. American engineer and railroad journal . rtheastern Railway of aoooht,-i902. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 239 of the railways of India, and still further improved by thePennsylvania Railroad. No doubt you are all familiar with thisflexible staybolt, as it is used in great numbers by that com-pany. The patents on this type of flexible staybolts have longsince run out and they can be used by any one without roy-alty. Readers will find a description of the Wehrenfennig stayboltin the October, 1900. number of this journal, page 320. tube bears against the firebox sheet and is threaded
. American engineer and railroad journal . rtheastern Railway of aoooht,-i902. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 239 of the railways of India, and still further improved by thePennsylvania Railroad. No doubt you are all familiar with thisflexible staybolt, as it is used in great numbers by that com-pany. The patents on this type of flexible staybolts have longsince run out and they can be used by any one without roy-alty. Readers will find a description of the Wehrenfennig stayboltin the October, 1900. number of this journal, page 320. tube bears against the firebox sheet and is threaded into theouter sheet. It serves as a spacer for the sheets and whenthe nut at the outer end is brought up at the proper tensionthe bearing of the nut tends to spread the threaded end of thetube and increase its tightness in the sheet. It is not intendedthat the inner end of the tube shall have a perfect bearing atthe inside sheet; in fact, circulation of water around the stay-bolt is provided for by the slots and by four Vi in. holes near. Firebox Arrangement with Long Radius Corners. FLEXIBLE STAYBOLTS AND LARGE RADIUS FIREBOXCORNERS FOR PREVENTING BREAKAGES. Philadelphia & Reading Railway. Mr. S. F. Prince, Jr., superintendent of motive power androlling equipment of the Philadelphia & Reading, has given thesubject of staybolts special attention. The accompanying en-
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