. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . lectric current is sentthrough the magnets the poles throughinduction magnetise the wheels, and theyin turn will magnetize the track so thatthe traction between the wheels and thetrack will be increased. On the other hand when it is desired to use the magnets as a brake, the rodmay be moved so as to move the dogsout from under the brackets and therebypermit the poles to contact with thewheels, and the wheels will be magneti-cally gripped, thus causing the magnets toexert a braking action. The
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . lectric current is sentthrough the magnets the poles throughinduction magnetise the wheels, and theyin turn will magnetize the track so thatthe traction between the wheels and thetrack will be increased. On the other hand when it is desired to use the magnets as a brake, the rodmay be moved so as to move the dogsout from under the brackets and therebypermit the poles to contact with thewheels, and the wheels will be magneti-cally gripped, thus causing the magnets toexert a braking action. The cutting offof the current releases the poles from thewheels, whereupon the springs raise thepoles out of contact with the wheels to magnetize the wheel and track throughinduction, and also means to release thepositive holding appliance and permit thepole to come in contact with the wheelwhen a braking action is desired, asalready described. It is that a record of the testsmade in the working of the device willbe available for publication in a shorttime. Meanwhile the appliance is looked. VIEW OF NEW DESIGN OF ELECTROMAGNETIC BRAKE. when a reverse motion of the rod willreverse the motion of the dogs and thedogs will be wedged upwardly an<l heldout of contact with the wheels. It will thus be seen that the device isextremely simple, involving the combina-tion of an electro-magnet having a pole,means for yieldingly supporting the polein close proximity to a car wheel, withmeans for positively holding the pole outof contact with the wheel, means alsofor energizing the magnet pole when held upon with much curiosity here, and whileit would be premature to ventureopinions in regard to its merits, it isgratifying to know that it is getting afair chance in these days when it is sodifficult to introduce anything new in themechanical appliances used on simplicity is a step in the right di-rection, because the modern locomotivewith its multiplex appliances has bec
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