. American engineer and railroad journal . -8&--£| I -6M— I. , rT. T.,[ FLEXIBLE EXHAUST CONNECTION. EXHAUST PIPE AND NOZZLE. the center of the cylinder saddle, and fitted to the single open-ing in the top of the saddle is a cast iron flange which forms astuffing box for the ball joint connection. The back end of theelbow screws into the front section of the connecting pipe lead-ing to the exhaust pipe in the smoke box. The two sections ofthis pipe have a slip joint connection between them and therear section is provided with an elbow which has a ball jointconnection with the exhaust pipe i
. American engineer and railroad journal . -8&--£| I -6M— I. , rT. T.,[ FLEXIBLE EXHAUST CONNECTION. EXHAUST PIPE AND NOZZLE. the center of the cylinder saddle, and fitted to the single open-ing in the top of the saddle is a cast iron flange which forms astuffing box for the ball joint connection. The back end of theelbow screws into the front section of the connecting pipe lead-ing to the exhaust pipe in the smoke box. The two sections ofthis pipe have a slip joint connection between them and therear section is provided with an elbow which has a ball jointconnection with the exhaust pipe in the smoke box. This com-bination of ball joints and slip joint thus permits the connectingpipe to adjust itself to any lateral or vertical movement of thelow pressure cylinders relative to the smoke box. Piston valves, having internal admission, are used on thehigh pressure cylinders, while the low pressure cylinders are pro- load is transmitted to the journal box by means of coiled springsseated on top of the box. This arrangement is shown in oneof the
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