. Railway age . f plain round bars. Combination Automatic Lock and Hose Support. The (;old Car Healing t Lighting Co., .New York, has dasigneda device for automatically locking steam hose couplers and prop-erly supporting the hose and coupler. In this arrangement the hose Isrelieved of the weight of the couplers both when coupled and whenseparated, the life of the hose being thus lengthened. Each couplerIs supported by a chain from the platform end sill, attached to thelong arm of a lever hinged on the coupler. The short arm bearson the mating coupler of the adjacent car In such a manner as to
. Railway age . f plain round bars. Combination Automatic Lock and Hose Support. The (;old Car Healing t Lighting Co., .New York, has dasigneda device for automatically locking steam hose couplers and prop-erly supporting the hose and coupler. In this arrangement the hose Isrelieved of the weight of the couplers both when coupled and whenseparated, the life of the hose being thus lengthened. Each couplerIs supported by a chain from the platform end sill, attached to thelong arm of a lever hinged on the coupler. The short arm bearson the mating coupler of the adjacent car In such a manner as toforce the gaskeU Into close conUct. This takes all the weight from Press despatches of April :;ii report a rear collision of passengertrains at Braybrook, eight miles from Melbourne. Australia, onSunday evening, April 19, In which 42 persons were killed and 80or more Injured. The leading train was Just starting from thestation. The wreck took Are and three of the cars, with manybodies of victims, were burned Gold Combination Lock and Hose Support. the hose and presses the gaskets together with a force much greaterthan that due to their weight and the action of the cam and are still retained as integral parts of the coupler. With acoupler weighing .S lbs. the pressure against the faces of the gasketsin contact is about 200 lbs. Additional pressure can. If desired, beproduced by simply Increasing the length of the long arm of thelever, but service during the past winter on several railroads hasshown that the present proportions are ample for maintaining tightjoints. The locking lever is made of drop forged steel, and while lightin construction is amply strong for the work required of It. It ranbe applied to existing Gold couplers with little or no labor. If thecoupler has an eye cast Integral with the body, the rocker of thelever is simply passed through this eye and secured with a cotter
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