Levy v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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1. ““My invention relates to certain improvements in machines for grinding the quills of feathers; and the principal object of the same is to provide a machine which is simple in construction and which will rapidly grind the ribs of the quill of the feathers and remove all pith from the same, leaving only the bone portion of stems with the web or vanes running from each edge, thus rendering the said, quill of the feathers soft and pliable and capable of withstanding considerable bending without the liability of breaking. The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the various parts, such as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims made hereto. In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a front view of a machine constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a central sectional elevation taken about on the line 3, 3, of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view illustrating the yielding bearing of the presser-roll. In carrying out my invention I provide a supporting-frame comprising the two side walls, a, b, connected at their lower ends to the base-plate, c. Each of the side walls, a, b, is made in two sections and hinged together at a', b', at their rear edges and having provided on their sides, near the forward edges, the projecting lugs, a2, a2, which are bolted together in the manner illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. Located about centrally in the side walls of the frame are ”

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