Definitions for: Platen


[n] the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike
[n] the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type
[n] work table of a machine tool



Webster (1913) Definition: Plat"en, n. [F. platine, fr. plat flat. See Plate,
and cf. Platin.] (Mach.)
(a) The part of a printing press which presses the paper
against the type and by which the impression is made.
(b) Hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the
paper rests to receive an impression.
(c) The movable table of a machine tool, as a planer, on
which the work is fastened, and presented to the action
of the tool; -- also called table.

See Also: plate, roller, table

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