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frisket to move with the bed througli a part of its niovenients. To that end of the 

 frisket which has the gudgeon a cloth twentj-six inches square is fastened ; tlie other 

 end of the clotli, which is loose, is raised vertically and stretched by a stick ; at each 

 of its corners is a cord, (/', which goes over a pulley, e', and has at the other end a 

 weight,/'. The frisket slides are prevented by proper stops on the rails from running 

 farther out from the platen than just to bring the gudgeons to its edge. If, now, 

 the press is put in motion, the bed, which is moved by the strap xi, and the frisket, 

 which is drawn by the weight c', move out from the platen; the cloth is drawn up 

 by the weight,/'; the lifting-studs of the frisket bearing the printed sheet strike the 

 raised edge of the apron, d ; the frisket rises upon it until the ends of the slides 

 strike the stops, when it remains on the apron motionless, while the bed moves on. 

 While the frisket is at rest, the printed sheet is removed by hand, and a fresh sheet 

 laid on ; the bed then returns beneath the platen, and the operation is repeated. 



The inking apparatus is placed in the frame x, Fig. 6. It consists of four rollers, 

 three of them of the soft composition of glue and treacle, in common use, 3 inches 

 in diameter, and one of them of wood, 2\ inches in diameter. Two of the soft 

 rollers lie side by side without touching each other, 

 and at such a height in the frame, x, as just to 

 press lightly on the face of the tj^pe when it 

 passes under them ; the third soft roller is above 

 the others, and does not touch them. The wooden 

 roller is in contact with all the soft rollers, and is 

 driven bj- a wheel fixed to its axis, which is in turn 

 moved bj- a rack live feet long attached to the side 

 of the bed. The ink is in an iron box or fountain, 

 I/', two feet two inches long, three inches wide, and 

 two inches deep. One side of this box is removed, and its place supplied by an 

 iron roller, which, being turned slightly by each movement of the bed, distributes 

 the ink on the soft roller. An important part of the distributing apparatus is a 

 horizontal i-evolving table, z, 28 inches in diameter, which, turning partly round at 

 each movement of the bed, brings constantly new parts in contact with the inking 

 roller, and thus equalizes the distribution. 



The press is thrown out of gear, so far as the movements of the platen are 

 concerned, by means of the rod h', which is fixed to the bar h, and the lever ?', 

 resting on the arm h', and counterbalanced by the weight /'. By pulling down the 

 handle, m, the rod h' is drawn upwards, and the slide bar h raised and detached 



Fig. 6. 



