US1128296A

US1128296A - Process of making combined cast-steel and wrought-iron yokes.

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Publication number: US1128296A
Application number: US82680514A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alfred Copony
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1914-03-23
Filing date: 1914-03-23
Publication date: 1915-02-16
Anticipated expiration: 1932-02-16

Description

A. GOPONY.

PROCESS OF MAKING COMBINED CAST STEEL AND WROUGHT IRON YOKES,

APPLICATION FILED MAF..23,1914.

IN V EN TOR lUlrzd fi wny g /%z/ Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

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' rigidly and permanently connected together.

.- her with the ends thereof elongated and reiron straps-are ings in position on and State of Illinois, have invented a new used to form the clip for connecting the two .shows the clip-forming member after it straps are upset to secure or crucaoo', ILLINOIS, assidno'n 'ro WILLIAM H. mmnn, or

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CAST-STEEL AND WBOUGHT-IBON YOKES.

- Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

PROCESS OF MAKIN G COMBINED 1 ,128,296, Specification or fitters Patent.

Application flied March as, 1 14. Serial No.

To all whom it may concern: This bar or strap then has its ends 11-11 Be it known that I, ALFRED COPONY, a offset laterally and transversely of the 11min subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, portion 12 thereof after which it is ben Into residing in Chicago, in the county of 00k substantially elongated U-shape, sa h???" at 13 in Fig.3.

and useful Improvement in Processes of seen that the offset portions 11 of the strap Making Combined Cast-Steel and Wrought- In this figure it willng Iron Yokes, of which the following is a other horizontally extending portions .14,14..

specification. Y In Fig. 4 a piece This invention relates to improvements in shown which is employed to form the bindprocess of 'making combined cast steel and ing ,or connecting clip, said piece having wrought iron yokes.

rounded edges

16, 16. The member 15 is An object of the invention is to provide a next out or notched as at 17 to the form process or method involving ew' steps for shown in Fig. 5. The ends 18 of the clipmaking ayoke for railway draft rigging, forming piece'are next forgted and elonwhich yoke is composed partly of wrought ated, as shown in Fig. 6, a or which the iron straps and partly of steel castings all orgedends are bent at right angles to the .main portion thereof as shown in ig. 7 the The invention furthermore consists in the clip or binding member now being in the novel steps and the novel combinations of form of a U. the steps herein shown, described or claimed. Two wrought iron-members are rovided In the drawing forming a, part of this 01 each yoke and m formed intot e shape specification, all the figures are perspective shown in Fig. 3. The same are then brought views. 1 1 together sideby side as shown in Fig.8 and Figure 1 showsone of the plain ieces of the U- haped clip placed therebetween and wrought iron which forms a part 0 the fin-'- the ends 19 of the clip bent over and around ished yoke. Fig. 2 shows the same, strap of the central portions of the yoke straps asv wrought iron with the ends thereof ofi'set shown at 20 in Fig. 8. laterally and transversely relatively to the are provided of the form shown in Fig. 9, main central'portion. Fig. 3 shows the each casting 21 being provided with two strap bent into a substantially elongated U- extending slots 22 22 and a shape. Fig. 4showsa piece i slot 23.

\ 22, 22 are adapted to receive the 5 *ofiset ends of the yoke arms'and the steel as [castings are placed thereon. as shown in Fig. been notched. Fig. 6 shows the same mem-' -10. The extreme ends 24 of the wrought wrought iron straps of the yoke. Fi

flefi wn at 25, thereby permanently and rig 'idly connecting the steel castings to the wrought iron yokes, the latter: of course beingfurt-her united 'y the clip at the rear.

From the preceding description it will be seen that I have provided a combined cast steel and wrought iron yoke which is adaptduced in thickness. Fig. 7 shows the clip; forming member after itis bent into U-shape and as it appears before applied to mews wroughtiron straps of the yoke. Fig. 8 shows the two bent. wrought .iron straps united by the clips. Fig. 9 shows one, of the steel castings employed in the yoke. Fig. 10 shows the, two steel castthe ends of the having slotted castings wrought iron members forming 'thei' arms coupler connecting k and rear ends of the yoke and Fig. 'l'lillus- The process which trates the last step in the process "and the ing the same consists finished article wherein the ends of the the parts firmlytogether. I

said dre'f bg fiifienotes a bar or strap I cleun g of wrought ironcutinto proper like adapted to. receive a.

I ave devised fol-{Flak of any expensive or complicated machinery. 7

ed to'beused in. a horizontal position and through the slots,23l I of wrought iron, 15 is Two steel castings then hammered or upset as g of few and "siinple 1 steps and may be carried out without thev combined eaststeel and wrought irQn yokes (iastings' .aiid upsetting the extreme. enls of which consists in bending two wrought; iron the straps. l0

strap ixgg substantially U-shape anilaten Signed 13 day 9f March 19 l 4 in the ally 0 setting the ends of each strap whzgepresence of two subscribing witnesses. l by when said straps are placed side by side, ALFRED COPON the ends ghereof ere spaced apart; provid- Witnesses:

mg two slotted castings; and then inserting GEORGE A. JOHNSON,

(:he ends of said straps in the slots of said Wmmm A. Gmcsn.