. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . R(J1) PACKING. Mr. P. H. White, Pittsburgh, Pa., haspatented a new device for packing pis-ton rods. The claims embrace a pair ofmetal sleeve members, semi-circular inform, which clasp the piston rod, andare fitted with laterally engagingtongues. Around this metal sleeve asoft packing is held in place by a fol-lower ring engaged in the stuffing boxby a gland in the usual way. The de-vice is claimed to combine the qualitiesof absolute tightness and durability. BOILER FURNACE. Mr. W. R. H
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . R(J1) PACKING. Mr. P. H. White, Pittsburgh, Pa., haspatented a new device for packing pis-ton rods. The claims embrace a pair ofmetal sleeve members, semi-circular inform, which clasp the piston rod, andare fitted with laterally engagingtongues. Around this metal sleeve asoft packing is held in place by a fol-lower ring engaged in the stuffing boxby a gland in the usual way. The de-vice is claimed to combine the qualitiesof absolute tightness and durability. BOILER FURNACE. Mr. W. R. Hampden, Kansas City,Mo., has patented a steam boiler fur-nace adapted for locomotive or otherengines, the chief new features of whichare a system of transverse water cham-bers situated in the fire box, envelopedon all sides by the water in the air jet orifices are constructedto open into the enveloping device is said to effect a consider-able saving of fuel. Balanced Compound, N. C. & St. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad recently placed an order. The invention so much admired whenonce found created surprise that such ARRANGEMENT OF CYLINDERS ANIJ VALVE CHAMBER. N. C. & ST. L. COMPOUND. with the Baldwin Locomotive Works forthree engines of the ten-wheel type, tobe used in passenger service. They arebalanced compounds, and the photograph centers of the cylinders, and is locatedabove the frames. This makes thecylinder and valve chamber cast-ing on one side all one piece,and the design ^ is economical ofspace. The pistons all drive on the lead-ing wheels and axle and the counter-balance on this pair of wheels is ar-ranged in accordance with that circum-stance. The connecting rod is neces-sarily short, and it is attached to thecrank pin on the outer side of theparallel rods. The crosshead is of thealligator type and the top guide is notch-ed so that neither of the upper edgesare exposed, so that the lodgment ofgrit or dirt between crosshea
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