US1488944A

US1488944A - Hot-box cooler

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Publication number: US1488944A
Application number: US621103A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ennis E Sherrill
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1923-02-24
Filing date: 1923-02-24
Publication date: 1924-04-01
Anticipated expiration: 1941-04-01

Description

April l 1924. 1,488,944

E. E. SHERRILL HOT BOX COOLER .Fild Feb. 24. 1923 V u A @Wou/5% vention will beset il? i922@ narran EUNIS E. SHERRXLL, F DALHART, TEXAS.

EGT-BGE; COULTER.

Application led February 24:, 15323. Serial Ho. 621,103.

To oil whom t may concern.'

Be it known that Ennis E. Srinizarnn, citizen of the United States. residing at lDalhart, in the county of Dallam State of Texas, has invented certain new and useful lm provements in Hot-Box Coolers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a hot box cooler for the journals and journal boxes or railway cars and it has for its object to provide a device of this character constructed in such manner as to discharge a stream of water upon. a heated journal during the transit of the car.

it is a further object of the invention to so support the reservoir containing the cooling water that it will be maintained in a warm condition by rthe heated journal bon and journal and will thereby be prevented from freezing in cold weather.

Further objects and advantages of the inorth in the detailed description which follows.

lin the accompanying drawing:

l. is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section of a journal box constructed in accordance with the invention;y

and Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in both of the figures of the drawing.

The device of the present invention comprises a bucket like receptacle 5 having a carrying bail and hinged closure plate 7 and 8. yThis receptacle is adapted to be held in position within the mouth ot journal. box i? by means ot a chain 1 0 which extends around the receptacle and is connected to ring 1l. rThis ring. in turn. is connected with a lamp 13 which maybe clamped to the side of the journal box by the tightening ci a screw i4.

Partition walls

15 and 16 having the connecting openings l? and i8 termed through them prevent undue splashing of the water within the receptacle 5 and conseouentlv prevent this water from spilling out oi the top ot the receptacle under the swaying motion of the car.

A valve i9 leads from the lower part of the receptacle 5 and at that side of the receptacle toward the journal box. A screen 20 prevents the entry of dirt or other foreign particles to the valve 19 from the receptacle and consequently prevents the entry of' such dirt into the discharge pipe 2l. This discharge pipe is connected, with the body of the valve by means of a sleevey 22 and the end of the pipe is provided with a rounded portion 23 ci such a nature as to permit of the shifting of theposition of the pipe to one side orthe other of thejournal. By mounting the receptacle in the position shown and opening the valve 19 to the proper degreea water from the receptacle may be run continuously `upon the heated journal and will cool the ljournal to a suiiicient extent to permit of the car being carried to its destination. It will be observed that the receptacle 5 is supported directly within the mouth of the journal box and this brings the receptacle in such proximity to the heated journal and journal box as to prevent the freezing of the water therein. A plate 2e secured to the bottom of the receptacle is provided with

downturned members

25 and 26. The members 25 abut against the outer edge of the mouth of the journalbox and aid in supporting the receptacle in position, while these several projections together constitute legs for the receptacle.

lit is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise constructiony set liorth but that it includes within its purview whatever changes fairly come Within either the terms or the spirit of the appended claims.

Having described my claim is:

l. A device for cooling journals compris ing a tank adapted to receive water, means `or conducting water therefrom to a journal to be cooled and means for supporting the tank in the open mouth of a journal box, said means comprising a iiexible element adapted to embrace the tank, a clamp connected to said ile'irible element and adapted to embrace and grip a sidewall of the journal bor to draw the tanlr toward the journal box and elements upon the bottom oi the tanlr engageable with the iront edge of the journal box and limiting the inward movement of the tank.

2. A. device for cooling heated journals comprising a tank, means for supporting the same in the open mouth of the journal bon, a partition wall spanning the tank in one d1- rection and having an opening therethrough near the lower end thereof, a second partition wall extending substantially at right angles to the first named partition wall but not completely dividing that part of the invention what l tank into which it projects into separate compartments, a valve leading from the lower portion of the tank, and a rigid pipe having swiveled connection with the casing of said valve7 said pipe having an odset portion adapted to be swung to varying positions around the circumference ofrjournal to be cooled.

3. A device of the character described comprising a tank and means for supporting lthe same in the open mouth of a journal box comprising members upon the bottom of the tank adapted to engage the lower front `edge of the journal box, a chain adapted to extend around the tank and a clamp to 15 which the ends of the chain are connecteda said clamp having a bifurcated formation and adapted to embrace the sidewall of the journal box and having a toothed inner jawl and a clamping screw threaded to the outer 20 in testimony whereof he aiixes his signature in the presence of two witnesses.