Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise .. (1916)
Swingle, Calvin F. (Calvin Franklin), b. 1846 · Chicago, F.J. Drake & company · leaf 1040
space in gland G.In Fig. 418 it will be noticed that buffers F are providedfor the car to rest upon when at the lower floor. Similar Hydraulic Elevators 1005 buffers are also provided for the counterbalance W to restupon, this to prevent running the car up against the over-head beams. The… … Fig. 420 cast cap P and a rubber cushion P. The plunger Pslides within a cylinder C, also made of pipe. Within thiscylinder there is a spring that is compressed by the plunger,the lower end of the latter being provided with a tiat headto press against the top of the spring. The cylinder C isheld in…
