. Public works . icient flexibility incase the truck is not on level groundor in case the wrench socket is not di-rectly over the gate nut. It is an easymatter, however, for the driver to bringhis truck into the exact Theworm gear is driven off the regulartransmission of the truck. The deviceis operated by a lever placed upon theside of the truck and easily accessibleto the driver. In closing gates the for-ward speeds of the transmission areused. In opening the reverse is usedAll gears are made of chrome or nickelsteel. All bearings are ball aluminum housing is firmly b
. Public works . icient flexibility incase the truck is not on level groundor in case the wrench socket is not di-rectly over the gate nut. It is an easymatter, however, for the driver to bringhis truck into the exact Theworm gear is driven off the regulartransmission of the truck. The deviceis operated by a lever placed upon theside of the truck and easily accessibleto the driver. In closing gates the for-ward speeds of the transmission areused. In opening the reverse is usedAll gears are made of chrome or nickelsteel. All bearings are ball aluminum housing is firmly boltedto the frame of the chassis and wellbraced to resist torque. The wrenchis a hollow square steel tube terminat-ing in a specially hardened steel socketwith universal joint between socket andtube. The gates are equipped with in-dicators showing the position of thevalve and informing the operator whenthe valve is seated or entirely indicators have not been at-tached to the gates, a counter is This counter is placed on the end ofthe wrench recording the number ofits revolutions. This helps the oper-ator to determine when the valve isentirely up or down. As a means ofsafety in the event of the valve seatingwith force or before the operator ex-pected, a pin of known strength, placedin the universal joint of the wrench,breaks off and breaks the line of forcebetween the engine and the gate, thuspreventing damage to cither the gateor the gate operating device. This truck is one of the numerousWhite trucks used for special purposesand was made by the White Company,Cleveland, O. A SERIES-MULTIPLE Series Incandescent Street Kuhlman Series-Multiple Trans-former is designed especially for series
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