US1029619A - Journal-box pedestal. - Google Patents

Description

B. D. LOCKWOOD.

JOURNAL B0X PEDBSTAL.

APPLICATION FILLED AUG.171911. l 1,029,619, Patented June 18,1912.

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BURNS D. LOCKWOOI), OF BELLEVUE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO PRESSED STEEL CAR COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

JOURNAL-BOX PEDESTAL.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led August 17, 1911.

Patented June 18, 1912.

Serial No. 644,501.

To all. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BURNS D. LooKwooD, a citizen ot the United States, residing at No. 444 Dawson avenue, Bellevue, in the county of Allegheny and State ot Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Journal-Box Pedestals, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved journal box pedestal for mine or similar cars, and the object of the invention is to provide a pedestal which will withstand severe shocks and prevent the journal box, axle, and spring from becoming damaged by pieces of rock or other debris which may be piled close to and above the track.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a journal box pedestal that, when applied to the first of a plurality of cars not provided with the improved pedestal, will push to one side pieces of rock or other debris which may be piled close to and above the tracks and so provide sutlicient clearness for the succeeding cars to pass with slight probability of damage to the journal boxes, axles and springs.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters refer to like parts and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car with the improved pedestal mounted thereon; Fig. 2 is a detail side elevation of the pedestal; Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of the same; Fig. 4 is a detail end view of the same; Fig. 5 is a sectional view through one of the guard portionsot the pedestal on the line .55, Fig. 2; Figs. 6 and 7 are similar views on t-he lines 6-6 and 7-7 Fig. 2, and Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line 8 8, Fig. l.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, 1 represents the side plate of the car, 2 the floor sheet, 3 the side sill, 4 the cross brace, 5 the pedestal, 6 the journal box, 7 the spring and 8 the opening for the ournal box and spring.

The pedestal 5 consists of a top or securing member 9 and a pair of downwardly extending legs or guard members 10, 11, each of said guard members having a front 12 and a back 13, which are connected at the top by an outwardly extending member 15 and at the bott-om by a web 14. The meinber 15 not only connects the front 12 and the back 13, but also extends laterally over the opening S and connects the two guard me1nbers 10, 11. The underside of the portion of the member 15 which bridges the opening 8, is provided with an annular boss 16 which extends into the central hollow portion ot the upper end of the spring 7; this boss, together with a corresponding boss on the journal box, prevents said spring from becoming displaced.

The side walls 17 and 1S of the opening 8 extend outwardly `from the back 13 and are joined to outwardly extending walls 19 and 2O by flat portions 21 and 22, said flat portions together with said walls 17, 18 and portion of back 13 form guides for the ournal box 6.

The lower parts 23 and 24 of the guard members 10, 11, are beveled outwardly from the center line of the pedestal and in the direction of the longitudinal center line of the car, and extend in opposite directions from the top of walls 19, 20, to the outer edges 25, of the pedestal.- The top parts of said members 10, 11 are provided with `flat portions 26 and beveled portions 27, the fiat port-ions 26 sloping downwardly and outwardly from the member 15 to a point beyond the front of the journal box, and the beveled portions 27 sloping downwardly and inwardly toward the center line of the pedestal and in the direction of the longitudinal center line of the car, joining the lower parts 23 and 24.

The top 9 is extended vertically from the member 15 and is adapted to be secured to 'the side sill 3. To provide a more rigid connection between the pedestal and car body, the top 9 is provided with a flange 28 which extends outwardly as far as the outside face of the side plate 1, and secured to the bottom plate 2, said flange being then extended vertically at 29 and secured to the side of the car by rivets, bolts or other means.

The bottom webs 14 are provided with recesses 30 in which an angle bar or other suitable section is secured for the purpose of retaining the journal box in its normal position in the pedestal.

I am aware that minor changes in the construction of my invention can be made and substituted for that herein shown and described, without in any way departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

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Having thus described my invention what I desire to secure my Letters Patent is:

l. In a journal box pedestal for a car, the combination with securing members and leg members, of guard members integral therewith and extending outwardly beyond the outside face of the ournal box; substantially as described. l l

wardly beyond the outside face of the journal box; substantially as described.

Il. In a journal box pedestal for a car, securing members, a pair of leg members depending downwardly therefrom, a journal box mounted between said leg members, and means integral with said leg members and extending outwardly beyond the outside face of the journal box to guardsaid journal box substantially as described.

5. In a journal box pedestal for a car, securing members, a pair of leg members depending downwardly therefrom, a journal box mounted between said leg members and means integral with said leg members and extending ouwardly beyond the outside face of the journal box to guard said journal box and leg members; substantially as described.

6. Inra journal box pedestal for acar, the combination of a securing member adapted to be secured to the side of the car, a securingV member adapted to be secured to the floor of the car, a securing memberz adapted to be secured to the sill of the car, leg members integral with said securing members,

and guard members integral with said securing members and leg members and extending outwardly beyond tlie outside face of the journal box, and adapted to guard said leg members and the car journal box; substantially as described.

7. In a journal box pedestal for a car, the combination of a securing member adapted to be secured to the side of the car, a securing member adapted to be secured to the Hoor of the car, a securing member adapted to be secured to the sill of the car, of leg members integral with said securing members, said leg members each comprising flat back members and front guard members, the lower portions of said guard members being beveled outwardly in opposite directions from the center line of the pedestal in the direction of the longitudinal center line of the car and the top portions of said guard members having flat surfaces extending downwardly and outwardly to a point beyond the outside face of the journal box; substantially as described.

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

BURNS D. LOCKVOOD.

Witnesses:

FRANK E. MILLER, LELA M. GRUNDER.

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

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