Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . iiirt<ii-tiuuwuy Sweeper* RAILWAY-SWITCH. 1871 EAIN-GAGE. ing.) Stationary spliut-brooms at the fore part of theengine are commonly used for cle iring small obstruc-tions from tire track. Kotary brushes are also 4141 is of this kind. It is hxed on a diagonalshaft and rotated by gear connection with the means of the screw Q, levers L M, and
Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . iiirt<ii-tiuuwuy Sweeper* RAILWAY-SWITCH. 1871 EAIN-GAGE. ing.) Stationary spliut-brooms at the fore part of theengine are commonly used for cle iring small obstruc-tions from tire track. Kotary brushes are also 4141 is of this kind. It is hxed on a diagonalshaft and rotated by gear connection with the means of the screw Q, levers L M, and connect-ing-rods R S, it be lifted out of gear and clearof the track when desired. Fig. 4142 is a plan view, which shows the relationof the brush-cylinders to the bed and the street-Railway Sweeper. The brushes are revolved by gearing on their shaftsand on the wheel-axles, or by belt and pulleys ; areadjustable vertically ; may be preceded by obliqueand vertically adjustable scrapers ; set obliquely toclear the horse-track, or revolve in line with the railto clear the (Railway Engineering.) A Fig 414a
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