. American engineer and railroad journal . THE HANCOCK LCCOMOTIVB INSPIRATOR. 0 then closes the valve c, and a further movement of the leverd closes the overtlow valve 3. As soon as the pressure in 0 ex-ceeds the boiler pressures, the check valve p is opened and thecurrent of water flows through the feed pipe I) into the order to regulate the amount of water fed to boiler a de-vice is provided which consists of a valve, s, on the end of aspindle, r, which is operated by a handwheel, q. By thismeans the feed may be regulated from the maximum to theminimum capacity without touching the
. American engineer and railroad journal . THE HANCOCK LCCOMOTIVB INSPIRATOR. 0 then closes the valve c, and a further movement of the leverd closes the overtlow valve 3. As soon as the pressure in 0 ex-ceeds the boiler pressures, the check valve p is opened and thecurrent of water flows through the feed pipe I) into the order to regulate the amount of water fed to boiler a de-vice is provided which consists of a valve, s, on the end of aspindle, r, which is operated by a handwheel, q. By thismeans the feed may be regulated from the maximum to theminimum capacity without touching the lever and without. LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF THE HANCOCK LOCOMOTIVE INSPIRATOR. using a lazy-cock or regulating valve in the suction. This isclaimed to be the first adaptation of this device for this purposeever .successfully applied to a jet apparatus. The operation of the machines when put to work is as fol-lows : A slight pull of the lever d opens the valve e, whichadmits steam through the main valve/ and steam ports to thelifting side g and lifter steam; nozzle h. The flow of steam Vol. LXVIII, No. io.]- AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 475 through the lifter tube a then produces a partial vacuum inthe chamber t and suction pipe B which causes the water toflow upward through B and through the lifter tube a into theforcing chamber t and through the intermediate overflowvalve e, which opens to the chamber containing the valve jand to the chamber k and overflow pipe 0. The intermediateoverflow valve c being located above the mouth of the forcingtube b, allows a quantity of water to flow through it andaround the for
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