Inside Out Library

Mechanical movements, powers, devices and appliances (1901)

Hiscox, Gardner Dexter, 1822?-1908 · New York, N. W. Henley & company · leaf 203

An illustration from Mechanical movements, powers, devices and appliances, 1901, leaf 203
728. ELECTRIC STREET-CAR BRAKE.—A solenoid, oper-ated by the trolley current, pulls up the brake levers. The springs ,H—x=, m, j^^^^X ,g ^=, R. around the piston rods hold back theconnections, actingas buffers. Thepis-^ tons are dividedinto three partseach, to soften thejerk when turningon ,the… … ELECTRIC POWER AND CONSTRUCTION. 195

Mechanical movements

Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from Mechanical movements, powers, devices and appliances

More like this