US1157070A - Draw-bar carry-iron. - Google Patents

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c, WESTLAKE & c.= s. SHALLENBERGER; DRAW BAR CARRY IRON- APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23, new.

Patented Oct. '19, 1915..

uurrun STATES PATENT orFicE;

CHARLES T. WESTLAKE AND,CHARLES S. SHALLENBERGER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,

PORATION OF DELAWARE.

DRAW-BAR CARRY-IRON.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES T. VVEsT- LA'KE and CHARLES S. SHALLENBERGER, citi- Zens of the United States, residing at city of St. Louis, 'State of Missouri, have in- :vented a certain new and useful Improvement in Draw-Bar Carry-lrons, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of,

this specification, in which Figure 1 is a top .plan view of a striking plate with which acarry iron of our improved construction is combined. Fig. 2' is a front elevational yiew of the carry 1ron v in position on the striking plate. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken approximately on the f line 3-3. of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of one end of .the carry iron. Fig. 5 1s a perspective view of one of, the carry iron hangers.

Our invention relates to new' and useful improvements in supports or hangers for the draw bars of railway cars, the principal object of the invention being to provide a comparatively simple hanger which, under all conditions, will, readily accommodate itself to the backward and forward movement of the draw bar resulting from draft and bufling strains, and to the lateral swing v the plate 11 are apertures 15 and 16, and

or movement of said draw bar resulting from the passage of cars around curves in the track.

In view of the fact that the length of movement of a supported draw bar is practically equal in both directions, that is, longitudinally and transversely, the carry iron the carry iron upon hangers which are supported from a fixed partof the carry iron, preferably the striking plate, by universal joints of the ball and socket type, WlllCll arrangement permits the carry iron to move Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented Oct 19, 1915 Application filed March 23, 1914. Serial No. 826,563.

.ing drawings, 10 designates the base ,of the striking plate which is applied to a car end sill or buffer beam in any suitable manner, and formed integral with said base and projecting forwardly therefrom is a horizontally disposed plate 11, and formed integral with the. front edge of this plate is a vertically disposed plate 12, which constitutes the striking plate per 86.-

- The-plates lland 12 are reinforced and strengthened by suitably located integral the underside of the'- plate 11 and'spaced a suitable distance apart are depending lugs 14, which serve as stops to limit the transverse swinging movement of the supported draw bar; Formed in the end portions of the edges of the plate around these aperturesarecounter sunk or cut away so as to form concave seats or sockets 17 for the heads'o'f the carry iron hangers hereinafter described. v U

A slot 18 is formed from the opening 16 to the corresponding end of-the plate 11 to permit the corresponding hanger to be in- ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A conribs or flanges 13, and formed integral with I serted in this opening when the device isassembled, and to mount the device in its assembled position a pin or bolt 19-is seated in a pair of the ribs or flanges which occupy positions adjacent to and on opposite sides of said slot 18. p v V One of the hangers forming a part of our invention is shown in Fig. 5, the same comprisinga shank 20 with the upper end tifwhich 15 formed integral a head 21, the

underside of which is convex as designatedby 22 so as to fit snugly on the corresponding concave seat 17. The lower end of the shank is provided with a pair of oppositely arranged horizontally disposed bearings or trunnions 23.

The carry iron contemplated by our in vention isformed in a single piece preferably'by casting, and comprises a pair of heads 24, and an intermediate body portion 25 which is provided with a pair of oppositely disposed bearing faces 26, the same being preferably convex in cross section. One of these bearing faces is located nearer to the longitudinal axis of the carry iron than the other, and thus by reversing the position of said carry iron 'or turning it upside down, the height at which the supported draw bar is carried can be varied.

Formed through the heads 24 are vertically disposed inwardly extending slots '27, and formed in the upper and lower faces of said heads to the sides of these'slots are seats or bearings 28 which are adapted to receive the journals or trunnions 23 on the lower ends of the carry iron hangers.

In assembling our improved draw bar support, one of the hangers 20 is inserted through the opening 15 until the head of said hanger rests upon the corresponding seat 17. One end of the carry iron 25 is now positioned on the lower end of this hanger with the trunnions 23 seated in thecorresponding bars 28, after which the carry iron is swung upward into position beneath the draw bar The lower end of the second hanger is now engaged in the correspond ing end of the carry iron, after' which the upper portion of this hanger is swung inward through the slot 18 so that the head of this hanger occupies the sea-t around the edge of the opening 16.' The pin or bolt 1,9

is now placed in position'across the .slot 18,

thereby providing retaining means for preventing the accidental displacement of the. device when .it is in use. As the supported draw bar, shown by dotted lines .in Figs. 2 and 3 moves longitudinally of the car, under bufiing or pulling strains, the carry iron will swing backward or forward with said draw bar, and during'this movement, the convex undersides of-the heads 20 operate freely in the concave seats 17 During the transverse movement of the supported draw bar which takes place during-the passage of the car around a' curve in thetrack, the carry ir'on onthe lower ends ofthe hanggers 20, swings transversely of the car, an during this movement the heads 22 bear in their respective seats 17.

By our improved construction the hangers for the carry iron are provided at their upper ends withsubstantially universal joints of the ball and socket type, and by virtue of this construction, the supported draw bar can move longitudinally and transversely at the same time, without appre ciable wear or strain upon any of the parts of-the support.

The entire carrier is comparatively simple, can be easily and cheaply manufactured, and is capable of being readily assembled or taken apart.

* We do not desire to be limited to the ex act arrangement and details of construction herein shown and described, as it will be V readily understood that the principles and sides of' the slots therein which bearings are adapted to receive the trunnions on the hangers. p

2. In a draw bar carrier, a support provided with openings, there being sockets formed around said openings and there being a slot formed in said support from one of the openings therein to the end of said. support, hangers, heads on the upper ends thereof, which heads are adapted to engage in the sockets around the openings, a carry iron pivotally connected to said hangers, and a removable member seated in the support and bridging the slot therein.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses, this 6th day of March, 1914.

I OHARLESjfT. WESTLAKE. CHARLES s. SHALLE-NBERGER.

Witnesses: HAL G. BELLVILLE, B. E. KUHL.

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