Locomotive appliances . ^y Fia Sansom Bell Ringer. piston, has traveled to the upper set of lock nuts onreversing rod, the admission port begins to closeand the exhaust port to open, thus allowing the airto escape from the cylinder and the weight of bell toforce piston to bottom of cylinder. When the arm on the left lias traveled to the lowerset of lock nuts, the exhaust port begins to close and 312 LOCOMOTIVE Fig. Sansom Bell Ringer, Showing Internal Mechanism. LOCOMOTIVE APPLIANCES. 313 the admission port to open, thus again forcing thepiston upwards, as before descr
Locomotive appliances . ^y Fia Sansom Bell Ringer. piston, has traveled to the upper set of lock nuts onreversing rod, the admission port begins to closeand the exhaust port to open, thus allowing the airto escape from the cylinder and the weight of bell toforce piston to bottom of cylinder. When the arm on the left lias traveled to the lowerset of lock nuts, the exhaust port begins to close and 312 LOCOMOTIVE Fig. Sansom Bell Ringer, Showing Internal Mechanism. LOCOMOTIVE APPLIANCES. 313 the admission port to open, thus again forcing thepiston upwards, as before described. Fig. 2 is atransparent view of the bell ringer, showing theworking of the valve within. The variation in the stroke of the ringer is made byadjusting lock nuts on reversing rod. To increasethe throw of bell, raise the upper set of lock nuts; todecrease throw, lower them. THE CHICAGO LOCOMOTIVE BELL RINGER. The Chicago Locomotive Bell Ringer, as shown inFig. 1, is so nearly similar in operation that the
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