Richard March Hoe

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Richard March Hoe
Richard Hoes 6-cylinder printing press

Richard March Hoe (born September 12, 1812 in New York , † June 7, 1886 in Florence ) was the American inventor of the rotary printing press .

Life

Richard M. Hoe was born in New York City to Robert Hoe (1784-1833). His father and his brothers-in-law Peter and Matthew Smith had built a factory for steam-driven printing machines. Richard Hoe joined this factory at the age of 15 and became the company's boss after his father's death.

In 1843 Richard Hoe invented the rotary printing press. In contrast to the conventional flatbed high-speed presses , Hoe used printing forms curved around the plate cylinder , which he produced using stereotype . This enabled him to design a machine in which the direction of movement of the plate and impression cylinders and the printing material did not change, so that it could print at a higher speed. Since Hoe also placed up to 10 impression cylinders around a plate cylinder, his machines could achieve up to 20,000 single-sided prints per hour. Hoe received US Patent No. 5199 for its development in 1846 ; In 1847 , one of his rotary printing presses was first commercially installed. The printing press became known under various names, such as “Type Revolving Printing Machine”, “Lightning Rotary News Press”, “Hoe web perfecting press” or “Mammut Schnellpresse”.

In 1870 Hoe developed a rotary printing press that printed both sides ( perfecting ) in one pass.

He was born on October 23, 1854 at Columbia Lodge No. 91 initiated by the Freemasons in Philadelphia and remained a member there until the end of his life.

His business successor was his nephew, Robert Hoe .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William R. Denslow, Harry S. Truman: 10,000 Famous Freemasons from A to J - Part One . Kessinger Publishing, ISBN 1-4179-7578-4

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SURNAME Hoe, Richard March
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American inventor
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH new York
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1886
Place of death Florence