(No Model.) M. A. BANCROFT, PRINTING. No. 355,118, Patented Dec. 28, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAJOR A. BANCROFT, OF BLUNT, DAKOTA TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALE TO ISRAELE. YOUNGBLOOD, OF SAME PLACE. PRINT N G. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,ll8, dated Decembe r 28, 1886. Application filed December 17, 1885. Serial No. 185,940. (No model.) To all whom, it may concern: unduly pressing the unprinted parts of the Beit known that I, MAJOR A. BANCROFT, card or paper. a citizen of the United States, residing at On referring to Fig.1 it will be seen that by Blunt, in the county of Hughes and Territory this method portions of an unbroken form can of Dakota, have invented certain new and be printed by arranging the frisket and tyn- so useful Improvements in Printing, of which the pan in the manner set forth; also, as shown in following is a specification, reference being Figs. 3 and 4, a cut may be so printed as to had therein to the accompanying drawings. leave blank spaces on its face, which may be My invention relates to an improvement in afterward filled by an impression from another O the art of printing, whereby the printer is en form. 55 abled, without breaking the form or mutilat It will be apparent that a sin le impression ing any portion of the type or rules therein, presenting an outline different from that of to print just such parts of it as he may desire, the form and having a finished appearance, leaving the remaining parts blank, to be by can be taken by simply arranging the frisket subsequent impressions printed from the parts and tympan in accordance with the design of 6o of the form from which no impression has been the impression to be produced. taken, or from another form. Having thus described my invention, what I In order to enable others skilled in the art claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters to use my invention, I will proceed to describe Patent, is 2O it, reference being had to the accompanying 1. The combination, with a form of type 65 drawings, and to the letters of reference marked placed on the bed of a printing-press, of a thereon. frisket, the portions which overlie the part of In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the form from which it is desired to take an a form of movable type and a frisket, the lat impression being cut out, and a tympan hav ter being so cut as to permit certain portions ing the portions which underlie the part of the 7o 25 of the form to be printed. Fig. 2 is a bottom frisket covering the part of the form not to be plan view of a tympan-sheet, those parts of printed from cut out, substantially as de the sheet which underlie the uncut parts of Scribed. the frisket being removed. Fig. 3 is a plan 2. As an improvement in the art of print view of a print from a cut in which a blank ing, the method herein described, consisting 75 space is left in its face. Fig. 4 is a plan view in cutting out those parts of the frisket which of the frisket used in printing from the cut. overlie those parts of the form from which an In carrying out my invention on a job impression is to be taken and removing those printing press, I construct a frisket, A, by at parts of the tympan-sheet which underlie the 35 taching a sheet of smooth - surfaced paper of part of the frisket covering the part of the 8O medium weight to the grippersa, in such a man form not to be printed from, then applying ner as to cover the entire form B to be printed paper to the frisket and tympan so prepared from. I then take an impression of the form and taking the impression, substantially as on the frisket and cut out those portions of described. 4O the frisket which overlie the parts of the form - In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in 85 which I wish to print, as shown at b. After presence of two witnesses. having prepared the frisket in this manner, I - MAJOR A, BANCROFT. cut out, as at c, those parts of the tympan Witnesses: sheet C which underlie the uncut parts of the I. E. YoUNGBLOOD, 45 frisket opposite the type, in order to avoid FRED O. KIMBALL.