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 864
Fig. 350ixgersoll-sergeant piston inlet valve cylinder The standard governor for all Class ^^A compressorsis the type known as the Air-BalV Governor. Unloader and Regulator.—The function of the unloaderand regulator is to take the load off the air pistonwhen the pressure reaches the desired point,… … IngersoURand Air Compressor 835 turning over. When the pressure of air goes downpast the limit;, usually ten pounds below the running press-ure^, the load is thrown on and the steam again admitted,when compression is resumed in the regular way. Thisis accomplished as follows: AYhen the weighted…
