Search:platen -> PLATEN
platen
p l a t e n hex:#112;#108;#97;#116;#101;#110;
The Salt of the World?
- Platen - n. - The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
- Platen - n. - Hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the paper rests to receive an impression.
- Platen - n. - The movable table of a machine tool, as a planer, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool; -- also called table.
- Rounce - n. - The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again; -- sometimes applied to the whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen.
- Cylinder - n. - The revolving platen or bed which produces the impression or carries the type in a cylinder press.