. Railroad digest . e provided with soft-metalclamping-arms which take on the sides ofthe rail and clamp the torpedo thereon,and often railroad men when carryingthe torpedoes secure them to the wireframe of their lanterns by twisting thesoft-metal arms around the is objectionable, because thereby theclamping-arms are often broken and ren-dered useless and their unfitness for useis not discovered until the emergencyarises. My invention therefore relates to animproved construction whereby each tor-pedo may be carried in a separate recept-acle to avoid injury to the torpedo andra
. Railroad digest . e provided with soft-metalclamping-arms which take on the sides ofthe rail and clamp the torpedo thereon,and often railroad men when carryingthe torpedoes secure them to the wireframe of their lanterns by twisting thesoft-metal arms around the is objectionable, because thereby theclamping-arms are often broken and ren-dered useless and their unfitness for useis not discovered until the emergencyarises. My invention therefore relates to animproved construction whereby each tor-pedo may be carried in a separate recept-acle to avoid injury to the torpedo andrattle. Slack-Adjuster for Brakes Xo. 685, J. JOHXSOX, of Nutley, Xew Jersey. The combination, with a brake-cylin-der and a piston member, of a rod bay- RATLUOAD DIGEST January, 1902. ing a threaded portion and forming apart of the connection between the pis-ton member and the brake mechanism; athreaded portion surrounding the same:means for rotating one of the threadedelements; a movable member adapted to. be intermittently operated during thetravel of the piston member ; and a con-nection therefrom to the rotating combination, with a brake-cylin-der and a piston member, of a rod hav-ing a threaded portion and forming apart of the connection between the pis-ton member and the brake mechanism; athreaded portion surrounding the same:oscillating means for rotating one of thethreaded elements; a movable memberadapted to be intermittently operatedduring the travel of piston member; anda connection therefrom to the rotatingmeans. Slack-Adjuster for Brakes No. 685, J. JOHNSON, of Nutley,. New Jersey. The combination, with a brake-cylin-der and a piston member, of a rod hav-ing a threaded portion and forming apart of the connection with the brakemechanism; a threaded portion sur-rounding the same; means for rotatingone of the threaded elements; a platemounted to slide upon a relatively-fixedsupport adjacent to the piston memberand adapted to be operated
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