. The Street railway journal . PORTABLE MOTOR COMPRESSOR FOR STATIONS, SHOWN AT ST. LOUIS cast iron casing, which entirely encloses the interior of thecompressor. The space in the compressor base is partly filledwith oil through an oil-filling elbow, and insures a verythorough lubrication of all moving parts. The oil chamber inthe pump base communicates with the gear case, which carriesoil up to the pinion on the armature shaft. Seamless cold-drawn steel suction and discharge valves are arranged in thecylinder head, each working independently of the other, withaccess to either. No springs are
. The Street railway journal . PORTABLE MOTOR COMPRESSOR FOR STATIONS, SHOWN AT ST. LOUIS cast iron casing, which entirely encloses the interior of thecompressor. The space in the compressor base is partly filledwith oil through an oil-filling elbow, and insures a verythorough lubrication of all moving parts. The oil chamber inthe pump base communicates with the gear case, which carriesoil up to the pinion on the armature shaft. Seamless cold-drawn steel suction and discharge valves are arranged in thecylinder head, each working independently of the other, withaccess to either. No springs are used with these valves, theybeing seated by gravity, and are interchangeable. The accompanying illustration shows the exhibit of a three-car multiple-unit air-brake equipment, which is the same as EXHIBIT OF THREE-CAR, MULTIPLE-UNIT AIR-BRAKE EQUIPMENT AT ST. LOUIS with two pistons. The connecting rods are operated by a steelcrank shaft, with the cranks set at such an angle as to givethe best balance to the moving parts. The c
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