: APH Collection

Credit Line: APH Collection, 2007.11

Subjects: Braille Business cards Embossing (Printing)

Made: American Printing House for the Blind [brailled plates]

Material: Steel, acrylic, aluminum

Updated: 02/15/2021