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[Electric engineering.] (1902)

International Library of Technology · Scranton, International Textbook Co. · leaf 493

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slozv release and running, qnick release. Thebrake handle can be removed only on the lap position. Inthe lap position, the handle points towards the motorman;all ports are blanked so that none of the three pipes cancommunicate with each other. If there is any air in thebrake cylinder, it is held… … Reservoir Pipe ^/^ brake cylinder, so that compressed air passes from the reser-voir into the cylinder; as this opening is small, the flow ofair is gradual and the degree to which the brakes are setdepends on the length of time that the valve is allowed torest in the service position. If in making…

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