Self-propelled vehicles; a practical treatise on the theory, construction, operation, care and management of all forms of automobiles (1906)
Homans, James E. (James Edward), b. 1865 · New York, T. Audel & Company · leaf 614
s, and to its centre is at-tached a valve rod having longitudinal groovings to permit thefuel to enter the feed tube in such quantities as the pressure onthe other face of the diaphragm will permit. Steam pressure,being thus brought to bear, tends to deform the diaphragm; hencecompressing the valve… … Fig. 440.—Gasoline Burner Regulator, operating with a corrugated dia-phragm, like a steam gauge. A is the inlet for steam; B, the inlet forliquid gasoline; C, the port leading to the burner; D, the diaphragm; E,the head on the grooved rod of the valve; F, the steam chamber; G, thegasoline chamber.…
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