. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . eration on ser\ice men who have studied up, figured ,that they could stop better if they re-charged and then went to emergencv,which is dangerous practice in a closeplace. When the brake is off, it is properenough to bring valve handle to lapafter emergency action is had, not becauseit gives more brake pressure in the cylin-der, but because it saves pressure to releasethe brakes again.—Ed.] © i g A New Boiler=Washing Nozzle. Editors : I herewith inclose a cut of a boiler wash-ing device,
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . eration on ser\ice men who have studied up, figured ,that they could stop better if they re-charged and then went to emergencv,which is dangerous practice in a closeplace. When the brake is off, it is properenough to bring valve handle to lapafter emergency action is had, not becauseit gives more brake pressure in the cylin-der, but because it saves pressure to releasethe brakes again.—Ed.] © i g A New Boiler=Washing Nozzle. Editors : I herewith inclose a cut of a boiler wash-ing device, designed by myself, and in useon the Mobile & Ohioroad for the pasttwelve months, forwhich a patent isnow pending. Theobject of the deviceis to keep mud andscale from accumu-lating in the shellport of the boilerunder the flues, andthereby prevent thesauK- from accumu-lating in aud aroundthe flues. I haveused this device withremarkable success,and feel satisfied thatby its use 50 per cent,in cost of flues canbe saved, and at the same time greatly re-duce the consumption of In 1894 we put in Soo less flues than in1893, and expect to make a better showingin 1S95. This is because we are able tokeep our boilers cleaner than we did. It is a boiler washers tool, and is screwedinto the bottom of the boiler, just behindthe cylinders, all boilers being tapered atthis point to fit threaded sleeve shown,which is screwed in just far enough to per-mit the end of right angle of nozzle tothrow the stream along the bottom of theboiler, the water hose being connected atside. The operator, by the use of thehandle shown at the bottom, can direct thestream at any point inside the boiler andwash the scale and mud down into thewater space, where it can be raked out. The handle can only be attached in op-posite directions from outlet in nozzle,which enables the operator to know at alltimes in what direction the stream of wateris being thrown. D. O. Smith, Whistler, Ala. gig Qage for Re
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