Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 355
rizontal engines (Fig. 236). The flatsprings can be adjusted by nuts or screws to give greater orless tension, and in horizontal engines with heavy pistons thetension on the lower springs may properly be made greaterthan on the upper. This type is applicable only to pistons 300 MECHANICAL… … Fig. 239. Mr. W. F. Durfee is shown in Fig. 239, where the adjusting-studs bear upon a conical surface so that they are all set outor relaxed by adjusting the cone from without. CYLINDER, PISTON, AND PISTON-ROD. 301 4. The packing-ring may be forced outwards by positivemeans, such as screws or…
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