Leaf springs, their characteristics and methods of specification; a hand-book of useful information relating to automobile leaf springs, their manufacture, methods of specification, details and characteristics (1912)
Landau, David, ed, Sheldon axel Company · Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sheldon axle company, Spring engineering department · leaf 28
entire length of the leaf.It is a well-known fact that, all other things being equal, a thinleaf can be bent a greater number of times without breakingthan a thick leaf. A rib, by thowing metal up above the normalsurface of the leaf, makes that leaf act as though it had been in-creased in… … A—I,ipped springB—Button headC—Berlin head D—Closed open headE—Open head Fig. 15 One of the best means of preventing lateral motion is to fit the end of each leaf with small side projections extending up- _. ward and close to the leaf above. These are called lips, see Figure 15. They have the…
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