US1602433A - Brake-hanger bracket - Google Patents

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6.1'. JOHNSON BRAKE HANGER BRACKET Q Filed Dec; v. 1925 Patented @et l2, i926.

new" S TEE S mwa GEORGE r. troransorr, or COLUMBUS', OHIO, Assrelvon 'ro-THE 'BUCKEYE STEEL "'cAjsT'- rnes COMPANY, or COLUMBUS, Oia-ro.

` 'BRAKEjEANGER BRACKET.

application fusa neeember 7, i925. serial No. 713,844.

This invention relates to car trucks and has special reference l. to the brake hanger brackets, the object in view being the provision of a bracket of such form as to possess maximum strength and furnish maximum support for the hanger pin and which may be produced at a minimum core-making cost and molding loss. This object is attained in a construction such as is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and the invention resides in certain novel features whichwill be hereinafter first fully described and then more particularly defined n the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a lan view of a brake hanger bracket embo ying the present invention;

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same;

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the same;

Figure 4 is al vertical section on the line 4 4 of Figure 3, illustrating the nut lock for the right hand bracket,

Figure 5 is a. view similar to Figure 4 but showing the opposite hand bracket.

rEhe bracket is cast integra-l with the car truck side frame, the side face of which is indicated by the line A-B in Figure 8 and a portion of which is shown at 1 in Figures 1 and 2. The bracket consists of a body or web 2 projecting laterally from the side frame and inverted U-shape in cross section immediately adjacent the side frame, las shown in Figures 4 and 5. This inverted U- shape portion of the bracket is divided by a partition 3 to present two pockets 4 and 5 which respectively accommodate the nut 6 and one lobe of the hanger loop or stirrup The lower end of the partition depends below the lower edges of the web 2, and it will be noted, upon reference to Figures 4 and 5, that the sides of the web are of unequal vertical extent so that at one side there is provided a. space which facilitates the placing of the nut.v It will also be noted that the lower edge of the partition presents straight obliquely disposed surfaces 8 and 9 running to the longer and shorter side walls respectively of the web 2. The outer side wall of the pocket 5 is furnished by the inner end of a block 10. The top side of` the block 10 is disposed below the top of the U-shaped web or body 2, as indicated at l1, and ribs 18 extend along the top of the block at the sides thereof from the outer end of the web 2 to a point beyond the block where they are united by an end wall 12, the

,upper V`edge of which has lthelsanieioutline as the upper iside of ,the ,bloek 10 and. is alined therewith. The space betweenv the block'l() and the end wall 12 constitutes a pocket to receive the outer lobe of the hanger loop or stirrup 7. On the outertside of the end wall 12 is a lug 15 against which is engagedone side of the head 16 on the stirrupretalnlng pin 17 which is inserted through ahned openings in the end wall 12, the block 10, and the partition 3 to engage the lobes of the stirrup `and thereby secure the same. The inner end of the pin extends into the pocket 2 yand is threaded to engage the nut 6 in an obvious manner. Preferably, a lock washer 1S is iitted upon the pin between the nut and the partition, one edge or corner portion of the washer being bent up against a side of the nut, as at 19, and an opposite edge portion of the washer being turned over the edge surface 8 in the right hand bracket or over the surface 9 in the left hand bracket. lt is understood, of

course, that two brackets are provided on each yside frame and that they are disposed on opposite sides of the vertical center line of the frame.

It will be observed that the ribs 13 do not extend the full length `of the bracket and,

consequently, there is a lessening of the depth of this rib portion in the mold required for the production of the side frame with the bracket thereon. The peculiar arrangement and relation of the ribs 13 and the pockets 4 and 5 provides maximum strength and bearing for the pin 17 andv 1. A brake hanger bracket for car trucks i having spaced pockets at, its inner end and another pocket near its outer end, the outer end being of less vertical extent than the inner end, and ribs extending along the top of the bracket from the outer end thereof to the inner pockets.

2. A brake hanger bracket Jfor ear trucks consisting oi an inverted U-shaped web, a partition depending from the Web between the ends thereof, a block extending from the Web between the Sides thereof, ribs extending along the block at the sides thereof to e point beyond the block, and an end Wall uniting the ends of the ribs in spaced relation to the outer end of the block.

3. A brake hanger for car trucks consisting of an inverted Ushaped web, a partition depending from said Weband having 0b- GEORGE T. JoHNSoN.

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