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 458
first to put it in the machine, and then clamp itat the edge of the brim. The band-ring has now to be brought and locked and the hat-blockand brira-tongs simultaneously expanded, the one by a hand-lever and the other by a treadle.And, finally, when stiff hats are blocked, cold water is poured on to… … FiG. 1.—Blocking-machine. chine is started by means of a foot-lever shown on the right and inside of the frame, andall the above-described operations are made automatically; and when the hat-body is blockedand cooled off, the machine stops and the hat-body is removed. It is evident that these…
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