The
core of Brace No.2 has the mounting for the gear shaft integral with
the
main housing of the ratchet mechanism. Return to top of this page
Three Millers Falls geared braces
by George Langford, Sc.D.
Details
of Millers Falls Geared Brace No.2:
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a. Core arrangement b. Gear wheel attachment c. Catalog illustration
The
core of Brace No.2 has the mounting for the gear shaft integral with
the
main housing of the ratchet mechanism.
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The
main gear wheel & crank of geared brace No.2 are secured with a
knurled
thumbnut.
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This
sketch is identical to the brace illustrated in the 1915 and 1925
Millers
Falls catalogs and yet the text here is a verbatim copy of that which
goes
with the catalog illustration of Brace No.3 in this thread. The
logical
conclusion is that the much cruder Brace No.3 was developed earlier
than
the Model 182 brace (in the Millers Falls catalogs) shown here.
The illustration shown above was found in the Somers, Fitler & Todd Co. catalog of 1922. SFT was a Pittsburgh, PA distributor of machinery & suppplies.