The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-06-14
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| combinations of a saving machine, a
hay. straw and corn fodder cutter, a
cider mill, root ard vegetable cutter,
a wood saw, a corn sheller, a planning
machine and a threshing machine, in
one frame which occupies space Of
two and half feet by four, and which
can be changed from one to the other
in very few minutes.
Tie proprietors OF the machine,
Messrs. II. & c. T. Smith, have opened
an Office for the sale Of these machines
at No. 8 Main street, as above stated,
and propose to open a mandatory
here in which they are to be made, and
in the view of their probable permas
macy here it behoves our citizens to drop
in on them aud see this common sense
application Of power and wonderful
combination OF machines.
As we have said the machine is q
com bination Of many wonderful ingen-
ious inventions 10 machinery; but the
main, central point is the new driving
mechanism. Centripetsl Power, as the
same i'm plies, is power absolutely tend
| ing 10 the centre. The ordinary trsns-
mission OF power from a fly wheel to q
smaller Que, is accompanied. las every
one knows who has the slightest knowl.
edge OF tie application OF power,) by
resisting friction. and when great vel
ocily is required, the band must be
drawn tightly, and this resistance Ia
increased. In this machine there are
two large band wheels and The axle of
one works 10 a stationery box, while
+; the axle OF the other works in a remov.
able box. If the broad.belt be placed
round these two wheels and drawn
tightly, Zone Of the axles, be it remem'
bered, being in a movable box,) it is
evident that they will be brought up
close together. So they would be and
come in contact, but small wheel be-
tween them prevents it. lnstead
Of coming into contact they rest each
against this small wheel. Now then
Tor the power. Being turned by crank
handle or by shafting (f a horse ma
chine,) these two large band wheels
press tightly against the small wheeIa
between them, ard turn it, one wheel
helping on the one side and the other
on the other. Take pencil and roll it
swiftly between your hands and you
| have the principle exactly.
Here, then, that which is ordinarily
resisting frictiou,is utilized and becomes
motive power Maybe YOU can't under
stand our explanation o. it, but that is
not the fault OF the machine Go and
see for yourself.
Now, then you ask, What will it
dor That proves you haven't seen it.
II you lad seen it you would ask
What won't it dor We saw it, for
iustance with one horse power run a
planer and circular cav at the same
time, anG when the operator had planed
one board as smooth as a mirror, he
put another in its place, and while it
was going through the planer, he sawed
the first into strips. The same power
and on the same machine.
As thresher it works on new plan
Instead OF teeth as in an ordinary
threehing machine, the cylinder is pro-
vided with iron fails, that beat the
grain from the wbeat, barley or oat heads
and leaves the straw perfectly solid and
upbroker, and so perfect in its work
that every grain was taken out Of the
band Of an unbound bundle. as well IS
out Of the tips, and the straw was LETT
as when first harvested.
AS we have said these machines may
all be attached to one frame. We cav
the combined machine work, and no
change that we saw occupied five min-
utes, while some are made in lees than
a minute. H. & C. T. Smith & Co.,
the proprietors, claim that with
combined machine a farmer can
thresh all his own wheat,
rye, oate, barley, buckwheat,
grass seed, broom corn, rice, peas,
beans, &c, and bind the straw from
such grain as be chooses He can saw
all his wood. cut all his roots, make
all bis own cider, saw his fence boards
and lumber, ehell all his corn. cut all
his feed for horses and cattle. grind all
his grist, ard DO what planning he needs.
all within his own means And all
with one horse and one machine.
A carpenter, with three attachments,
can do all his own saving, boring and
planning without having to send (olten
miles) away to mills established Tor
that purpose"
No invention Of this age has been Of
such general utility as this one, and SIS
it is most especially designed for the
use of farmers, they should examine it
closely. The proprietors take great
pleasure in showing their invention and
give courteous and gentlemanly well
come to all visitors. The machine with
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