Illustrated general catalogue; of the Buffalo steel plate steam and pulley fans, etc

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...delicate, and also the expensive art work produced by renowned potteries, leads us to request customers, who may have any special material to be handled, to make inquiry of us as to where a Buffalo Hot Blast outfit for the same general service may be seen in operation. Upon receipt of such request, the necessary advice will be supplied, together with a complete estimate and proposal. No standard lists of dryers and apparatus required therefor is presented herewith, as tabulated for other uses to which the Buffalo Hot Blast Apparatus is adapted. This is due to no oversight, but to the fact the great variations in the requirements of different clays make it impossible to compile such a table. For Conveying Brick, Tile, Etc. AS WILL readily be appreciated, the Improved Buffalo Brick Cars arc unsurpassed in design, and are the most convenient extant. The journals are of simple design, made on the ball-hearing principle; this feature renders them decidedly the best of any on the market, and especially suited for conveying brick and other heavy material, for with the friction being reduced to a minimum they run very easily; very little oiling is required. The bumpers are made of the best wrought iron and project 2J inches over each end, allowing of sufficient space between the cars for the air currents produced by the Buffalo Hot Blast Apparatus to circulate freely. They also act as binding braces, the spring taking off the jar and strain when cars come suddenly together, and likewise prevent jamming together of the brick and tile on separate cars. With many forms of construction, this feature is entirely unprovided for, and the attendant result is that repiling is often necessary. The weights of Buflalo Improved Brick Cars are guaranteed, and the strength propor...