A textbook on the locomotive and the air brake (1901)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa., International textbook co · leaf 270
d hollow to receive excess-pressure spring 90. The feed-valve is made very much like a steam pop safety valve, and hasa projection on it to increase the area or surface for the air topress against when it is raised from its seat. The effect of thisincrease of area is to cause the valve to lift… … To Main Ilc.sc §15 THE NEW YORK AIR BRAKE. 37 Fig. 21 is a cross-section through the brake valve on the Hnee/, Fig. 23, and is a front view. Fig. 22 is a cross-section taken on the line c cl, Fig. 23.Fig. 23 shows the valve seat and the arrangement of the ports.Fig. 24 shows the face of main slide…
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