WATER TROUGH FLOAT VALVE - REXROTH PROPORTIONAL VALVE.
Water Trough Float Valve
- A track pan (American terminology) or water trough (British terminology) is a device to enable a steam railway locomotive to replenish its water supply while in motion. It consist of a long trough filled with water, lying along a flat stretch of railroad/railway track between the rails.
- (Water troughs) Longitudinal troughs of water laid between the rails of a train track, for the purpose of a locomotive picking up water without stopping.
- Invented by John Ramsbottom and patented 12^thJuly 1860 to allow the Irish Mail to run non-stop between Chester and Holyhead. The first troughs were laid and demonstrated to the LNWR Directors at Mochdre on the Chester and Holyhead on 23^th October 1860.
- A ballcock (also balltap or float valve) is a mechanism, or machine for filling water tanks, such as those found in flush toilets, while avoiding overflow. The modern ballcock was invented by Joseph Bramah and Thomas Twyford.
- A valve which automatically opens or closes as the level of a liquid changes. The valve is operated mechanically by a float which rests on the top of the liquid.
- A mechanism that regulates fluid level by using a float to control the filling of water in the water tank; used in swamp coolers to regulate water levels.
Brighton Melbourne Bills Water Trough - Side View
still operational but empty, This is the side view showing the cover for the float and valve mechanism.
Brighton Melbourne Bills Horse Trough - Front View
still operational but empty. Has the float and valve mechanism sealed on the right hand side.
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