. Science of railways . journal by fourcoil springs. By this arrangement the cellar maybe pulled down and removed instantly without a II 496 LOCOMOTIVE APPLIANCES. wrench, and, yet cannot be lost from the truck boxwhen replaced. Fig. 3 shows the oil cup and supply pipe. Whenin place, the bottom end of the pipe is connected tothe engine truck by a short piece of rubber hose. Fig. 4 is a sectional view, from which the internalarrangement of the cup is seen to be that of a^needle feed oil cup adjustable from without. Thecup is detachable by simply turning it half aroundand lifting it out when nec
. Science of railways . journal by fourcoil springs. By this arrangement the cellar maybe pulled down and removed instantly without a II 496 LOCOMOTIVE APPLIANCES. wrench, and, yet cannot be lost from the truck boxwhen replaced. Fig. 3 shows the oil cup and supply pipe. Whenin place, the bottom end of the pipe is connected tothe engine truck by a short piece of rubber hose. Fig. 4 is a sectional view, from which the internalarrangement of the cup is seen to be that of a^needle feed oil cup adjustable from without. Thecup is detachable by simply turning it half aroundand lifting it out when necessary to clean, but itsshape prevents its being jarred out and lost whilethe locomotive is running. OIL CUPS. There is no more important requisite for the prop-er running of a locomotive than adequate provisionfor the proper lubrication of those parts wherein it isnecessary to overcome the deterrent effects of fric-tion. One of the devices for accomplishing this is theoil cup, the aim of which is to continually supply.
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