US1193480A - Support for locomotive air-reservoibs - Google Patents

Description

T. J. ODAY.

SUPPORT FOR LOCOMOTIVE AIR RESERVOIRS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12. 1916.

l 1 93,480. Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

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provements 1n supports forlocomotive air reservoirs.

lone, of New York,

Locomotive Air Reservoii-s,

THOM'AS J,

ODAY, OFMALONE, NEW YORK.

SUPPORT FOR nocoivio'rrvn ain-nnsnnvoms.

To all whomit may concern:

Be'it known thatI, THoM'As'J. ODAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Main the county of Franklin and'State have invented certain new and useful Improvements in following is a specification.

This invention relates to supports and more particularly to new and useful im- An object of my invention 'is to provide primarily means for handling the main air reservoirs employed on locomotives, whereby the reservoir may be supported at an angle and rotated for testing purposes, whereby all of the surface of the reservoir may be exposed to view.

My invention particularly contemplates the provision of means for obviating the cumbersome, ineflicient, and very often dangerous devices and means now' employed in locomotive shop practice.

A further object of my invention isto provide a support of the class described which is adapted for a wide scope ofuses, its adaptation to the use hereinafter set forth'indetailbeing merely one of its many applications. I r p Other objects and advantages will. appear from the following in connection with an inspection of the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an end elevational view of my improved support in use, the running board and portion of a locomotive boiler being shown. Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrow. Referring more particularly to the drawings, wherein similar reference characters designate like and corresponding parts throughout the respective views, 1 designates a portion of a locomotive boiler from which extends the back 2 supporting the usual running board3.

The air reservoir is designated l, and in the later types of steam locomotives is located beneath the running board on the right hand side about midway the length of the engine. In the locomotive shops at the present time, it is customary to test reservoirs at certain fixed intervals of time, the party inspecting the reservoir applying Specification of Letters Patent.

Supports for of which the a hereinbefore detail description taken- Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

Application medrebruar 12; 1916. Serial No. 77,974..

what is known as the hammer test to the outer surface of the reservoir. In testing these reservoirs, it is necessary that the same be slightly lowered from their fastenings and rotated in order that each and every plate and the total surface of the reservoir may be reached by the hammer. Atthe present time, either a scaffold must be built up to the running board to support the reservoir during the testingprocess or cumbersome chains wrapped about the reservoir for suspending the same during said process. Very often these chains do not hold and the reservoir will slip from proper position and fall to the ground or floor of the shop often injuring the reservoir or the party testing the same.

It is a primary object of my invention as set forth to overcome the dangers arising from the practice now existing in locomotive shops in this particular line of work, and in orderto properly support a reservoir during said process of testing,I provide a pairof U-shaped cradles or hangers designated 5 and 6 in their entireties. ticalin form and construction andthe description of one will therefore suiiice.

Referring to the cradle 6, it will be noted that thesame is formed of two straps desi nat ed 7 'and 8, 'saidstraps being substantially U-shaped in configuration and arranged in parallel spaced relation, transverse rods 9 serving to maintain said straps in the position shown. A pair of adjusting and supporting members, preferably bolts 10 and 11 are pivotally connected on pins 12 to the free ends of said straps and therebetween as best shown in Fig. 2. The upper ends of the bolts 10 and 11 pass through a transverse supporting bar 13 having a pair of elongated openings 14: therein adjacent its extremities, and nuts 15 are receivable on said bolts to adjust the same. The supworting bars 13 raised upon the upper surface of the running board and the bolts 10 and 11 extend outwardly on each side of said running board. In order to rotatably support an object held by the cradles, I provide a plurality of revolubly mounted wheels 16, said wheels being carried by transverse pins 17 extending between the straps 7 and 8. The wheels are so positioned that their respective peripheries project slightly beyond the inner marginal edges of the straps 7 and 8 whereby to receive an ob- These cradles are substantially idenuby slightly rotating the same onzthe wheels V 25.

4'when the latter is rotated.

, ject,in this instance thereservoir, and revolubly mount the same. As shownto advantage in Fig. 2 the Wheels are preferably provided with grooved peripheries,.whereby the same will more easily accommodate the reservoir themselves to the rivets 18 of In use, the cradles 5 and 6 are placed beneath the air reservoir and the bolts 10 and 11 are engaged bymeans of the nuts 15 with thetransverse bars '18. ,Of course, any number ofthecradles maybe provided, butI have found that in actual practice a; pair'of cradles perform efliciently. The air reservoir may now be released from the permanent fastenings and supported by means of the cradles. By releasing the bolts of one -of--the cradles and taking up on the bolts of the other of the cradles, the reservoir may be disposed at any desired angle within certain limits to be determined bythe length of the bolts. In this position the reservoir may be subjec'ted'to the full air pressure and 16 the complete peripheral surface thereof may be hammer-tested. Whenthe reservoir is disposed-in inclined position as best'shown in Fig. 2, the same will have a tendency to move forwardly as it is rotated, thereby permitting access to that portion of the reservoir adjacent the cradles-this being impos sible in the devices now in use.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is'thought that a clear and comprehensive understanding ofrthe construction, operation and advantages-of my invention may be I Gopies of this patent maybe obtained for had, andwhile I have shown and described my" invention as embodying a specific structure, I desire that it be understood that I maymakei such changesrion said structure as do not depart from the spirlt and scope of the invention as 1 described.

' What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: a e i 1. In a; device'of the class described, in

combination with a platform, a plurality of cradles, supporting members pivotally connecteditherewith and extending on each side of said platform, means bearing} upon the upper surface of the platform andadjustablyassociated With said supporting'menr,

bersfor the purposeset forth; 1 v

2. A supporting cradle, includinga pair of spaced U-shaped straps having anti-friction rollers interposed therebetween, bolts pivoted between said straps at the free ends thereof, a transverse supporting bar asso ciated with said bolts, and nuts on the free ends of said boltsfor retainingthe latter in engagement. with said bar.v v 3. In a device of the class described, cradle comprising a pair of straps substantially vU-shaped in configuration and arranged in spaced relation, anti-friction rollers mounted'between said spaced straps to revolubly. support a cylindrical object,'suspending arms pivotally associated with said cradlebetween the free ends of the spaced 7 straps, and a transverse bar engageable with the free end of the said arm and adapted to rest upon a supporting object for. the pur-.-

pose set forth. a. y a r In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

THOMAS J. ODAY.

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