. Operation of trains and station work and telegraphy . nd effect economy of steamhave been made and upon many railroads have beendopted. We give, therefore, a concise description ofiew style steam couplers made by the Consolidated CarIeating Company. Serious steam losses result from imperfect connectionsof steam hose couplers. Constant efforts have been madeto construct a satisfactory coupler. Coupler heads arehammered together, and locking devices are applied inan attempt to force a tight joint—and still the drain onthe locomotive has increased and the delays to trains onaccount of leaky cou


. Operation of trains and station work and telegraphy . nd effect economy of steamhave been made and upon many railroads have beendopted. We give, therefore, a concise description ofiew style steam couplers made by the Consolidated CarIeating Company. Serious steam losses result from imperfect connectionsof steam hose couplers. Constant efforts have been madeto construct a satisfactory coupler. Coupler heads arehammered together, and locking devices are applied inan attempt to force a tight joint—and still the drain onthe locomotive has increased and the delays to trains onaccount of leaky couplers have been as frequent andannoying as ever. The Consolidated Car-Heating Company claim to haveovercome this condition by the development of the typeof coupler we describe (see Figure 18). The essentialpoints in the construction of this type of coupler are: (1)an automatic locking device, (2) all the points of en-gagement are carefully machined, (3) the openingthrough the head can be adjusted from i1/^ to ij^, (4) 72 RULES FOR MOVEMENT OF TRAINS. m P< W fa o o oo HEATING AND LIGHTING CARS 73 the liability to hose kinking is prevented by the increasedangle of the coupler nipple, (5) should the train part thecoupler automatically separates, (6) on sharp curves orunder strain of the draft rigging the coupler will notopen and leak steam, (7) the wear and gasket losses arereduced to a minimum through the novel and efficientmethod of holding gaskets. The gasket is applied to the coupler by sliding it intotlje machined groove, and is firmly locked in place bysjightly bending the steel lug formed on it. Springs are t used to hold it in place, neither are they necessary, cause there is no obstruction in the steam passage. Itii moulded into one piece and has wide faces at the frontdnd back, making a positive seat and steam tight joint. When a coupling of the heads is being made, the locks1 re turned to one side so that the lug and clutch canengage each other. The locks are then


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