. American engineer and railroad journal . teelHINGE CASTING. pressure cylinders. The exhaust is all through the front head ofthe valve chamber, the piston valves being of the hollow cast steel saddle secures the high-pressure cylinders to theboiler. Inasmuch as this connection is made to a point on thebarrel which is under pressure, great care was used to preventany possibility of the bolts working loose. The saddle is securedto the barrel by i^ in. bolts driven into taper holes reamed fromthe pressure side. The connection to the cylinders is on a flatsurface 3 ft. ii in. wide by 3 ft.
. American engineer and railroad journal . teelHINGE CASTING. pressure cylinders. The exhaust is all through the front head ofthe valve chamber, the piston valves being of the hollow cast steel saddle secures the high-pressure cylinders to theboiler. Inasmuch as this connection is made to a point on thebarrel which is under pressure, great care was used to preventany possibility of the bolts working loose. The saddle is securedto the barrel by i^ in. bolts driven into taper holes reamed fromthe pressure side. The connection to the cylinders is on a flatsurface 3 ft. ii in. wide by 3 ft. long and is made by 32 !]/& There is, of course, no connection between the boiler and thelow-pressure cylinders, although a small saddle or steadying cast-ing is secured to the barrel at this point and slides on a steel plateon the top of the cylinders. This, however, is not expected tocarry any weight. The relative arrangement of the valve chambers and cylindersis the same as on the high pressure but the exhaust passage is. RETURN BEND ON RECEIVER PIPE.
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