. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . iece,the part above the seat having fourwings which fit into a projection ofthe nut, thus forming a guide for theupper part, and the stem proper passesthrough the valve body, thus insuring-the proper seating of the valve. Apocket is cored in the valve ot re-ceive a spring made of /s-in. Germansilver w^re, I inch in diameter and 4ins. high. Tlie application of thisspring makes it impossible for thevalve to remain open when the leveris released. It will readily be seenthat this valve can be ope
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . iece,the part above the seat having fourwings which fit into a projection ofthe nut, thus forming a guide for theupper part, and the stem proper passesthrough the valve body, thus insuring-the proper seating of the valve. Apocket is cored in the valve ot re-ceive a spring made of /s-in. Germansilver w^re, I inch in diameter and 4ins. high. Tlie application of thisspring makes it impossible for thevalve to remain open when the leveris released. It will readily be seenthat this valve can be operated on theroad by the engineer or fireman with-out any fear of its not closing, afeature most desirable in any form ofblow-off valve. ^Ir. Barnes informs us that anengine equipped with this skimmer andproperly operated will make betweenwashings eight times as many milesas other engines not so means the saving of all expensefor repairs incident to contraction and front of the boiler along the dry position and the arrangement oftlie skimmer are such that in the event forming. cult to estimate. Any device which\vill keep an engine out of the round-house and in service, especially in busytimes, is certainly worthy of consider-ation. The skimmer is intended for use inlocomotives operated in a districtwhere the water used contains impuri-ties likely to cause foaming or those whichare found at certain periods of the year, orwhere by reason of the absence of scale-ingredients, regular water
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