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1908 Article-Colean Mfg. Co., Steam Traction Engine |
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The Traction Engine, Its Use and Abuse, 1908, pgs. 151-153 |
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3/21/2014 11:20:01 AM |
THE COLEAN TRACTION ENGINE.
This is another engine of the same type as the two previous ones just described, having all its machinery mounted directly on the boiler shell. It has the same advantage as most engines of this class have; that is, its wheel-base is very short.
The boiler, of the locomotive type, is built of steel with double-riveted seams, and has water-jacketed fire-box and rocking grates. The latter are controlled from the engineer's platform by means of a lever.
The smokestack is in front and the steam dome has a relatively large steam space. The usual fittings are supplied. The engines, of the Corliss self-contained type with double cylinder and crank at quarters, are mounted side by side on the top of the boiler. The steam-chest and the cylinder are cast in one piece. The crank-shaft is made of a solid steel-forging machined to proper dimensions. The locomotive reversing links, horizontal governor, sight-feed lubricator, etc., are all standard. The fly-wheel or pulley is provided with a friction clutch so arranged that it can be converted into a solid pulley by the shifting of a pin and the tightening of a set screw, which operation practically makes a solid connection between the traction pinion, the fly-wheel, and the engine shaft.
The water-tank is placed in front on top of the boiler and surrounds the smokestack. The driving wheels have steel rims and spokes and are connected to the engine through spur gearing. In this train of gears is inserted the compensating gear, which has bevel steel pinions. |
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1908 Colean Mfg. Co., Steam Traction Engine
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