MEMOIR OF DANIEL TREADWELL. 



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frisket to move with the bed 



li a part of its movements. To that end of 



frisket which has the gudgeon a cloth twenty-six inches Bquare is f; 



the other 



end of 



cloth, which i 



s 



of its corners is a cord, d', which 



raised vertically and stretched hv 



- 



pulley, c', and has at the otln-r end 



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

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



the press is put in motion 



bed, which is moved by the strap 



f 



which is drawn by the weight c', mo 



from the platen ; the cloth is d 



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



d 



f 



the fr 



until the 



P 



s of 

 bed 



moves on. 



strike the stops, when it remains on the i 

 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 z, Fig. G. 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 type when it 

 passes under them ; the third soft roller is above 



the 



thers. and d 



them. Th 



d 



Fig. 6 



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



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



moved by a rack five feet long attached to the side 



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



y' ', 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 revolving table, g, 28 inches in diameter, which, turning partly round at 



each movement of the bed, brings constantly new parts 



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 i, 



in contact with the inking 



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



the 



handle, 



m, the rod H is drawn upwards, and the 



slide bar h raised and detached 



