US Patent 1,294,572, Machine for Casting [Fusion Stripcasting]
This US patent, filed by John S. Thompson and Joseph Bast and granted in 1919, describes a machine for casting type and printing material, reprinted digitally from the Internet Archive type catalogues. The three pages are patent drawings in black line work, with numbered parts, sectional views and dimensioned cross-sections of the casting mechanism. A designer could draw on the precise mechanical diagrams, labelled leader lines and engineering-style page layout as a source of industrial, technical graphics.
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