Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 55
rod, as shownin Fig. 30; and, second, a cover plate called a gland extendinginto the stuffing box in such manner as to compress the packingmaterial when it is screwed down. Two stud bolts are screwedinto the cylinder head, one on each side of the stuffing box, andthese extend through the gland and… … Fig. 29. PARTS OF THE STEAM ENGINE 41 passes into the cylinder must be large enough to accommodateany lack of alignment between the rod and cylinder but must notbe large enough to allow any of the packing material to besqueezed through it. Formerly, braids or strands of hemp soaked in tallow…
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