Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . Hose-bridge. A bridge for carriages or street-cars to allow them to cross fire-engine hose laid inthe street. One form of it was patented by Demarest in example shown is to bridge hose which liesacross a street-railway. Hose-carriage. A reel on wheels to carry hosefor tire-engine service. In the example, a fuel-box Fig. \2^ Ho^e-Bridge. Hose- Car
Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . Hose-bridge. A bridge for carriages or street-cars to allow them to cross fire-engine hose laid inthe street. One form of it was patented by Demarest in example shown is to bridge hose which liesacross a street-railway. Hose-carriage. A reel on wheels to carry hosefor tire-engine service. In the example, a fuel-box Fig. \2^ Ho^e-Bridge. Hose- Carriage. for the boiler-supply is supported on the same front wheels turn beneath the elevated perch. Hose-carri-er. A tongs for gripping hose inliyliting up full hose when inservice. Fig. 2581. Hose-coupling. A joint- ,=—-—:Z~~\piece or pair of interlocking con-necting pieces, by which ends ofhose-sections are joined togetherin line. There are many forms. a has a swivel which fitsagainst a collar on the nipple,and its flanges are engaged bythe sleeve, which screwsupon the back sciew on the othernipple, pressing the ends of thesections against the interveningannular packing. In b, the segmental rib andprojected screw-block of the outercoupling-piece enter a circumfer-ential groove of the other piece. In another ordinary form, thesections of hose are bound withwire, or thimbles upon collar-pieces, one of which has a thread-ed exterior and the other athreaded sleeve, which screwsupon the former. A spanner or wrench is used totighten the connec
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