Modern mechanism, exhibiting the latest progress in machines, motors, and the transmission of power, being a supplementary volume to Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics (1892)
Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 109
of the die (Fig. ;3). For very wideand thin bricks tlie resisting pnijcction is omitted wiiolly at the short diameter of the die. orat the edge of the bricks, the spreading of the clay outward to Ihe edge, ratiier than into thecorners only, l)eiiig facilitated. By this means the angles of the bar… … Fio. 3. —The Chambers brick-machine—the dies. quickly swung open for the removal of stones. This swinging bolt is secured to the case bya pin of just sullicient strength to hold under normal conditions, and when undue straincomes from hard clay, etc., it yields, thus forming a safeguard against…
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