单词 | inner tympan |
释义 | > as lemmasinner tympan 4. An appliance in a printing-press, interposed between the platen or impression-cylinder and the sheet to be printed, in order to soften and equalize the pressure; in a hand press consisting of two frames ( outer tympan and inner tympan) with sheets of parchment or strong linen stretched upon them, and enclosing a packing either of blanket, rubber, or other soft substance, or sheets of paper, cardboard, cloth, or other harder material, according to the nature of the work to be printed. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > parts of printers or presses > [noun] > tympan tympan1580 drawer1837 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Le Chassis, the tympane of a Printers presse. 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course ii. f. 22 Placing the leafe that is to be printed, on a double tympan or parchmin. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 54 The Tympan is a square Frame. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Printing On the Front of the Coffin are three Frames.., viz. the two Tympans and Frisket. 1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. xv. 529 The tympans are covered with vellum, forrels, or parchment. 1869 W. B. in Eng. Mech. 24 Dec. 362/1 Make a tympan of thick cardboard. 1880 Printing Times Mar. 63/1 Too much packing in a tympan is a great and common fault. 1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 404/1 A sheet of smooth card..should be laid over the picture before the leather tympan is closed down upon it. < as lemmas |
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