US127790A - Improvement in car-couplings - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- B61G—COUPLINGS; DRAUGHT AND BUFFING APPLIANCES
- B61G1/00—Couplings comprising interengaging parts of different shape or form and having links, bars, pins, shackles, or hooks as coupling means
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- Figure 1 is a detail longitudinal section of my improved car-coupling, coupled.
- Fig. 2 is a front view of one part of the same.
- My invention has for its object to furnish an improved car-coupling simple in construction and effective in operation, and which may be readily adjusted to couple itself when the cars are run together; and it consists in the construction and combination of various parts of the coupling, as hereinafter more fully described.
- ' v v A and B represent the bumper-heads of two adjacent cars, which are connected with the the bumper-heads are made large, and are divided into two compartments by horizontal partitions a N.
- G are the coupling-pins, which pass down through the bumper-heads A B, and through the coupling-link or bar D, which enters the lower compartments of the bumperheads A B.
- One end of the link or bar D is made thick, so as to hold the link in a horizontal position to enter the bumper-head of the adjacent car when the cars are run to-' gether.
- the thinner end of the link D has a slot formed through it to receive the couplingpin to give the necessary play to the coupling.
- a N at the rear side of the hole through which the coupling-pin passes, is formed a recess, a 11 to receive the lower end
- the cavities of v of the coupling-pin'C to hold it suspended while the cars are being run together.
- the recesses a? b not only support the pins, but
- E are the levers, which are pivoted to the sides of the bumper-heads A B at the rear edge of the horizontal partitions a N.
- the upper ends of the levers E are bent forward, so as to touch or nearly touch the coupling-pins 0 when in position to couple the cars.
- the lower end of the coupling-pin O When the lower end of the coupling-pin O is placed in the recess a or b, it pushes the upper end of the lever E back, which swings the lower end of said lever forward.
- the forward end of the coupling-link D strikes the forwardly-projecting lower end of the lever E and pushes it back. This swings the upper end of said lever E forward, and
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'S AMUEL e. NORTHROP.
Improvement in (Tar-Couplings.
N0 127 790 PatentedluneH,1872.
IM FHUTO-UTHOGRARYIC ca M x fosso/m ss moms) cars in the ordinary manner.
U Nrrn TATES ATEN'I OFFICE.
SAMUEL G. NORTHROP, OF WILMINGTGN, NORTH CAROLINA.
IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-COUPLINGS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,790, dated June 11, 1872.
Specification describing a new and useful Improvement in Oar-Coupling, invented by SAMUEL G. NORTHROP, of Wilmington, in the county of New Hanover and State of North Carolina. a
Figure 1 is a detail longitudinal section of my improved car-coupling, coupled. Fig. 2 is a front view of one part of the same.
Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.
My invention has for its object to furnish an improved car-coupling simple in construction and effective in operation, and which may be readily adjusted to couple itself when the cars are run together; and it consists in the construction and combination of various parts of the coupling, as hereinafter more fully described.' v v A and B represent the bumper-heads of two adjacent cars, which are connected with the the bumper-heads are made large, and are divided into two compartments by horizontal partitions a N. G are the coupling-pins, which pass down through the bumper-heads A B, and through the coupling-link or bar D, which enters the lower compartments of the bumperheads A B. One end of the link or bar D is made thick, so as to hold the link in a horizontal position to enter the bumper-head of the adjacent car when the cars are run to-' gether. The thinner end of the link D has a slot formed through it to receive the couplingpin to give the necessary play to the coupling. In each partition a N, at the rear side of the hole through which the coupling-pin passes, is formed a recess, a 11 to receive the lower end The cavities of v of the coupling-pin'C to hold it suspended while the cars are being run together. The recesses a? b not only support the pins, but
support them with their lower ends below the upper surface of the partitions a D so that the said coupling-pin may be sure to drop into its hole when pushed out of its recess, in the manner hereinafter described. E are the levers, which are pivoted to the sides of the bumper-heads A B at the rear edge of the horizontal partitions a N. The upper ends of the levers E are bent forward, so as to touch or nearly touch the coupling-pins 0 when in position to couple the cars. When the lower end of the coupling-pin O is placed in the recess a or b, it pushes the upper end of the lever E back, which swings the lower end of said lever forward. As the cars are run together the forward end of the coupling-link D strikes the forwardly-projecting lower end of the lever E and pushes it back. This swings the upper end of said lever E forward, and
pushes the coupling-pin C out of the recess a SAMUEL GROVES NORTHROP. Witnesses:
ASHLEY GILBERT, HENR. BENDER.
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