Cyclopedia of locomotive engineering, with examination questions and answers; a practical manual on the construction care and management of modern locomotives (1916)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co., pub. for Sears, Roebuck & co. · leaf 316
closes, as it is evident that there is nofurther need of live steam in the receiver. A further function of the reducing valve is to regu- COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVES 3^5 late the pressure in the receiver so that the total pres-sure on the pistons of the high and low-pressurecylinders may be equalized. The… … Figure 151 reducing valve C is operated automatically by thepressure in the receiver. To this end the port E isprovided, communicating with the receiver, and thespace in front of the reducing valve; as the pressurerises the steam acts on the large end of the reducingvalve, causing it to move…
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