US1003056A - Push-pole. - Google Patents

Description

A. MARKIN.

PUSH POLE..

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1908.

Patented Sept. 12, 1911.

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PUSH POLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1908.

.Patented Sept. 12', 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMON MARKIN, OF MONTPELIER, INDIANA.

PUSH-POLE.

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Be it known that I, AMoN MARKIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Montpelier, in the count-y of Blackford and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Push-Poles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of railway rolling stock, and more particularly to what may be termed a push pole adapted for use in connection with the tender of a loco-motive and arranged for operation whereby it may be conveniently moved laterally of the tender for engagement with a car located on a track adjacent to the tender.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device of the above described character which will be comparatively simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and which will effectively serve to shift cars in the makingof a train.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description and it will be understood that changes in the specific structure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claims and that any suitable materials may be used without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the present invention showing the same applied to the tender of a locomotive, Fig. 2 is a side elevational view, Fig. 3 is a tra-nsverse sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the push pole.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there is shown an engine tender of usual construction including a bottom 11, as shown.

Beneath the bottom 11 at each side of the tender and adjacent to the front end thereof there is shown a bracket 12 provided upon its under side with a semi-cylindrical concavity 13. Disposed beneath each bracket 12 and secured to depending side sills 14 of the tender there is shown a bracket 15 which is also provided in its upper face with a semi-circular concavity 16. The brackets 12 and 15 are disposed in spaced relation to each other at their sides and ends as indi- Specficaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 28, 1908.

Patented Sept. 12, 1911.

Serial No. 455,019.

cated at 17 for a purpose to be hereinafter described.

The concavities 13 and 16 formed in the brackets 12 and 15 at each side of the tender thus form a socket to receive a spherical head 18 of a push pole 19. The push pole 19 is somewhat reduced in size adjacent to its spherical head as indicated at 20, and this reduced portion is disposed for movement in the space 17 formed by reducing the outer ends of the brackets 12 and 15 as shown.

Vertically disposed operating rods 21 are located adjacent to the front end of the tender and at each side thereof, and these rods are revolubly mounted at their lower ends in t-he bottom 11 of the tender, for rocking motion longitudinally of the tender.

Each rod is provided with a downwardly and outwardly inclined member 22 bent inwardly at its lower end as shown at 23 to extend beneath the bottom of the tender and toward the depending sills 14, and the eX- t-remity of the portion 23 is coiled about the push pole 19 to form an eye as shown at 24. Each rod 21 is disposed for movement in a substantially U shaped and elongated guide member 25, and above the guide member each rod is provided with an operating wheel 26.

It will thus be se'en that either of the push poles at either side of the tender may be moved outwardly in a horizontal plane and may be engaged at its outer end with a car located upon a track adjacent to the tender. By the provision of the elongated guide as previously described it will be seen that the rod 21 may be shifted longitudinally of the tender with the lower end of the rod as a pivot whereby the free end of the push pole may be moved vertically and properly engaged with the car to be moved.

Retaining springs are provided for receiving the push poles at each side of the tender whereby the poles may be held in parallel relation with the beams 14 when in an inoperative position.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with an engine tender, of socket members secured thereto, a push pole having a ball head disposed in the socket member, said push pole being movable horizontally and vertically, a rod mounted upon the engine tender for rotary and rocking movement, and connections between the rod 'and push pole whereby the pole is moved in either direction upon a oorresponding movement of therrod. t

2. The combination 'With an engine tender, of a push pole pivoted thereto, and a lever Y pivoted to the tender and connected toV the p push pole, said rod beingadapted to imparteentrieally with the push pole, and anarm on the rod, and connected with the push pole,`whereby the push pole is moved upon a corresponding movement of said rod.

4. The combination with a tender having a bottom, of a socket located beneath'the bottom of the tender, a lpush pole having a head engaged in the socket for universal movement, a rod mounted upon the tender concentrioally with the socket for rotary motion and for rocking motion longitudinally of the tender, a longitudinal guide for the upper portion of the rod, and a downwardly extending member carried by the rod, the lower portion of the said member being bent inwardly to extend beneath the bottom of the tender, and having its extremity formed into an eye engaged around the push pole.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

AMON MARKIN.

Witnesses:

JoHN T. JONES, -A. H. BENHAM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, ,Washingtom D. C.

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