US1281641A

US1281641A - Railway-car draft-rigging.

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Publication number: US1281641A
Application number: US13295616A
Authority: US
Inventors: John F O'connor
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1916-11-23
Filing date: 1916-11-23
Publication date: 1918-10-15
Anticipated expiration: 1935-10-15

Description

J, F. OCONNOR.

RAILWAY CAR DRAFT RtGGING.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 23,1916.

Patented Oct. 1-5, 1918 ,2 SHEETSSH EET I.

WITNESSES:

J. F. O'CONNOR. RAI LWAY CAR DRAFT RIGGING.

APPLICATlON FILED NOV. 23. 19I6.

1,281,641. Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

WiT /ESSES.-

JOHN ooomron, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 WILLIAM H. MINER, or

' CHAZY, NEW YORK.

ILWAY-GAR DRAFT-maternal 'clear, concise, and exact description, fefe i ence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming-apart-of this specificaton.

My invention relates'to improvements in railway car-draft rigging.

describe one in detail.

' The object of my invention is to provide stop members for railway car draft rigging that are interchangeable one withthe other, and where each of said stop members is reversible end forend and face for face.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a horizontal section illustrating an embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the stop members; Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on line' 33 of 1; Figs. 4, 5 and 6 illustrate a modification, Fig. 4 bein a horizontal section of a modified form 0 sto member, Fig. 5 a side elevation, and Fig. '6 a cross section takenon line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the preferred form of my invention illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, the numeral 7 indicates draft members or parts. of the car underframe to which the draft ri'ggingis applied, 8 a drawbar with a yoke 9 secured thereto. The draft rigging illustrated in the drawings is of the-tandem type, and the yoke therefor is provided with a front pocket 10, and a rear pocket 11 with intermediate connecting thimble 12. In each of the pockets of the yoke. is mounted a compression resisting member 14. The front compression resisting member includes the frontfollower 15 and the'front intermediate follower 16 and the interposed springs 17-17. The rear compression resisting member includes the rear intermedi-, ate follower 18, the rear follower 19 and the interposed springs 20. Front and rear tie plates 21 and 22, respectively, suitably secured to the draft members as by the bolts 23-23, are adapted to support the yoke and its contained parts .between the draft members. The stop'members 2424 are identical in construction, and we will therefore Each stop member comprises a main web 25 provided at suitable intervals with upright bends on either Specification of Letters Patent.

web 25.

Patented oea'is. 1918.

Application filed November 23, 1916. Serial No. 182,956.

side thereof forming the stop shoulders.

The front bend in the vposition in which the stop member is mounted as shown in Fig. 1, referenced 26, forms the front stop shoulder .27. The rear bend 28 forms the rear stop shoulder 29; The middle bend 30 forms the front intermediate stop shoulder 31 and the re'ar intermediate stopshoulder 32." Intermediate the front stop andthe middle stop is an'intermediate bend 33 formingthe'front limiting stop with its front shoulder34 and its rear shoulder 35. Intermediate themiddle stopand the rear stop the bend 36 forms the rear limiting stop with its front shoulder scribed, having a bend 40 from the main web 25 forming the front stop shoulder 41 arranged opposite the front stop shoulder 26 on the other side of the plat", and the similar bends throughout the length of the plate forming the front limiting stop 42 opposed to the limiting stop on the opposed face, the middle stop 43, the rear limiting stop 44, and the rear stop 45 all-opposite the similar stops on the opposite side of the main The faces of all of said stops are provided with the rivet, holes 46 for the passage of means such as tho rivets 147 for securing the stop members to the draft members. By reason of the construction de scribed, each of the double stops is hollow, as indicated at the numerals 47-47 in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and within said hollow stops bracing ribs" or flanges 48-48-are provided to strengthen said stops. The rivet holes through the stops on one face of the stop member, as for instance those referenced 49 in Fig. 2 of the drawings, are stag ered vertically in reference to the rivet oles through the faces of the stops on the opposite side of the casting, as indicated at the numeral 50 in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

In the modified form of my invention shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 ofthe drawings, a

stop member is shown having a continuous .vertical web 60 with vertical bends therein that extend-laterally uponeither side of'a central vertical web 61. The sa1d vertical bends form stops for the followers upon either side of the casting. ()n one side of the casting, the front bend 62 forms the front stop shoulder 63, the'bend 6 1 forms the front limiting stop with the shoulders 65 and 66, and bend 67 forms the middle stop with the fro'nt intermediate' stop shoulder 68 and the rear intermediate stop shoulder 69, the bend 70 forms the rear limiting sto with its shoulders 71 and 72, and the hen 73 forms the rearstop with its rear stop shoulder 74;. On'the opposite face of the casting, the bend 75 forms the rear stop.

shoulder 76, the bend 77 forms the rear limiting sto with its shoulders 7 8 and 79, the bend 80 ibrms the middle stop with its rear intermediate. shoulder 81 and its front intermediate shoulder 82, the bend 83 forms the front limiting stop with its

shoulders

84 and 85, and the bend 86 forms the front stop with its stop shoulder 87. Upon the slde of the casting first described, the ends of the followers are shown in dotted lines, the front follower being referenced 88, the

-front intermediate follower 89, the rear to form guiding faces for the followers on.

that side. The bends are provided each with suitable rivet holes 97-97 for the passage I of rivets, the faces of the stops upon the side marked A, for instance, being laced against the draft sill and riveted t ereto when the side of the stop member marked B is employed to provide the stop shoulders for the followers to abut against; and likewise when the side marked A is employed to provide stop shoulders for the followers to abut against the faces of the stops on the side marked B are placed against the draft member and riveted thereto.

It will be noted that in the form of my invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings and in the modified forms shown in Figs. 4: to 6 of the drawings, the stop members, or heck plates or stop castings, as they are frequently denominated in this art, are interchangeable one with the other. They are interchangeable end for end, that is, the front stop when the casting is in one position will upon its being turned end for end serve as a rear stop, and also the said castings may be used with either side backed against and secured to the draft members.

The advantages of m invention are many: in making repairs, w en .an extra casting may be placed on either side; in giving durablllty, where first one side of the casting may be used and then the other, and where they may be turned end for end; the ease of application; the strength of the stop members; and other desirable features which will be apparent to those acquainted with the practical application of the art. I

I claim: 3 A

1. A stop casting for'railway draft riggings, said stop asting having stop shoul- 'ders on each side thereof, there being spaces between the stop shoulders to accommodate the ends of the followers, the stop shoulders on one side of the casting being opposite the said spaces on the other side of the casting.

2. In a draft rigging, the combination with draft sills, of stop members comprising plates adapted to be secured to draft members, the said plates having stops for the followers to abut against on .both sides thereof, the said plates being interchangeable with each other, and each plate being usable with either side innermost.

' 3. In a draft rigging stop member, a plate having a central web'and stop shoulders for followers to abut against extending from both sides of said web.

4:. In a stop member for railway car draft rigging, a entral web, bends extending from either side of the web, forming stop shoulders for followers to abut against on both sides of said web.

5. In a 'stop member for railwa car draft I 8. In a draft rigging for railway cars, a 7

stop member having a main web and double faced hollow stops extended from both sides of the web. I

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 16th day of Nov. 1916. 7

JOHN F. OOONNOR.