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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 3 3 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3 1 1 Browse Search
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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), H. (search)
ning or basoning; a preliminary felting operation which converts the fibers into a fabric dense and tenacious enough to enable it to be handled and put through the felting process. In cones from the forming-machine, it is usually done by an auxiliary cone moved over that on which the body was formed. Other bodies are steamed and rolled up in cloths (basoning-cloths). Flat bats are hardened between a table and a flat platen having short, quick reciprocating motion. See Emnmon's patent, April 19, 1853. Hat-ironing machine. Hat-i′ron-ing ma-chine′. A machine for performing the ironing formerly done by hand, by which the final operation of finishing a hat is accomplished. The block supporting the body rotates at a high speed, while hollow irons, heated by interior gasjets, steam, or hot air flowing through, or by heated slugs introduced within them, are held against the whole surface by pressure of a weight or spring. The tip-iron usually has a lip on one side, which bears
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
c. 17, 1872. 134,961WhitneyJan. 14, 1873. 135,000McLean et al.Jan. 21, 1873. 139,067LathropMay 20, 1873. 142,013GordesAug. 19, 1873. 145,823WeberDec. 23, 1874. class C. — sewing leather. 1. Machines. No.Name.Date. 9,679WickershamApr. 19, 1853. 10,615WickershamMar. 7, 1854. 11,240ButterfieldJuly 4, 1854. 11,507SwingleAug. 8, 1854. 11,571ShawAug. 22, 1854. 11,581ShawAug. 22, 1854. 11,588Turner et al.Aug. 22, 1854. 11,631TurnerAug. 29, 1854. 14,207SwingleFeb. 5, 1856. (R against the thread next to and moving the material forward. See patent to Stedman, November 27, 1855. Upper feed. A feeding device located above the clothsup-porting surface and engaging upper side of material. See patent to Wickersham, April 19, 1853. Each of the above has numerous minor subdivisions of detail, but the number of kinds of feed in actual use is quite limited. Sew′ing-ma-chine′ gage. A device for directing the goods to the needle, parallel with the edge of a selvage<