. The locomotive engineer . chute no weights are used, theapron being balanced and the drop dooris held open automatically. By pullingon the rope the latch boll is releasedfrom the hook JI and the apron comesdown easily, when nearly in position, armson each side that extend back to thelatches £, that hold the drop door C, oneach side trip these catches and releasethe coal. This drop door is held open bythe dog D dropping into the ratchet R,When the coal is all out the apron is givenan upward push, and it returns automatic-ally, tripping the latch D, and positivelylatching the drop door and its
. The locomotive engineer . chute no weights are used, theapron being balanced and the drop dooris held open automatically. By pullingon the rope the latch boll is releasedfrom the hook JI and the apron comesdown easily, when nearly in position, armson each side that extend back to thelatches £, that hold the drop door C, oneach side trip these catches and releasethe coal. This drop door is held open bythe dog D dropping into the ratchet R,When the coal is all out the apron is givenan upward push, and it returns automatic-ally, tripping the latch D, and positivelylatching the drop door and itself. It isguaranteed that one man can always oper-ate this chute. Another advantage is that the trestle forcars is entirely independent of the chutebuilding, and can be raised, lowered, re-paired or removed without disturbing anytimbers of the building. This chute has been adopted on the and the C. K. & and each of theseroads has put up over >oo pockets thepast summer. NOVEMBER. IB THE LOCOMOTIVE Honor to Whom Honor, Etc. Editor The Locomotive Referring to tHe article entitled, HardTests of Chilled Wheels, in your issue forOctober, we beg leave to say that thehonor of having invented the first contract-ing chill of which we have any knowledgeis due to Mr. L. R. Faught. superintend-ent of our mechanical department. Itwas made in 1S76. The Whitney Conlracting Chill wasinvented by the present senior member ofthis firm in 188;. A. Whitney & , Pa. Jacobs Patent Steam Hose Coupling. This coupling has heretofore beenknown as the fcl Graydon by theGraydon SafetyCarHeatingCo.,for one season,on the VandaliaR. R , and subse-quently adopted by the latter for useon all their trains. To meet the requirements for a first-class coupling for this purpose, the follow-ing conditions must be observed : ist.—It should be constructed of fewparts, all nf which are strong and du-rable, and not liable to gel out
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