. American engineer and railroad journal . the boiler, underneath the base of the bell stand. It con-sists of a double check arrangement, there being one check valvefor either feed pipe, the passages from which are combined andenter the boiler through one opening. Each check valve passageis provided with a stop valve, which can be closed to permit thecheck to be reground when the boiler is under steam. A valvein the center of the casting closes the passage to a chamber inwhich there is a connection for a pipe or hose for either blow-ing down or filling up the boiler. All of these valves are pr
. American engineer and railroad journal . the boiler, underneath the base of the bell stand. It con-sists of a double check arrangement, there being one check valvefor either feed pipe, the passages from which are combined andenter the boiler through one opening. Each check valve passageis provided with a stop valve, which can be closed to permit thecheck to be reground when the boiler is under steam. A valvein the center of the casting closes the passage to a chamber inwhich there is a connection for a pipe or hose for either blow-ing down or filling up the boiler. All of these valves are pro-vided with renewable seats. This arrangement of checks on topof the boiler gives a non-freezing discharge pipe from the in-jector to the checks and any leakage at the checks will drainback to the injector. Ash Pans.—An exceptionally novel and interesting design ofash pan is used. It is of the self-clearing type, having two hop-pers, ana really consists of two separate parts, the hoppers and 428 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD UNIQUE DESIGN OF SELF-CLEANING ASH PAN.
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