US149273A

US149273A - Improvement in car axle-boxes

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Publication number: US149273A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1874-03-31
Anticipated expiration: 1891-03-31

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H. AQWENDE-LL.

Car-Axle Boxes.

N0 149 273 Patented March 31,1874.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OinrIoEo HENRY A. VVENDELL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAR AXLE-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 149,273, dated March 31,1874.; application liled March 27, 1873.

To ail-'whom it may concern:

` this specification.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of my invention. Fig. 2 isa vertical transverse section ot' the same; and Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section illustrating modification.

My invention has reference to the axleboxes ot' steam and horse railway-cars; and it consists in providing said boxes with an oilchamber located in theI top of the box, said chamber being cast with and forming a part of the box, and being formed with wick-tubes rising from its, door and registering with suitable openings in the wedge and bearing, or in the latter alone, for conveying oil to the journal. It fnrtherconsists in the peculiar construction of the box-lid, which is bent in such form that when opened itgives access both to the oil-chamber above the axle and the chamber beneath the same, as hereinafter described.

Referring to the drawing, A shows an axleboX, the upper part otwhich is formed ot' an oil-chamber, B, divided inti two compartments by the partition C and having communication by means of openiigs c c, said partition being provided for the purpose ot' giving the necessary strength to support the weight of the car. b bare wick-tubes rising from the door of the chamber B and registering with openings in the bearing E, said openings being designed to be filled with wick, felt, or

other suitable porous material. Instead of making' the chamber with a plain iat i'loor, as

described, it may have wings, as shown at e c in Fig. 3, which would thus increase its holding capacity. F shows the lid, hinged on top ot' the box at f and lient as seen atf, having thus an upper horizontal portion, f2, and a lower inclined portion, f.

The advantage of this construction over a hollow bearing or wedge is that it will contain a much larger body ot' oil than either ot' them. Itis also more economical than a hollow bearing, which, being formed ot' brass, costs a considerable sum. NVith this box the ordinaryr solid brass bear-iii g may be. used, suitable holes being drilled for the passage ot' the oil. The construction ot' the lid permits easy access to both the oil-chamber above the bearing and the usual chamber [I beneath the axle.

I claiml. The lid F bent at-f1 to form an upper horizontal portion, f2, and a lower inclined portion, f, in combination with an axle-box having an oil-clianiber at the top and an opening in front, both ot' which said lid closes, all substantially as shown and described.

2. The axle-box A cast with the oil-chamber B, having wick-tubes, said chamber heilig divided into two compartments by means ot' the partition (l, having the channels c, all sub stantially as and for the purpose described.

3. 'llie axle-box cast with an oil-chamber in the top and having wick-tubes b and side depressions c, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day ot' March, 1873.

HENRY A. WENDELL.

XVitn esscs:

M. DANL. CoNNoLLv, ALEXANDER HILLARY.