Practical instructor and reference book for locomotive firemen and engineers: a practical treatise .. (1911)
Lockhart, Charles F. (Charles Fulton), b. 1872 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 198
linder, allowing air to flowfrom the former to the latter. 585. The upper slide valve connected to the piston rodof the application portion, admits air to the brake cylindersand is called the application valve. The lower one re-leases the air from the brake cylinders and is called theexhaust valve.… … 196 THE DISTRIBUTING VALVE illustrated in Fig. 54. There are three pipes connectedto the left side and two to the right side of the double-chamber reservoir. The pipe connections are made tothe reservoir body direct, to avoid disturbing the pipejoints when necessary to take the valve apart.
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