. American engineer and railroad journal . signal. The accompanyingengraving illustrates a devicemanufactured by Sherburne &Co., 53 Oliver St, Boston, whichis designed to fulfill these re-quirements. It is a combinedplug-cock and alarm whistle(A) attached by a short lengthof hose or pipe to the trainpipe of the rear car. Thewhistle is blown by pressingthe button (B) shown in thecut, which allows air to passthrough the hollow handle ofthe cock to the whistle, whichis shown on the end of the han-dle, blowing the whistle andgiving the necessary manufacturers state thatthe air used for t
. American engineer and railroad journal . signal. The accompanyingengraving illustrates a devicemanufactured by Sherburne &Co., 53 Oliver St, Boston, whichis designed to fulfill these re-quirements. It is a combinedplug-cock and alarm whistle(A) attached by a short lengthof hose or pipe to the trainpipe of the rear car. Thewhistle is blown by pressingthe button (B) shown in thecut, which allows air to passthrough the hollow handle ofthe cock to the whistle, whichis shown on the end of the han-dle, blowing the whistle andgiving the necessary manufacturers state thatthe air used for this purpose,on account of the design of thewhistle valve, does not affectthe brake system. By movingthe handle of the cock in eitherdirection air is exhausted fromthe train pipe, through theopening C, the brake set, andconsequent positive control ofthe train given. The device is also valuable in switching offreight trains, especially during the night or in thick weather,as the train by its use is under complete control from Air Bral<e and Signal Ccck, THE K. A. K. ELECTRIC THIRD-RAIL SYSTEM. BULLOCK TEASER PATENTS SUSTAINED. A decree has been entered in the cases of the Bullock ElectricManufacturing Company vs. Baltimore Evening News and Bul-lock Electric Manufacturing Company vs. Geo. Knapp & Com-pany, publishers of the St. Louis Republic, using the Crocker-Wheeler System, sustaining the validity of the Teaser pat-ents, finding an infringement by the defendants and orderingan injunction. The Teaser patents cover a system for operat-ing large newspaper presses and other machinery by invention is the result of several years of experimentinginvolving great expense, and this decision gives to the BullockCompany the exclusive right to the manufacture of this ap-paratus. The Teaser System is now installed upon many ofthe laiger dally newspaper presses in this country and Eng-land and has proven to be a very successful and economicalmethod for this work.
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