. The Street railway journal . Scnle 1 1 foot ___ 1 0 0 1 10 0. FIG. 4.—SWIVELED DRAFT BOX AND RIGGING placed behind the draft box, and the draft box turns with thedraw-bar. With the latter device the buffing and jnilling isstraight on the spring, while on the former, when a coupler is atan angle, the thrust does not come directly against the regards the action in buffing and pulling, both types are thesame. One spring serves to cushion both the buffing and thepulling. This spring is enclosed in a circular draft box. The 622 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXV. No. 13. spindle fro
. The Street railway journal . Scnle 1 1 foot ___ 1 0 0 1 10 0. FIG. 4.—SWIVELED DRAFT BOX AND RIGGING placed behind the draft box, and the draft box turns with thedraw-bar. With the latter device the buffing and jnilling isstraight on the spring, while on the former, when a coupler is atan angle, the thrust does not come directly against the regards the action in buffing and pulling, both types are thesame. One spring serves to cushion both the buffing and thepulling. This spring is enclosed in a circular draft box. The 622 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXV. No. 13. spindle from the draw-bar passes througli a follower in thefront end of the box and another follower in the rear of thebox, and screws into a nut located in a recess in the rear of thebox. The spindle is screwed in by turning the spindle, as thenut cannot turn. The nut cannot therefore work loose withoutturning the coupler head. The device is easily assembled, asthe bottom of the draft box is left open. It is assembled byputting in the front follower, then the rear followe
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