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 586
e until the train-pipe is fully charged, it causes the pressure to berestored very quickly after it has been reduced fromany cause. The reason the slide valve does not move until thepressure is restored is because the piston has no pack-ing rings, and the air is allowed to circulate by itthrough a… … 63 62 Figure 232 Slide Valve Feed Valve 544 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING moves away from the supply valve and allows it toseat, when the circulation by the piston is stopped,causing the pressure to equalize on both sides of theslide valve piston, when spring 58 moves the slidevalve and closes…
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