. The street railway review . (^\aiWa^j\eym/ THE LUNKEN GATE VALVE. FOR several years there has been almost no pro-gress in the valve industry. The old globe valveis still the standard in spite of its many shortcom-ings. The main objections to the globe are, of course,the difficulty with which it is repaired and the great fric-tional loss in passing through a crooked opening. Latelythere has been a slight tendency towards gate Lunkenheimer Company, of Cincinnati, will shortly. Fig. I. fig- 3- put on the market a new gate valve, offering great facil-ity of repair with comp
. The street railway review . (^\aiWa^j\eym/ THE LUNKEN GATE VALVE. FOR several years there has been almost no pro-gress in the valve industry. The old globe valveis still the standard in spite of its many shortcom-ings. The main objections to the globe are, of course,the difficulty with which it is repaired and the great fric-tional loss in passing through a crooked opening. Latelythere has been a slight tendency towards gate Lunkenheimer Company, of Cincinnati, will shortly. Fig. I. fig- 3- put on the market a new gate valve, offering great facil-ity of repair with compact and strong design. Its con-struction can best be seen by an inspection of the cuts.
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