Corporation of Dundee Electricity supply department (1912)
Dundee, Scot. Electricity supply dept. [from old catalog] · [Dundee, J. Leng & co., ltd., printer] · leaf 22
. After a wagon is clamped in the tippler, the whole gradually makes a completerevolution, thus emptying the coal into the hopper and returning the wagon to its original position. Thetippler is driven by an electric motor of four-brake horse power, through worm gearing, and takes twominutes to make… … 17 r The hopper underneath the tippler is built of steel plates f inch thick, stiffened by tees and angles. Ithas a capacity of 18 tons, and is provided with a sliding- valve which regulates the flow of coal to the trayconveyor. The tray conveyor carries the coal from the hopper to the main…
Electrical engineering
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
