US175690A - Improvement in car-couplings - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- B61G1/00—Couplings comprising interengaging parts of different shape or form and having links, bars, pins, shackles, or hooks as coupling means
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- the object of our invention is to form a self car-coupler, whichcan be manipulated without danger or inconvenience by persons on the car.
- Figure 3 shows a sectional side View of the coupler as it appears when coupled.
- the coupler consists of a draw-head, A, Fig. 3, and coupling-bar, Fig. 2.
- the drawhead A, Fig. 3, differs from those in common use in that it has a more haring mouth, and
- I is countersunk in the top to accommodate the eled from the catch O to the end, in order to give additional breadth to the mouth of the draw-head.
- Fig. 2 shows thc coupling-bar. It is provided with acatch, C', at either end, upper side, to interlock with catch O, Fig. 3, ot'draW-.hearh and is beveled on all four sides from catch outward.
- Fig. l shows the eXtra link.
- the catch C is to interlock with O of Fig. 3, While the other end has no catch, but is provided with al1 opening, H, to apply to link-and-pin couplers in common use.
- the couplingbar being fixed in one of the draw-heads, all that is necessary to effect a coupling is, that it collide'with another drawhead, when, by the special arrangement ofthe flaring mouth ofthe draw-head and the tapering end ofthe coupling-bar, it is directed under the drop-latch, and coupling is effected.
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UNITED STATES i T EETG,J
DAVID T. GILLIAM AND CHARLES F. GILLIAM, OF NELSONVILLE, OHIO.
IMPROVEMENT IN CARCOUPLINGS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,690, dated April 4, 1876; application filed November 22, 1875.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that we, DAVID T. GILLIAM and CHARLES F. GILLIAM, of Nelson ville, county ot' Athens, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oar- Oouplin g, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.
The object of our invention is to form a self car-coupler, whichcan be manipulated without danger or inconvenience by persons on the car.
Figure 3 shows a sectional side View of the coupler as it appears when coupled.
The coupler consists of a draw-head, A, Fig. 3, and coupling-bar, Fig. 2. The drawhead A, Fig. 3, differs from those in common use in that it has a more haring mouth, and
Iis countersunk in the top to accommodate the eled from the catch O to the end, in order to give additional breadth to the mouth of the draw-head.
Fig. 2shows thc coupling-bar. It is provided with acatch, C', at either end, upper side, to interlock with catch O, Fig. 3, ot'draW-.hearh and is beveled on all four sides from catch outward.
Fig. l shows the eXtra link. The catch C is to interlock with O of Fig. 3, While the other end has no catch, but is provided with al1 opening, H, to apply to link-and-pin couplers in common use.
The couplingbar being fixed in one of the draw-heads, all that is necessary to effect a coupling is, that it collide'with another drawhead, when, by the special arrangement ofthe flaring mouth ofthe draw-head and the tapering end ofthe coupling-bar, it is directed under the drop-latch, and coupling is effected.
We claim- The combination ofdraw-head, having countersunk or open-top drop-latch B, pivoted at E, and provided With shoulder D and handie F, and coupling-bar, having catches O C', I
all substantially as specified.
In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we aix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.
DAVID T. GILLIAM. y CHARLES E. GILLIAM.
Witnesses:
R. F. DYE, DANIEL B. WASHEURN.
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