Locomotive engine running and management .. (1899)
Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 348
rts—Service Stop—PressureExceeding 60 Pounds in Brake Cylinder. are enabled to discharge the surplus air from thebrake cylinder to the atmosphere quite as rapidly asit enters the brake-cylinder through a port in theslide-valve of the triple valve of somewhat smallerarea. THE WESTIXGHOUSE AIR-BRAKE.… … Fig. 39.—Position of Ports—Emergency Stop. brake-cylinder suddenly drives piston 4 throughout itsentire traverse, until it rests on spring-case 3, whenthe apex of port b in the slide-valve is brought intoconjunction with port <?, and a comparatively restrictedexhaust of the brake-cylinder air…
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