Seal Press

“A press or stamp bearing dies on its jaws, or a die and a bed, for imprinting or embossing any device upon paper or a plastic material, as lead. It is much used to form the seals of seal-locks, and may be a kind of heavy pincers. a and a1, dies; b (dotted outline), bar sliding in guide c; d (dotted outline), abutment for coiled spring e; f, lever with cam g at the bottom. The lever moved in the direction in dicated by the arrow forces a down upon a1; when it is released the spring reverses the motion.” —Whitney, 1889

Keywords

Seal, paper, bar, device, spring, press, pincers, stamp, Jaws, dies, imprint, emboss, embossing, imprinting, plastic

Galleries

Printing and Paper Industries, Miscellaneous Tools, Other Office Supplies and Equipment

Source

William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5443

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