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Manufacturers Index - Mesta Machine Co.

Mesta Machine Co.
Homestead, PA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery & Steam and Gas Engines

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
1,197,376 Sep. 05, 1916 Gear-planing machine Lorenz Iversen Pittsburgh, PA
1,285,475 Nov. 19, 1918 Automatic exhaust-valve Wolfgang Turnwald Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY In the Stumpf Una-Flow Engine design, steam enters from either end of the cylinder, and the exhaust is at the mid-line of the cylinder. Steam enters alternately at either end of the cylinder. This interesting design was problematic in practice. For one thing, the cylinder experienced a temperature gradient, cool at the center and hotter and either end, which required the cylinder to be made with a slight taper to compensate. As well, the engine moved quickly, which stressed the valves and required the engine to be heavily built to withstand the stresses.
A 1922 condensed catalog from Ridgway Dynamo & Engine Co. lists "Unaflow Engine: Built under Stumpf patents. Steam jacketed heads, poppet valves and extremely simple valve gear. Bed, governor and reciprocating parts same as on Single Valve Engine. Recommended for high pressures, high superheat, and condensing service. Sizes 100 H.P. to 800 H.P."
1,761,470 Jun. 03, 1930 Cooling Bed Gustaf L. Fisk Midland, PA
2,400,996 May. 28, 1946 Metal Shear Lorenz Iversen Pittsburgh, PA This invention relates to metal shears and, in particular, to a plate shear adapted for cutting large and heavy metal plates. Plate shears heretofore in use have been subject to many disadvantages, particularly when they are of such size as to cut very large, thick plates. My improved shear is a self-contained hydraulically operated shear, which constitutes a compact unit of superior design and construction, and having great flexibility of operation.