. American engineer and railroad journal . v- OOJ PNEUMATIC oTAYIlOLT BREAKER.—CHICAGO, KocK island A PACIFIC BAILV \v use. It breaks one and often two or three staybolts with oneblow. This device can be easily constructed by any tool roomforce, and it offers marked advantage over the usual sledge-and-laborers method. A heavy, single-action plunger 7 ins. in diameter strikes the1%-in. octagon steel cutter bar, which is placed against theBtaybolt. A 4-in. pipe constitutes the return, or pull-back,Cylinder, the control being by means of a 4-way cock, the cast-ing of which forms the connection be
. American engineer and railroad journal . v- OOJ PNEUMATIC oTAYIlOLT BREAKER.—CHICAGO, KocK island A PACIFIC BAILV \v use. It breaks one and often two or three staybolts with oneblow. This device can be easily constructed by any tool roomforce, and it offers marked advantage over the usual sledge-and-laborers method. A heavy, single-action plunger 7 ins. in diameter strikes the1%-in. octagon steel cutter bar, which is placed against theBtaybolt. A 4-in. pipe constitutes the return, or pull-back,Cylinder, the control being by means of a 4-way cock, the cast-ing of which forms the connection between the two cylinders rest upon rollers on a 5-in. by lV4-in. bar, theright hand end of Which is secured to the firebox. This bar has56 I in. holes at 4-in. centres, and a pin is passed through it at rTbller SearingIf. f/h//rrs - THE WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC AIR AND Old Car rThtel-\INEXPENSIVE FOBGE SHOP ( proper location for a resistance to the cylinder against theblow of the ram. The engravings show a longitudinal sectionand plan and details of the 4-way cock. AN INEXPENSIVE FORGE SHOP CRANE, In view of the fact that a crane such as the one shown inthis engraving may be made from scrap material which is tobe found in any railroad shop plant, there is no excuse for the The objects in view of a device to do away with the commonmethod of hand clamping of inter-car hose connections werethreefold. The question of the safety of the railroad employewas regarded as of first importance. Despite the adoption ofthe automatic car coupler, railroad employes engaged in mak-ing up and distributing trains were still exposed to a veryserious danger in this hose coupling, the platforms, safetychains and hand brake rods impeding escape from between thevestibuled cars of passenger trains in case of a prematurestarting signal to the engineer, and the great
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