US1815704A - Rod support and holder - Google Patents

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July 21, 1931. I I G, T, COOK 1,815,704 I ROD SUPPORT AND HOLDER Fi led May 31, 1930 I Patented July "21, I I

' are subjected to very severe vibration, and dropped into the bracketand the-blocka lliis in" Usrreu stares earner regains 1g i GEOBGEXT. cooKE, or sour}:germinate, iconnncrrcur I T i v k non SUPPORT AN 'Ho jEr, I I Application filed. May 31', 1939 Se'r-ia1*lto. 45?,785.

"This invention relates to improvements in downwardly alongthe :back rzthereof. A -cotequipment for railroad cars. More particu- ,terrpinpassageisdormed in'bothsideswof the larly it applies to what is known as a coupler U shaped portion of the -=brackTet :and a acorrelease rigging, wherein brackets are proresponding passage'is formed in'the iblockv,

5 vided to support the coupler release'rod, in in line therewith. Two divergent cotter pin ,4,

which brackets said .rod is rotatablysupportexit passages'a-rei formed in :thelug 4 soaasto ed for the purpose of operating the car couform between i'thema wedge 4 the of pling from either side: of a car, thus making the wedge 'be'ing in line 'withthe' zp'assa ge; it unnecessary for the train man to enter bethroughthewbr'acketand block 4. v 3 tween the cars for that purpose. Such-parts :Itwvill nOW be seen that whenathe rodrl'is' it is hence of great importance that they place, a cotter pin applied from the'miter should be securely held. side of'th-e bracket andapassed -throughrthe One purpose of thepresent'invention is to cotter'ipin passages will engagethe wedge h provide'an improved means for holding the soithat, as thecottenpin is d-riwenan theieiids 6.5

rod in place which permits of the use of the 5 .5*of the cotter pin will be automatically present standard brackets; i sjreadpas-shoavnzin ZF-ig l, ithnsl'loickin g the;

Another object is to so construct said COiElZQrkplH against unintentional rmoviail 'or means that when itis assembled the keeper escape-by 'vibration, simillarly flockingthe: which holds the rod in place will be very seblockt in place. 'Itwill now be noted that 70. curely held. I j i the-block 4-cis-held inplace efiectively byth'e In the accompanying drawings cotter ipin 5 and .that bezfioreit can escape the? Fig. l is a plan viewof the invention, the pine must be shearedofi. Resistamce to'zany ends of the-coupler'release rodbeing broken shearing (strain is o-tferedvat three places, ito away, said view also being partly in section; wit, on the iliines -a.,2bands; :In wiew' of the' 7 Fig. 2 is an end elevationof the parts shown factth at-snch cotter pinszas are employed for in Fig.1; a I I i this use are usually made of heavy material, .Fig. 3 isan end elevation of a modificationa and in View of the fact that resistance to Inthat particular form of the invention shearing occurs at so many places, the danger shown in the drawings, 1' represents a rod, of cutting off the pin and releasing'the block so which constitutes part'of the coupler release 4 is'almost entirely eliminated. V rigging. This rod is supported in two brack- In Fig. 3 I have shown a construction iden ets mounted on the end of a car, and each of tical withthat shown in F igs. l and 2, exceptwhich brackets comprises a suitable base, 2, ing that I have added another ear on the outer which is designed to be-securely fastened on side of theblock 4, said car being indicated as; the car end by any. suitable means, said brackat The only difference between the ear 40 et carrying a Urshaped rod supporting porand the ear 4% is that the pin passage through 1 tion 3,-the rod resting in the bottom ofsaid I the ear 40 is a straight passage, to permit 'U-shaped portion, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. the pin to be inserted. In this construction 40 4c is a keeper block or saddle, which is designed it will be noted that another line of resistance 9.4)

to fit in between the two upright sides ofthe is offered to any shearing strain on the pin, U-shaped rod support, as shown in .thedrawso that, in all, four lines ofresistance are ofings, the lower end ofthe keeper standing fered, the same being indicated at the points over the rod 1, thus holding it in place. 5 is a, b, c and cl. j y I v the head ofa cotter pin, and 55 are the, In view of the fact that there are very 95,, i

twoends thereof. 1 V i i 1 many thousands of such standard rod sup- Thekeeper block in the form shown in porting brackets in use, and in view of the .Figs-l and 2 is provided with a laterally and fact that it would involve almost prohibitive; downwardly extending lug 45*, that extends expense to re lace all of such brackets on cars I 5 over one side of the end ct the bracket and f new in east e importance at the present in- 7 against longitudinal escape.

vention will be appreciated, since it permits of the brackets now in use being maintained, and yet provides an improved means to be associated therewith for the purpose of eifectively holding the rod in place,which mechanism,'when' applied and secured by a cotter pin, requires no separate act to open the cotter pin, but always guarantees a certain open- ;ing thereof, so that, by no chance can the cotter pin escape and release the keeper block. Furthermore, owing to the inaccessibility of the end of the pin at the back of the bracket,

any manual act to open such a pin in such a place is difiicult and could not bedepended I upon to always be effectively done. By the 7 present invention, however, theends of the pin are always open and spread sufliciently to guarantee that the pin will be held inplace While I haveshown and vention in certain preferred forms and for one particular use, it should be understood that it is not limited thereto and that various changes and adaptations may be employed without departure from the spirit and scope of the appended claim."

In a device of the character described, a U-shaped bracket for rotatably supportinga rod, a keeper block removably mounted in the U-shaped part of said bracket to overstand' a rod therein, a lugon said block, extended so as to lie-along one of the outer walls of said bracket, said bracket, block and lug having pin passages to'receive a pin for holding said lug in place in said bracket, and a wedge in the passage through said'lug, the apex thereof facing the passage through said bracket and block to engage and spread the ends 0 a cotter pin passed through said lug. Q V GEORGE T. COOKE.

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