. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ewith a drawing of a metalhose patch for which I have applied for ;ipatent. This clamp, as you will see, willbe made of malleable iron, Y^ inch thick,with stiffening rib around the outer is all in one; that is, it hinges out toapply, and is fastened by the hinge boltwith a thumb screw. The washer, asshown, is tapered, as is the lug on side ofbody, making it sure of not coming offafter it is applied. I have tested it onbursted air hose, and applied it in ten sec-onds ; as you will see, reducing t
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ewith a drawing of a metalhose patch for which I have applied for ;ipatent. This clamp, as you will see, willbe made of malleable iron, Y^ inch thick,with stiffening rib around the outer is all in one; that is, it hinges out toapply, and is fastened by the hinge boltwith a thumb screw. The washer, asshown, is tapered, as is the lug on side ofbody, making it sure of not coming offafter it is applied. I have tested it onbursted air hose, and applied it in ten sec-onds ; as you will see, reducing the de-lay to trains to a minimum. It is betterand easier to apply with pump working,saves the shutting off of angle cocks, stop-ping of pump, loss of air and large savingof time and expense, as a patched hosecan be safely run as long as desired, andcan be patched its full length. The patch is made to the circle of hosesize, but left !4 inch open to insure a tightgrip. This patch is designed to be appliedalso to fire hose in same manner, savingthe shutting off of the engine at a fire to. /..■ >.i .■ •! /; .\ DEVICE FOR .\ BURSTED .\IR HOSE. gines. An engineer running in the valleyis suppcsed to get to his terminal pointby the use of this device, if his air pumpshould give out on the road. I send youa couple of sketches of these C. Fr.\ Francisco, Cal. example of careless piping was ob-served on an engine recently coming fromthe shop, where eleven elbows, threeunions and one tee in the pipe connectionbetween the triple valve and driver brakecylinders were found. replace sections of bursted hose, often en-tailing great loss by fire gaining is also applicable to pipes of any kind,with rubber placed between the pipe andthe patch. The patch is light and can be carried inpockets of brakemen in train service. Itis simple and easy to apply, and insteadof the whole train crew assisting to re-place bursted hose, the brakeman findingthe leak
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