International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa. : The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 701
through the opening ointo the elevating chute /, which is lined with sheet iron,and as the projecting boards carried by the link belt passunder the sprocket wheel </, they push the coal before them,forming a series of buckets, which carry the coal to the pointr, where an opening in the chute… … RAILROAD STRUCTURES. 1285 pockets of the station. In the bottom of the conveyingchute, and directly above each pocket, is an opening of suit-able dimensions. These openings are fitted with slidingcovers, which are close fitting, and all of them are closedexcepting the one connecting with the pocket…
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