. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . purpose. It is a well known fact that, in theoperation of locomotives, it frequently oc-curs that enginemen will carry water attoo high a level in the boiler, with the re-sult that a considerable quantity is Pipe Water Trap DEN BELL drain pipe leading from its lower end toa point below the adjoining cylinder, theoutlet of the drain pipe being closed byan automatic drain valve. The drainpipe also has a discharge cock which isopened and closed by a connection to thecylinder cock rigging. The cu
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . purpose. It is a well known fact that, in theoperation of locomotives, it frequently oc-curs that enginemen will carry water attoo high a level in the boiler, with the re-sult that a considerable quantity is Pipe Water Trap DEN BELL drain pipe leading from its lower end toa point below the adjoining cylinder, theoutlet of the drain pipe being closed byan automatic drain valve. The drainpipe also has a discharge cock which isopened and closed by a connection to thecylinder cock rigging. The current ofsteam is deflected away from the waterreceptacle by a curved plate, and waterthat may be carried with the steam, falls,by gravity, into the water receptacle,from which it is discharged by the cocksreferred to. It will be seen that the cost of con-struction and maintenance of the appli-ance is inconsiderable; that it involves noperceptible obstruction of the volume ofthe smoke box, and that it is applicablein connection with either outside or insidesteam pipes, without interference with, or. VIEW OF DETAILS OF THE MORTON STEAM PIPE WATER TRAP. worked through the engine cylinders andthe lubrication thereof is flooded , it is often the case, when locomo-tives are standing some little time inroundhouses or yards, that, by reason ofleakage past the throttle valve, steampasses into the cylinders, and the result-ant accumulated condensate causes theirbreakage when the locomotive is moved,thereby involving considerable expensefor repair, and the loss of service of thelocomotive while repairs are being seriously objectionable results,which are familiar to those in charge oflocomotive operation, will, it is thought,be eliminated by the application of theMorton appliance. The construction, which is very simple,and will be readily understood from theillustrations, consists of a steam pipe hav-ing a water receptacle or trap extendingalong one of its sides for the
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