Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

ROTARY SHEET-FED LITHOGRAPHY PRESS

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1950

Materials

STEEL, RUBBER, PLASTIC, GLASS

No. Pieces

1

Height

132.5

Length

149.5

Width

60

Description

GREY STEEL CABINET WITH TWO DOORS ON FRONT WHICH OPEN OUT FROM CENTRE. RIGHT DOOR HAS TWO SEMI-CIRCULAR TRAYS WELDED TO INSIDE; LEFT DOOR HAS ONLY ONE. PAPER FEEDER TRAY ON TOP RIGHT SIDE, WITH PRESSED WOOD BOARD INSERTED INTO BOTTOM TO HOLD PAPER. SIZE OF TRAY ADJUSTABLE WITH WINGNUTS. DOCUMENT TRAY ON LEFT, ALSO ADJUSTABLE FOR SIZE, WITH THIN STEEL ROD EXTENDING FROM PRESS OVER TRAY. TOP FAR LEFT HAND SIDE OF PRESS IS MOUNTED WITH HARD BLACK RUBBER ROLLERS. RIGHT OF THEM ARE FOAM ROLLERS, WITH GLASS INK CARTRIDGE ON TOP. INK IS FED ONTO ROLLERS THROUGH BLACK PLASTIC FUNNEL LOCATED AT THE BACK OF CARTRIDGE. PLATE CYLINDER BELOW INKING AND DAMPENING MECHANISMS. OPEN ON APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF SURFACE, REVEALING RODS, AND TWO BARS WITH SMALL PEGS FOR SECURING PLATE. INTERMEDIATE CYLINDER IN FRONT, ALSO OPEN IN ONE SECTION REVEALING INTERNAL RODS. CYLINDER IS FOR HOLDING RUBBER BLANKET WHICH TRANSFERS IMAGE ONTO PAPER. ALL CYLINDERS ARE GEARED, WITH BROWN PLASTIC TURNING WHEEL AT FRONT OF PRESS. OPERATED BY BELTS WHICH RUN ALONG BACK. ONE BELT READS "GATES TRUFLEX 2520 MADE IN CANADA GATES X 3"; OTHERS MARKED BUT ILLEGIBLE. MOTOR AND POWER CORDS LOCATED IN CABINET BENEATH. SCREWS, KNOBS, AND LEVERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT FOR ADJUSTING CYLLINDERS. MAIN BODY OF PRESS IS PAPER FEEDER, OPERATED BY FIVE WHITE BELTS WHICH ARE TURNED BY ROTATING RODS EITHER END. SMALL WHEEL MECHANISM ON TOP FOR STABILIZING PAPER BEING FED THROUGH. TWO RUBBER TUBES ABOVE PAPER TRAY, ONE OF WHICH IS TO BE CONNECTED TO OUTSIDE SOURCE. BLACK CRANK WITH GRAY HANDLE AT RIGHT SIDE, WHICH RAISES AND LOWERS THE PAPER FEEDER TRAY BY MEANS OF TWO WEIGHTED LINK CHAINS INSIDE CABINET. TOP CENTRE PANELS OF CABINET CAN BE REMOVED, AND HAVE NAMEPLATES READING "MULTIGRAPH DUPLICATOR MULTILITH MODEL 1250". YELLOW PAPER DECAL ON INSIDE FRONT READING "TO OBTAIN BEST USE ONLY MULTIGRAPH U.S. PAT. OFF. CERTIFIED SUPPLIES SOLD BY MULTIGRAPH SALES AGENCIES PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE WORLD" WITH PARTS TORN AND MISSING. NAMEPLATE AT END BELOW DOCUMENT TRAY READS "MODEL 1250 NO. 540004 ADDRESSOGRAPH-MULTIGRAPH CORPORATION CLEVELAND, OHIO, MADE IN U.S.A. MADE AND SOLD UNDER ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING PATENTS: 2,065,535 2,341,021 2,293,046 2,358,560 2,393,614" AND "SOLD BY ADDRESSOGRAPH-MULTIGRAPH OF CANADA LIMITED 1152 BAY STREET, TORONTO CSA APP. NO. 2634".

Subjects

PRINTING T&E

Historical Association

BUSINESS

INDUSTRY

History

USED BY ROBINS PRINTING CO., WHO INTRODUCED LITHOGRAPHY IN 1946 TO LETHBRIDGE.

Catalogue Number

P19940020006

Acquisition Date

1994-06

Collection

Museum

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