US1473949A

US1473949A - Driving-box-shoe hanger

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Publication number: US1473949A
Application number: US600070A
Authority: US
Inventors: Berg Linas
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1922-11-10
Filing date: 1922-11-10
Publication date: 1923-11-13
Anticipated expiration: 1940-11-13

Description

Nov. 13, 1923. 11,473,949

L. BERG DRIVING BOX SHOE HANGER Filed NOV. l0 1922 Patented Nov. i3, i923.

LINAS BER-G, OF

COLERAINE, MINNESOTA.

D RTIING-BGX-SHCE HANGER.

Application led November 1G, 1922.

To all wir-m 'it may concern.'

Be it known that LINAs BERG, a citizen or" the United States, residing at Coleraine, in the county ot' Itasca and State ot Minnesota,

has invented certain new and use'ul lmprovements in Driving-EoX-Shoe Hangers of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to driving boX shoe hangers for locomotives and its primary object is to provide a hanger adapted to support the driving box shoe while the latter is beine" taken out of place for the purpose of repairing the same, or during the locomotive driving' mechanism.

A further object of the invention is to provide an attachment adapted to support a driving box shoe so that the same can be taken down in order to gain access to the locomotive driving mechanism :tor the purpose of making repairs. Y

Another object of the invention is to pro- Y vide an attachment of this character1 which can be used on any locomotiveV to support the driving bon shoe temporarily and is 25 such as to hold the driving box shoe in position so that it can be readily arranged in its normal position after the necessary repairs have been made.

,Vith the preceding and other objects and advantages in mind, the invention consists in the novel combination of elements, con'- structions and arrangement ot' parts and operations to be hereinafter specifically referred to, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation ot a locomotive showing my invention supporting a driving box shoe. s

Figure 2 is a perspective of the device, and

Figure 3 is an elevation taken at right angle to F ig. l.

Referring in detail to the drawing wherein corresponding characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 5 denotes a conventional locomotive while 6 the driving box shoe thereof, the Vlatter being provided with a plurality of verticali;YV alined recesses at opposite sides thereof and indicated. at 7.

The hanger comprises a length oit resilient metal designated at l0 and bent interniediate its ends to provide a U-shaped part il. The

ends oi the Erl-shaped part are bent in lateral Serial No. 600,070.

and opposite directions as indicated at 1Q and then extended at right angles in parallel relation to provide a pair of' resilientclamping arms 13, the latter terminating in 'inwardly disposed extensions 1l. Y

rllhe manner of using the device is as tollows z-The lJ--shaped part. 1l embraces part oi the under frame of the locomotive while the resilient arms 13 extend upon opposite sides of the driving box shoe indicated at G. The extensions lei. are then engaged in a pair oit the openings Y and thus hold the shoe while the driving mechanism, not shown. is taken down. i l

From the disclosure it will be seen that I have provided a simple and inexpensive device ot' this character which may be used in connection with any type of locomotive 't'or supporting` its driving box shoes while the driving mechanism or shoes areI being re pairec. Also the device supports the shoe in a plane which is horizontally alined with the driving mechanism so that after the necessary repairs have been made the driving box shoe may be slid horizoi'itally with the device sliding on the under trame until it has been received in its mounting.

From the foregoing it will he seen that l have provided a simple, inexpensive and eilicient means for carrying out the objets of the invention, and while I have partieularly described the means best adapted to perform the functions set -forth, various changes in fori proportion and in the minor details of construction may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles oii the invention.

l'hat. I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent iszl. A driving box shoe hanger comprising a resilient U-chaped member adapted to embrace the under frame ot a locomotive and having` extensions at its ends adapted to be engaged with the driving box shoe.

i2. .'i. locomotive driving box shoe hanger comprising a resilient U-shapcd member adapted to hang upon the under trarne of the locomotive. a pair ot extensions carried bj.' the ends thcreoi", a driving box shoe. the latter being inovided with alined openings at opposite sides adapted to receive the extensions.

3. A device of the. Character described comprising` u resilient U-shaped member bent laterally at its ends and then extended at right. angle in prallel relation to alierd :i pair of resilient gripping arms, inwardly extending extensions carried by the gripging arms and adapted toengage a driving box shoe to Vhold the Saune, the driving box Shoe and device being capable of sliding liorizontally for the purpose of either removing the shoe or replacing it. A

ln testimony Whereotb I my signature.

LINAS BER-G,