. The street railway review . ith laminations with-out spaces. An auxiliary contact at the end of the switch lever,which can easily be removed and replaced by a new one, serves arcing tip. A feature of this breaker is the accessibility whenihe cover is removed. The current adjustment is made by means of a knurled head screwwhich engages a nut altached to a coileil spring, which in turnopposes the pnll of the magnet on the armature. A trigger holdsthe switch in the closed position, and is in range with a projectileon the armature of the tripping magnet. When the armature isdrawn down by
. The street railway review . ith laminations with-out spaces. An auxiliary contact at the end of the switch lever,which can easily be removed and replaced by a new one, serves arcing tip. A feature of this breaker is the accessibility whenihe cover is removed. The current adjustment is made by means of a knurled head screwwhich engages a nut altached to a coileil spring, which in turnopposes the pnll of the magnet on the armature. A trigger holdsthe switch in the closed position, and is in range with a projectileon the armature of the tripping magnet. When the armature isdrawn down by an excessive current in the coil this projectionstrikes the trigger and releases Ihe switch lever, which is openedinstantly by a coiled spring. The Champioti Street Car Fender. Among Ihe well-known products of the Star Brass Works, Kala-mazoo, Mich., manufaclurer of street railway supplies, the Cham-pion fender is attracting considerable altenlion. The operatingdetails of this fender are shown in the accompanying no. I. FENDER LOCKEn IIOWN. Fig. I showing the fen<ler locked down and Fig. 2 showing a rearview of the car when the fender is not in service. The fenderwhen in operation is about eight inches from Ihe ground and isdropped to the track instantly and positively by a slight touch of the fool and locked down antomatically. thus making it impossible
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