US100542A - Improved instrument for coupling railway-cars - Google Patents

Description

MOOMBER 8v WARD.

Coupling 'De-vice. N0. 100;'542. I Patented March 8,'1870.

N-FETERS. PHDTULITHOMAPMER. WISHINGTCN. [1C- To'cll whom it may concern strut djijire.

,ABNER MQOMBER AND MINA WARD, or SGHENEGTADY, New YORK.

i Letters .Patent No. 100,542,1 dated March 8, 1870.

l ncpnovnn INSTRUMENT ron coUPLING RAILWAY-CARS.

l The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Be it known` that we, ABNER MQOMBER and MINA WARD, of Schenectady, in the county of Schenectady, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Instrument 'for Coupling Railroad-Gars; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making apart of this specification iu which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved instrument folded up. Figure 2 is a side view of the instrument arranged for coupling freight-cars.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the instrument adjusled as shown in iig. 2, and supporting one end of a Figure 4 is a view of the instrument adjusted for V coupling passenger vor platform-cars'.

Similar letters of 'reference indicate corresponding parts iu the several iigures.

The object of our invention i's 4to obtain `a portable instrument by which the coupling-links of passenger cars or freight-cars can be conveniently and safely held up and guided into theirplaces during the act of moving cars together to couplethem. To this end,

The nature of our invention consists in a rod, of suitable length and strength, provided withhook's orV lugs in such manner that'a coupling-link can be readily held "up and guided into its place bya person standing on the platform of a car, oron the ground on one side of the cars, as will be hereinafter explained.

To enable others skilled in the vart to understand our invention, wewill describe its construction and operation. y

In the accompanying drawings, we have represented `the improved coupling instrument made of three sections, A B C, connected together by rule-joint c c.

We prefer te construct the staff of the instrument in this way, in order that it can be foldedinto a small j compass when not in immediate use, and thus allowing itto be conveniently carried.

The free end al of thesection B is hooked or bentat right angles to this section, so that when the latter is adjusted at right angles to the Vtwo sections A C, as shown in fig. 4, it will' a'ord a supportfor one end of a coupling-link, and allow such link to be held and guided into its place during the act of' effecting a couplino. f

` 'he person holding the instrument when it is thus adjusted will be stationed on the platform of one of the cars, and will grasp the instrumenthy its hooked section C.

For coupling freight-cars, where a person who guides j the links is required to station himself on one side of the track, and not on the platform-as inpassengercars, the instrument is adjusted as shown in figs. 2 and 3.

The section Gis adjusted in astraight line with section A, and the section B is turned over, as shown in figs. 2 and 3, and its hooked end, d, inserted into a recess, b, in the edge of section A.

This forms a handle, A B, by which the instrument can-be lirmly grasped and held while using it.

The section O has its end g turned up to form ahook or lug, and it also has a corresponding hook or lug, g', secured to it at such distance from g as will allowa coupling-link to be received between these hooks. When thus held o n the section C, the coupling-link can be guided into its place without requiring the person making the coupling to expose any part of his person between the cars. l

W'lien the instrument is not in immediate use, its sections can be folded, as shown in g. 1, and may be carried in -the pocket. j

Having described our,y invention,

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A rod or stad', provided with hooks or lugs g g and d, and adapted for supporting and guiding coupling-links during the act of coupling cars, substantially as described.

2. Constructing such a rod or sta of sections A, B, and O, connected together by rule-joints, substantially.

as described.

ABNER MCOMBER. MIN A WARD.

Witnesses:

Ones. E. PALMER, E. L. FREEMAN, 2d.

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