. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . patent,as well as subsequent improvements inprocess of manufacture, and they informus that some of these gages have been re-ceived after being in constant use twenty- five years, and found on test to be as accu-rate as a new gage. The Utica people inform us that they arenow turning out a gage movement to runon centers, making it most accurate and atsame time rigid and durable, reducing allfriction to the minimum. We have .securedcuts from the Utica Company of several oftheir productions which we know wil
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . patent,as well as subsequent improvements inprocess of manufacture, and they informus that some of these gages have been re-ceived after being in constant use twenty- five years, and found on test to be as accu-rate as a new gage. The Utica people inform us that they arenow turning out a gage movement to runon centers, making it most accurate and atsame time rigid and durable, reducing allfriction to the minimum. We have .securedcuts from the Utica Company of several oftheir productions which we know will beinteresting. The standard locomotive gageis known as their No. 6, graduated usuallyto 260 lbs.; back flange measures 8-z THE UTICA .air-brake GAGE. This gage is designed to show the press-ure on train line, and at the same timethe pressure in the reservoir. It is virtuallytwo gages in one, each hand being oper-ated by a distinct and separate pressure,and there is no confusion of hands, evenat night. It is not necessary to distin-guish between a red hand and a black one. V.\i.\ 1;. in the uncertain light in a locomotive cab,and no large center bearing is necessary,as is the case where one spindle passesthrough the other one. The center spindleshould be the most delicate bearing in thewhole gage, as the slightest friction atthis point would impair its accuracy. Thesize is standard, 6.{ in. diameter of backflange, and it has a 5-in. dial and is 2 J4 over all. UTICA TEST PUMP AND V.\I,VE. The Utica test gage and pump is hereshown in combination with a gage and asquare inch valve. It works with a screw,and has no valves ; is made wholly of steammetal, and neatly mounted on black The engraving also shows the wayin which the test valve may be connectedwith any force pump. In the cut it with the weighted 3oke in valve consists of a brass base, pro-vided with a pipe A, to be connected with 370 a pump. At .ff is a hardened steel
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