Brick Machine.

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Patent for a new and improved brick machine. This design consists in "a mold-wheel mounted to revolve in the horizontal plane and provided with mold-cavities, of a vertically-movable plunger in each cavity, a door for each cavity hinged on the top of the wheel, the hinge plate or lug attached to the mold-wheel being slotted to allow a vertical movement of the hinge-pin, a curved arm pivoted over the top of the mold-wheel and extending over part of the same, and a spring acting on the swinging end of said curved arm" (lines 80-90).

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[2], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Thaison, William November 23, 1886.

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Patent for a new and improved brick machine. This design consists in "a mold-wheel mounted to revolve in the horizontal plane and provided with mold-cavities, of a vertically-movable plunger in each cavity, a door for each cavity hinged on the top of the wheel, the hinge plate or lug attached to the mold-wheel being slotted to allow a vertical movement of the hinge-pin, a curved arm pivoted over the top of the mold-wheel and extending over part of the same, and a spring acting on the swinging end of said curved arm" (lines 80-90).

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[2], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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"SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,095, dated November 23, 1886. Application filed January 7, 1886. Serial No. 187,849. (No model.)"

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  • November 23, 1886

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  • November 23, 1886

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  • January 7, 1886

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Thaison, William. Brick Machine., patent, November 23, 1886; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171397/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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