Locomotive appliances . AUTOMATIC AIR AND STEAM COUPLER. The illustrations here given show a device thatautomatically couples and uncouples the air brakepipes on freight trains, and the air signal and steamheating pipes as well on passenger trains. Thisdevice has been in successful operation on a numberof passenger and freight trains. Figs. 1 and 2 showa plan and a side view of the Fig. Air and Steam Coupler. The construction, manner of attaching andoperation of this device may be described as follows:The apparatus is interchangeable, there being norights and lefts. The co
Locomotive appliances . AUTOMATIC AIR AND STEAM COUPLER. The illustrations here given show a device thatautomatically couples and uncouples the air brakepipes on freight trains, and the air signal and steamheating pipes as well on passenger trains. Thisdevice has been in successful operation on a numberof passenger and freight trains. Figs. 1 and 2 showa plan and a side view of the Fig. Air and Steam Coupler. The construction, manner of attaching andoperation of this device may be described as follows:The apparatus is interchangeable, there being norights and lefts. The coupling head consists of acasting with openings on its face to receive the regis-tering gaskets, and a coupling spring riveted thereto,as shown on the plan view (Fig. 1). On the elevation (346) LOCOMOTIVE APPLIANCES. 347 view (Fig. 2) is shown a cast-steel bracket riveted tothe under side of the drawbar, to which a slottedhanger, in which the coupling spring rests, and achain arm to support the coupling head, are bolted. The gaskets are so placed in the head that neitheris touched by the opposite one until the coupling ismade. This protection is effected by a tongue andgroove, on which tongue the face rides until the gas-kets are in position to register, when the tongue dropsinto the groove.
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