. Railway mechanical engineer . k adjuster. The function of the push rod was performedIjy two members, one of which telescoped within the the barrel, or hollow member, was a pocket containing Details of the Slack Adjuster sleeve is mounted directly on the push rod and the adjustingrod employed in the original device has been replaced byan adjusting bracket attached to the live lever at the samelocation, but provided with a housing at the other end whichslides on the push rod and contains the friction clamp. The operation of the slack adjuster may be made clear byreferring to the secti
. Railway mechanical engineer . k adjuster. The function of the push rod was performedIjy two members, one of which telescoped within the the barrel, or hollow member, was a pocket containing Details of the Slack Adjuster sleeve is mounted directly on the push rod and the adjustingrod employed in the original device has been replaced byan adjusting bracket attached to the live lever at the samelocation, but provided with a housing at the other end whichslides on the push rod and contains the friction clamp. The operation of the slack adjuster may be made clear byreferring to the sectional drawing showing the arrangementof the details. It will be seen that the slack adjuster bodyA, containing four clamping dogs K is mounted on the pushrod C, the lower end of the live lever G being connecteddirectly to the body A. The spring L normally holds thedogs A in an oblique position in which they grip the pushrod and prevent any movement of the adjuster along therod toward the right. The friction clamp sleeve D may be. Universal Truck Lever Type Automatic Slack Adjuster two friction grip dogs through which passed the solid, orpush rod member, the normal position of the dogs at anangle of four or five degrees from a line at right angles tothe center line of the push rod preventing the latter fromtelescoping, but permitting its movement freely in the otherdirection to lengthen the connection between the lower endsof the live and dead levers. An adjusting rod attached tothe brake beam fulcrum pin of the live lever, provided with moved along the push rod, but considerable pressure is re-quired to move it. The device as shown in the drawing is in release application of the brake causes the upper end of livelever G to move to the left, carrying with it its brake beamand brake shoes until the latter bear against the wheeltreads. Furtlier movement then causes the push rod C tobe moved to the right, applying the brake shoes to the other October, 1917 RAILWAY MECHAN
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