. Railway mechanical engineer . one machine will produce anamount of repair parts of air brake equipment many timesin excess of the possible output by present methods, with thefurther advantages of a more accurate flat surface throughoutand longer service between repairs. The machine is drivenby a M-hp- motor or tight and loose pulleys, with two hand-operated clutches allowing each portion to be operated inde-pendently. It has been placed on the market by the WalterH. Foster Company, New York. Safety Locomotive Ash Pan Blow-out Valve FOUR distinctive features and important advantages areclaime
. Railway mechanical engineer . one machine will produce anamount of repair parts of air brake equipment many timesin excess of the possible output by present methods, with thefurther advantages of a more accurate flat surface throughoutand longer service between repairs. The machine is drivenby a M-hp- motor or tight and loose pulleys, with two hand-operated clutches allowing each portion to be operated inde-pendently. It has been placed on the market by the WalterH. Foster Company, New York. Safety Locomotive Ash Pan Blow-out Valve FOUR distinctive features and important advantages areclaimed for the new locomotive ash pan blow-out valveillustrated; namely, safety, elimination of packingtroubles, small space occupied and automatic are now pending on the device which has l>een de-veloped by Arthur Brigham, an employee of the New York,New Haven & Hartford at the Dover street roundhouse,Boston, Mass. Several of the valves have been made andapplied and they are recommended with considerable en-. FJ Applied to Boi by the men rfS|)onsibli- for tin-ir maintenance and o[)eralion. Referring to Fig. 1 tiie valve will be seen a|)|)lie(l to the back h«id of a locomotive Ixjiler with hanflle // in the u|>per•r-ition. .\ direct, steady jiull on the handle will admit•■am to the iKxly of the valve and direct it to the u()per pi|x;, :md connecting pipes to the front ash pan. When the ash pan has been cleared of , handle // is released anri automaticall}- goes back to the closed j)osition, shutting offthe supply of steam. This is an important feature since,should anything happen to the fireman or hostler while oper-ating the valve, it will close automatically. When it is de-sired to blow out the rear ash pan, handle // and its fulcrumlever are revolved parallel with the boiler head to the lowerposition, shown in dotted lines. A direct pull on the valvehandle when in the lower position will admit steam from theboiler to the valv
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