Treatise covering operation, defects and remedies of the locomotive, Westinghouse and New York air-brake, also questions and answers to first, second and third year's progressive examinations (1917)
MacDonald, J. R. [from old catalog] · [Chicago] The author · leaf 189
end of the cylinder is compressed,raising the discharge valve 86c from its seat, passing outthrough passage G and the air discharge to the main reser-voir. On the downward stroke of the piston forms a partialvacuum in the upper end of the cylinder. Air then flowsthrough the air inlet passage F,… … Fig. 4. Diagram of 8%-Inch Cross Compound Compressor.High Pressure Steam (Low Pressure Air) Pistonon its Upward Stroke The WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE 187 is now compressed and discharged out through the passageP, raising the lower discharge valve 86d from its seat andpassing through passage G to the…
Locomotives · Westinghouse air-brake · New York air-brake
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