Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 34
, which is free to turn, is placed on the side of the cylinder,and a point, H, on its rim is-connected by a rod to the upper end,G, of the rocker arm. The wrist plate, therefore, oscillatesback and forth through the same angle as the upper end of therocker arm. All of the valves are connected to… … Fig. 14. free to turn without allowing steam to leak past them. To theends of the exhaust valve stems are fitted cranks, 8 and 8, whichare connected by rods, 7 and 7, to the rim of the wrist plate.The oscillation of the wrist plate causes these cranks to moveback and forth through a small angle,…
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