. American engineer and railroad journal . er actuating the reciprocating plungers of the charging mech-anism and a throttle valve on a live steam supply pipe oper-ated by a hand lever near the firemans seat, by means of whichthe charging mechanism can be operated at pleasure. The ex-haust from the stoker engine will, of course, be considerablyrestricted on-account of being confined in the blowing rings, butthis serves an apparently very good purpose as it takes care oftlie exhaust, and at the same time serves as a cushion for thestoker engine. In adopting the device to locomotives with unusua
. American engineer and railroad journal . er actuating the reciprocating plungers of the charging mech-anism and a throttle valve on a live steam supply pipe oper-ated by a hand lever near the firemans seat, by means of whichthe charging mechanism can be operated at pleasure. The ex-haust from the stoker engine will, of course, be considerablyrestricted on-account of being confined in the blowing rings, butthis serves an apparently very good purpose as it takes care oftlie exhaust, and at the same time serves as a cushion for thestoker engine. In adopting the device to locomotives with unusually widefireboxes the general arrangement as herein indicated is pre-served on the tender, but in the firebox the coking ducts (D) JULV, 1911. AMERICAN I:ngink1:r and railroad journal are spread further apart. It is believed that this spreading withthe actual widening of the ducts themselves viill allow the ap- tuaking electric light connections, waiting for boiler makers tovacate the fire box, time consumed in preparing for welding,. SECTIONAL VIEW, SHOWING CHARGING MECHANISM. plication of the stoker to the largest firebox which is now in-corporated in locomotive design. OXY-ACETYLENE WELDING ON BOILERS but does not include the time necessary to make and fit thepatch. All of this work was performed by the apparatus manu-factured by the Linde Air Products Company, and this datawas collected from practical examples which came to its noticewhile investigaling the results being obtained from its nia-chinep. As an addition to the extensive collection of illustrations andfull data of work being done with the oxy-acetylene processat the Collinwood shops, which appeared on page 203 of the -91^ Plugs Removed and Hole Filled 2!jx A ° o 00000 JOOOOOOOOOOCOO > Wchi made aloui; t-iiic A-B. > Patch consists ol Louyr Half, ol bitle Sheet ■i2Hi),h and extending Full Length ol ° Fire Bos. Cutting Sheet with Blowpipe, Time i Hrs. 1 Man Total Cost $, Time 7 Hrs. 2 Men,
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