Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 654
A A is the bed-plate upon whichmost of the operating parts of tlie machine aresustained. B B are the dies which grip and holdthe spike-rod during the time the bending andhea<ling are effected. C is a lever by which thedie B is closed, the die B being stationary. Thislever is acted on by the… … 648 SPIKE MACHINE. / is to be fed into the dies in the usual way, and as soon as the dies are closed upon the piece to b«headed the bendino- lever G has its outer end h raised by the cam H on the shaft E, -nrhich causes iUend a to descend upon the projecting end of the spike-rod, and to bend it…
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