Back Walschaerts-klepratwerk Afrikaans Accionament de la distribució de tipus Walschaerts Catalan Heusinger-Steuerung German Distribución de válvula de Walschaerts Spanish Distribution Walschaerts French Heusinger-vezérlés Hungarian Distribuzione Walschaerts Italian ワルシャート式弁装置 Japanese Парораспределительный механизм Вальсхарта Russian Паророзподільний механізм Вальсхарта Ukrainian
The Walschaerts valve gear is a type of valve gear used to regulate the flow of steam to the pistons in steam locomotives, invented by Belgian railway engineer Egide Walschaerts in 1844.[1] [2] The gear is sometimes named without the final "s",[a] since it was incorrectly patented under that name. It was extensively used in steam locomotives from the late 19th century until the end of the steam era.
- ^ "The Walschaerts Valve Gear". The Engineer. 102. London: Sydney White: 620–621, 630. 1902. Retrieved 1 November 2022 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ Fry, Lawford H. (trans.) (1906). "History of Walschaerts' Valve Motion". Progress. Wellington: Baldwin & Rayward. p. 212. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
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