Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . Fig. 2887. Mardens Leather-Splitter, Fig. 2885, the knife S reciprocates longitudinally,the cylinder is adjustable, and the leatlier is helddown by a foot on the presser-bar JF. Fig. 2885. Leather-Stretcher. In the example, the bar has onefeed and one movable clamp, and between tliem isa slide-liar having a pawl to catch in a ratchet in them
Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . Fig. 2887. Mardens Leather-Splitter, Fig. 2885, the knife S reciprocates longitudinally,the cylinder is adjustable, and the leatlier is helddown by a foot on the presser-bar JF. Fig. 2885. Leather-Stretcher. In the example, the bar has onefeed and one movable clamp, and between tliem isa slide-liar having a pawl to catch in a ratchet in themain bar, and rubber springs acting on the movableclamp. Leather-striping. {Shocmak-inr/.) A machinefor marking binding-leather with stripes to be cutinto strips lor shoe-binding, etc. Leather-stripping Ma-chine. A macliinefor cutting sides of leather into strips of uniformwidth, from which soles and heels are afterwards tobe punched by haiul or by power. Leather-stuffer. A machine or a in which hides are made supple and stuUedwith dubbing, to make them soft and pliable. It isthe equivalent of the breaking-machine, which is usedto break dried hides before tanning. The hand-pro- Fig. Leather- Splitter. In another machine, the leather is s])lit by anendless, knife-edged, steel band, sharpened by anemery-wheel while running. Leather-stamp. A machine for stamping and shaping leather. Fig. 2886.
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