. Electric railway journal . 8 Section B-E SCC TIONS THROUGHARMATURE BEARING HOUSING pLiiLon ?■ Commutator Ends A. SECTIONS THROUGH AXLE CAP .7 «■ Commutator End- Fig. 2—Babbitted Oil Cups for No. 81 Motor with the cups was the fact that they had a needle valve to con-trol the feed. Frequently these valves would stick and therebycause the loss of armatures. To overcome these troubles themechanical department of this company has adopted an oil re-ceptacle which is a part of the motor frame. It is made intwo forms as shown in the accompanying drawings. Fig. I shows the construction when the oili
. Electric railway journal . 8 Section B-E SCC TIONS THROUGHARMATURE BEARING HOUSING pLiiLon ?■ Commutator Ends A. SECTIONS THROUGH AXLE CAP .7 «■ Commutator End- Fig. 2—Babbitted Oil Cups for No. 81 Motor with the cups was the fact that they had a needle valve to con-trol the feed. Frequently these valves would stick and therebycause the loss of armatures. To overcome these troubles themechanical department of this company has adopted an oil re-ceptacle which is a part of the motor frame. It is made intwo forms as shown in the accompanying drawings. Fig. I shows the construction when the oiling method embodied ina new axle cap casting, while Fig. 2 shows how armature bear-ing and axle castings can be turned into oiling cups by babbitt-ing. In both patterns the oil is fed through a wick-filledspindle. The covers of all boxes are also similar, being madeof malleable iron with a leather gasket to insure the exclu-sion of dust when the jam nut is tightened. The receptaclesare filled with oil after raising a i-in. fiat spring in the oil boxes will replace the independent oil cups in u
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