Buildings and structures of American railroads. A reference book for railroad managers, superintendents, master mechanics, engineers, architects, and students (1893)
Berg, Walter Gilman, 1858-1908 · New York Wiley · leaf 191
edcovered supply-track, with covered bins or chutes on one or both sides of it, which bins are closed atthe lower end with doors and provided with counterweighted aprons. The individual characteristicsof the Kerr and Clifton chutes are the mechanical contrivances and fixtures for locking and… … Fig. 284.—Cross-section. to flow out. In pushing the apron back to place, the door and apron is locked again. The intro-duction of a second or inside door or flap in the Clifton chute allows the contents of the pocket tobe subdivided, and only a part delivered at a time, if desired. The design…
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