The valve-setter's guide; a treatise on the construction and adjustment of the principal valve gearings used on American locomotive (1910)
Kennedy, James, 1848-1922 · New York, A. Sinclair company · leaf 59
ating link, B, near to or further fromA; by this means a later point of cut-offmay be given to either end of the cylinder 53 THE VALVE-SETTERS GUIDE at will, and the engine may thus havemore steam admitted to one side of thepiston than to the other, if required. Thesame thing may be done for the… … FIG. 3. SECTION OF GEAR. are, however, in all cases standard andequal. Hitherto the center, F, of the lever, E,which gives motion to the valve spindle,has been described as carried in curvedslots. This plan is given as the mostsimple to manufacture, but if preferredthe center, F, may be carried by…
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