Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 809
; the box on the lever of the belt-shipper strikes another stop e8,on the slide a?, and moves back the stem to bring the cutter in the proper line for making its cut. Inthis way at each operation the cutter is relieved and returned to its proper position for cutting. Thecutter is fitted in any… … In a machine constructed and operating on the principle of this invention, every cut converges to theapex of a cone that represents the bevel of the wheel, and therefore the cogs, and the spaces betweenthem, will gradually and in the true proportion diminish from the outer to the inner periphery.…
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