. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . HAND BRAKE FOR VESTIBULED CARS. .control a heavy car; it must be so locatedthat it is accessible for trainmen to oper-ate instantly, without changing any of theattachments, and it must be so located asto be out of the way of the vestibule, itsside doors or platform trap doors. Messrs. Seymour and Kahler, of NewAlbany, Ind., have lately patented and put•on the market a lever operated brake,■which is herewith illustrated. The ratchetwheel A and chain sheave C, with its•case, are located on the end sill of
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . HAND BRAKE FOR VESTIBULED CARS. .control a heavy car; it must be so locatedthat it is accessible for trainmen to oper-ate instantly, without changing any of theattachments, and it must be so located asto be out of the way of the vestibule, itsside doors or platform trap doors. Messrs. Seymour and Kahler, of NewAlbany, Ind., have lately patented and put•on the market a lever operated brake,■which is herewith illustrated. The ratchetwheel A and chain sheave C, with its•case, are located on the end sill of the plat-form, with the lever B coming up besidethe end railing or hood. When not being■operated, this lever is perpendicular;when being operated it is moved towardsthe middle of the platform gate. The pawl D, fastened to lever B, en-■gages with the ratchet wheel to wind upthe brake chain when the lever is movedover, and the pawl E holds the ratchetwheel from coming back. The leverage ofthis device is such that a man can apply aforce of 1,600 pounds to the brake chain. To rel
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