Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 647
andplunger varies during the stroke, as in a common steam-engine, according to the distance from theend of the stroke. The Clayton Steam-Pump.—Fig. 3647 represents another crank-wheel pump, as manufactured byJames Clayton of Brooklyn, N. V. In a yoke, shown separately in Fig. 3548, which couples… … motion caused by the wear being taken up by the adjusting wedges shown. On both sides of thisjournal are two arms : one supports the fly-wheel, which is attached to it in the centre of the motion;the other gives movement to a similar but smaller yoke, which acts on the steam-valve. In this class of…
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