. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . NEW CROSSHEAD DESIGN. or body, upper and lower shoes, a dove-tail rib and groove connection betweenthe head or body and each shoe extendinglongitudinally of the crosshead. Thereare attaching bolts or screws, some ofwhich pass vertically through the partsand some horizontally through the parts,and locking devices engaging the screwsor bolts. PISTON PACKING. A metallic packing for pistons has beenpatented by S. Barnett, Puyallup, Wash.,No. 894,791. The packing comprises al-ternate layers, one o
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . NEW CROSSHEAD DESIGN. or body, upper and lower shoes, a dove-tail rib and groove connection betweenthe head or body and each shoe extendinglongitudinally of the crosshead. Thereare attaching bolts or screws, some ofwhich pass vertically through the partsand some horizontally through the parts,and locking devices engaging the screwsor bolts. PISTON PACKING. A metallic packing for pistons has beenpatented by S. Barnett, Puyallup, Wash.,No. 894,791. The packing comprises al-ternate layers, one of the layers consist-ing of sawdust and the other comprisinga mixture of pellets of zinc, lead, tin and. METALLIC PISTON ROD PACKING. copper, brass, borings and graphite. Thepacking is said to combine the elementsof economy and durability. CONNECTING-BAR. An improved pressed-steel connecting-bar has been patented by Mr. Neil Mc-Innes, Allegheny, Pa., No. 840,237. Aswill be seen by the accompanying illustra-tion, the bar consists of a pressed-steelcennection comprising a blank slotted andperforated at its ends and pressed toprovide a body portion, the side walls m—,.. 1 1 mm ■ •j j Coo 0 0) FOLDED CONNECTING EAR. rigidity, and facilitates its attachment tothe elements to which it is to be secured. MECHANICAL STOKER. A mechanical stoker has been patentedby J. A. Caldwell, Montclair, N. J., ,904. The device embraces a shovelcompartment, an oscillating shovel mount-
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