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22.9 Ramsbottom SafetyValve

MACHINE DRAWING

The Ramsbottom valve is a "springloaded" type of safety safety valve.lt is usuallyemployed in mobile boilerssuchas locomotive and marineboilers. F i g . 2 2 . l s s h o w s a R a m s b o t t o m s a f e t y vla va es . sembledfromthepartsshowninFig.22.l4. t ils The body-Part No.1 is a U,shaped casting havingtwo verticalbranchpipesunitingat the bottom The top end ot eat h ot the branchpipesis screwed to form into a flanged opening. with a gun meta! valve seat-Part No.2.Two web type of gun rlrttol r,alves-Part No.10 are mountedover the valre No.12 pivotedto the err ! of tire,le,Ve.r-,-Part seats. A pivot ---'Part No.1:l usinga pin-Part No.8 anl of tht" a split pin -Part No.9, is mountedovet r',1'e hv a provalves.The other valve is held in posttrotr jected pivot extended from the lever.tsoththe valves the steam are held down on the valve seatsagainst -Part No.13,thetop pressure by the pullof the spring end of which is hookedto the leverandthe lowerend is hooked to the shackle-PartNo.3 which inturn is fitted to the main body using hexagonalnut -Part to the No.6.Two !inks-PartNo.7 arealsoconnected usingtwo pins-Part No.8 and leverand the shackle two splitpins-Part No.9 so asto permitthe lift of the valves.Theselinks preventthe lever and the valves from being blown away in the eventof springfailure.

1 Exercise
are SAFETYVALVE of a RAMSBOTTOM Details views of the the following Draw shown in Fig. 22.14. valve to t:2.5 sca/e. assembled 1. Frontview showing one half in section. 2. Topview.' 3. A sideview in section.
Ramsbottom Safety Valve Fig.22.13

Exercise 2
VALVEare shownin Fig.22.t 4. Draw to 1:2.5 scale, SAFETY The partsof a RAMSBOTTOM the following views of the valve in full open position. l.,Front view in section. 2. Top view. . 3. Right view in section. VALVE and the Insert the leading dimensfonsand printthe title -RAMSBOTTOM SAFETY scale.

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