Illustrated catalogue and price list of John Thomson Press Company's platen presses : for letterpress and color printing, embossing, bookcover stamping and paper-box cutting and scoring (1896)
John Thomson Press Company · New York City : J. Thomson Press Co. · leaf 13
e is designed to obtain the highest degree of rigidity and strength. The entire structure, bed, sides and cross girths, is cast together, forming one part. There are no curlycues, scrolls or filigrees; but every line has been laid and stands for one purpose — efficiency. The platen is attached to… … tion below its pivot bearing, so that it cannot be swung over, by neglect or accident, between the bed and the platen. In earlier practice the failure to provide this protection had been the cause of numerous break-downs. The lower clamp may be drawn up clear of the frisket fingers, that the tympan…
John Thomson Press Company · Platen presses
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