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Heavy green enameled 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.
Bobst Rotary Cylinder Press - Copyright Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
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Bobst Rotary Press

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