Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise on the care and management of steam engines, boilers and electric machinery (1922)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · 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 oast 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 tlat headto press against the top of the spring. The cylinder C isheld in…
