US1711040A - Journal-box mechanism - Google Patents

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April 0, 1929. A. o. BUCKIUS. JR 1,711,040

JOURNAL BOX MECHANISM Original Filed April 1'7, 1923 2 Shets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR ATTOR EY April 30, 1929. A. o. BUCKIUS. JR

JOURNAL BOX MECHANISM 2 SheetsSheet 2 Original Filed April 17, 1923 INVENTOR v ll/I/ A/// a w .0 4

ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 30, 1929.

UNITED STATES i 1,711,040 PATENT] OFFICE.

ALBERT O. BUCKIUS, JR, F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY M ESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO NATIONAL MALLEABLE AND STEEL CASTINGS COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO,

A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

JOURNAL-BOX MECHANISM.

A lication filed April 17, 1928, Serial No. 632,606. Renewed November 15, 1924.

Fig. 1 is a section of a journal box em bodying my invention with the lid in closed position; and Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are sections similar to Fig. 1 showing the lid in half opened posi' ion, not quite full opened position, and full opened position, respectively.

My invention relates to journal boxes of the type shown in my prior Patent No. 1,099,964, granted June 16, 1914, and C0111- priscs an improved structure in which the lid mechanism has been made to conform to and operate with the A. R. A. standard hinge lug without loss in effectiveness. To this end I employ a lever, which, when the lid is in closed position, has a bearing lying wholly within the mouth of the box, and the lid and hinge lug are arranged so as to provide a fiat and uninterrupted seating bearing for the lid clear around the edges of the mouth of the box. My invention also comprises the various features which I shall hereinafter describe and claim.

Referring to the drawings, 2 represents the journal box having a hinge lug 3 of standard A. R. A. design, to which the lid 1 is secured by the hinge pin 5. On the inside of the lid 4 is a bearing 6 for a coil spring 7, the upper end of which bears against the lower arm 8 of the bell crank lever 9. The lever 9 preferably has integral trunnions 10 which seat in'the sockets 11 on the inside of the lid. The upper arm of the lever has, beginning at its upper point ,12, a convex face 13 which merges into the elongated concave face 141, both of which in different operative positions of the lid 4 and lever 9 come into bearing against. the downward projection 15 of the hinge lug 3, which lies flush with or within the mouth of the box. The lower portion 16 of the forward face of the hinge lug 3 is preferably slight- 1y concave and is usually provided with a recess or notch 17 therein. The surface 16 also forms a part of a flat and uninterrupted seating bearing for the lid clear around the edges of the mouth of the box.

When the lidis closed, as is shown in Fig. 1, the bell crank lever 9 bears'near the lower end of its concave face 14: against the inner side of the projection 15 of the hinge lug 3, and the pressure exerted against the lower arm 8 of the lever by the spring 7 serves to hold the lid tightly against the mouth of the box. As the lid is opened from snap the lid shut.

the position shown in Fig. 1 to that of Fig.

16 of the hinge lug 3, and the spring 7 is i then free to expand and force the lever 9 to throw the lid 4 to full opened position shown in Fig. 1, in which the upper edge18 of the lid (which is in the form of a housing) has come into contact with theishoulder 19, winch is to the rear ofthe top side of the hinge lug 3. i i

In closing the lid, pressure is appliedat the outer edge of the lid, the lever 9 being in the position shown in Fig. 4, with the point 12 of the levertilted away from the recess 17 in the forward face 16 of the hinge lug 3, the face 13 of the lever 9 being con vex so as to prevent the point 12 from be- 1 coming lodged in the recess 1 and thereby rendering the device inoperative. shown in Fig. 3, the point 12 of the lever rides over the recess 17 and engages that part of the lug face 16 which lies below the recess 17 Continued closing pressureon the outer edge of the lid brings the point 12 ot the lever around the point of projection 15, when the spring 7 is free to expand and When the lid 4; is in closed position, as is shown in Fig. 1', the upperend ofthe lever extends up into the rea 2Q. i As is indicated in Fig. 1, the spring holds the lever so close to the lid that neither lever nor spring can be detached from thevlid unless the spring is compressed and the lever rotated so as to disengage the trunnions 10 fr o1n the sockets 11 on the lid. This pernuts the lid to be shipped with the parts assembled thereon without it being necessary to secure the parts thereto.

To provide sufiicient leveragefor the lid and also to prevent interferencegwith the journal box Wedge 21, the thickness ofthe upper end of the lever 9 is decreased, and

its working face lengthened by making it concave at 14 to give a more extended hearing on the projection 15. As a result, the upper point 12 of the lever at the beginmug of the opening (or near the end of the closing) movement swings through a As is now in use and enables the lids to be usedwith boxes embodying the A. It. A. standard, but it also provides a lid which maybe shipped with all the parts assembled ready to be applied to journal boxes.

The terms and expressions which I have employed are used as terms of description and not of limitation, and I llflVGlllO intention, imthe use ofsuch terms and expressions, otexcluding any mechanical equivar lents 0t theteatures shown anddescribed, or portions thereof, but, recognize t-hat various structural modifications are possible Within the scope ofthe invention claimed.

lVhatI claim is: i

1. In journal box lid mechanism, the combination with a journal box characterized by a anouth opening and a hinge lug, the mouth opening having an uninterruptedflat surface 7 thereabout arranged in a @single plane, which-isaid surface merges into the lowenportionof the hinge lug, and 1n these respects identicallycorresponding to a ournal box of standard American Railway Association-typeya lid pivoted to thehinge lug; thediingelug having within the box: a a recess: partiallyv overlying a journalqbox wedge; operating mechanism between the lid and the hingelug comprising a sprlng rpressedplever; the upper end of the said lever having anopierating face engaging a downwardvprojection;on the hinge lug, the extent of said face inside the point ot engagement withthe projection when the lid is closed beinggreateri than the distance from: said point to: the journal box wedge, the operating-face of theilever being recessed to permit the upper end o't the lever to move about said point during the opening and closingiof the lid in substantially a parabolic path to prevent contact with said ournal box Wedge. p

2. In journal box lidiniechanism,ithe, combination with a journalbox characterized by a mouth opening and a hinge lug, the mouth opening having anuninterrupted fiat surface thereabout arranged in a single plane, which said surface merges into .the lower portion otthe hinge lug, the upper portion of the face ofthe hinge lug and the lower portion hcing separated: by a recess, and in lever being arranged during the openingand closing movements of said lid to more along the sald tace of the hinge lug and across the said recess upon its rocker, said rocker being of an extent and curvature suliicient to span said recess and prevent the end of the lever front wedging therein, the said lcveralso engaging a portion of said box inward of the:pl aneot said mouth opening to hold the lid in, closed position.

3. A. hinged liditor journal boxes, comprising a lever pivoted in open sockets on the insidcgotithe lid, a spring between one arm otthe, lever and the lid, the other arm of the lever normally extendingsubstantially parallel to the lid and close to a portion thereof, the said lever ha ving a spring pressed bearing on the insidcot the lid to prevent accidental separation,therefrom before application tothe box and being incapable of separation tronrthe lid except by rotationain saidsockets and upon strong compression of said spring, said levcrjcngaging-also a portion of the box insidethe mouth of the boxwhen the lid is applied to the box,

4. In journalbox lid mechanism, the combination of a journal box of stam'lardAmerican RailwayAssociation type, characterized by a moutlropening and a hinge lug, the lower portion of the front face of said hinge lug merging into a plane surface about the said-mouth opening, said plane surface torming a continuous and uninterrupted flat hearing t'ace about said niouthopening; a lid pivoted to the hinge lug having a continuous fiat bearing uponthe said face when the lidis closed whereby the entire mouth opening is sealed by the lid; the middle portion of the lid extending outwardly from the planenofthe mouthopening; the walls of such portion sloping inwardly at all points into the said continuous bearing surface of the lid; and a spring actuated lever mounted in the said middle: portion of the lid and extend ing inwardly therefrom, said lever bearing on a portion of the hinge lug within the i'nouth of the box when the lid is closed and being adapted to travel across a portion of the said plane surface during opening and closing movements of the lid.

ALBERT O. BUCKIUS, JR.

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