TELEMOTOB STEERING GEAB

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TELEMOTOR STEERING GEAR

The apparatus consists of a steering telemotor on the bridge, a
motor telemotor at the engine geared to the quadrant and two copper

pipes of small diameter connecting the two gears, the whole system
being charged with a special non-freezing liquid.

There are two cylinders with pistons fitted at the steering end and
two similar cylinders with pistons at the engine end, the pistons or
rams in the'Corresponding cylinders, port and starboard, being operated
by the liquid in the connecting pipes on the principle that liquids
are incompressible. The piston ram aft operates the connecting rods
and levers, which open and close the steam valves of the engine

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REPLENISHING TANK

STEERING TELEMOTOR
SECTION OF BODY
AND CYLINDERS

STEERING TELEMOTOR
iVJEW OF FORWARD SIDE—•

Fig 26 —Transverse Section through Steering Telemotor.
Figure 25 illustrates the Mactaggart-Seott Safety Steering Telemotor.
ffote:—(1) The tell-tale pointer or helm indicator at the upper sector and
the two copper pipes leading down through the deck towards the motor
fcelemotor. (2) The pressure gauges to indicate the liquid pressures in
each pipe line* Equality of pressure is essential aȣ i& this system it