. Electric railway journal . NEW YORK MUNICIPAL CAR—DETAILS OF THIRD-RAIL CURRENT COLLECTOR ANDSPRING-SUPPORTED FUSE BOX MADE WITH COVER OF MOLDED INSULATION pipe size fitted at each end with one Ellcon conduitfitting, lock-nuts and spring lock washers; for runs re-quiring bends, Sherarduct with lock-nuts and springlock washers. By the use of this system of conduit, theweight was reduced to a great extent. Third-Rail Collector and Knife Switch The current collector is the usual type of overrunningshoe with rack adjustment at the ends but with a boltadjustment in the center to take care of fine
. Electric railway journal . NEW YORK MUNICIPAL CAR—DETAILS OF THIRD-RAIL CURRENT COLLECTOR ANDSPRING-SUPPORTED FUSE BOX MADE WITH COVER OF MOLDED INSULATION pipe size fitted at each end with one Ellcon conduitfitting, lock-nuts and spring lock washers; for runs re-quiring bends, Sherarduct with lock-nuts and springlock washers. By the use of this system of conduit, theweight was reduced to a great extent. Third-Rail Collector and Knife Switch The current collector is the usual type of overrunningshoe with rack adjustment at the ends but with a boltadjustment in the center to take care of finer adjust-. NEW YORK MUNICIPAL CAR—MOTOR TRUCK CARRYINGFUSE BOX WITH COVER OF MOLDED INSULATION rnents within a range of 1 in. The terminals aresomewhat unusual in having a taper fit so that by re-moving a nut the connection may be slipped off veryreadily. In order to eliminate the breakage of fusesand connections due to vibration, the fuse box is spring-supported. Another feature is that the cover of the boxis formed of a single arch of Hemmit molded of building the box of wood with joints and fast-enings, in the present construction only the base of thebox is of wood, and this is covered with transite. Theshoe beam is supported from the journal boxes withproper link action for any difference in movement be-tween the two boxes from which it is carried. It hasno permanent fastenings but is slipped into 1%-in. deepside pockets on the side of each box. Between each shoe-beam rack and journal box is a compression spring toprevent rattling of the beam. Armored cable is usedfor th
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