US245801A - Car-coupling - Google Patents

Description

(Model.)

B. J. EDWARDS.

GAR COUPLING.

Patented Aug. 16, 1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD J. EDWARDS, OF GALENA, ILLINOIS.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,801, dated August 16, 1881.

Application filed July 9, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD J. EDWARDS, of Galena, in the county of Jo Daviess, and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Couplings; and I do hereby declarethat the followin g is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreferen ee marked gitudinal sectional view of the same.

The letter A indicates the draw-head, which is made with a flaring mouth, as usual.

The letter B indicates the coupling-pin, which passes through a vertical aperture in the draw-head in the ordinary manner.

The letter (J indicates a curved lever fulcrumed in a slot, D, in the draw-head. The lower end of snidlever is slotted, as indicated by the letter E, the lower end resting normally against the shoulder F in thedraw-head.

G indicatesa spring securedin thedraw-head and bearing against the lower end of the lever, as shown, the spring serving to hold and return the lever to a normal position.

The letter H indicates a chain secured at one end to the coupling-pin, and at the other to a rod, I, connecting with a lever fulcrumed on top of the car.

K is a catch, under which the end of the lever may be engaged to secure it.

The operation of myinvention'will be readily (ModeL) understood in connection with the above description, and is as follows: The pin-is held in an elevated position bymeans of the curved lever, the upper end of which engages a recess, L, in said pin at one side. Upon the entrance of the link the lower end of the lever is elevated, causing the upper end of said lever to be disengaged from the recess and thus drop the pin. The pin may be withdrawn by means of the lever and chain, or directly by hand. Thedraw-head is formed with an interval spherical recess, M, or, in other words, is cupped out above and below the lever. which construction permits sufficient play to the lever to permit the coupling to be practically employed to couple cars of differentheights. When the car opposite that having my improved link is lower than the said ear provided with my coupler the link forces the lever up to the top of the spherical recess, the link playing up into the upper part of the said recess. When the car is higher than the one having my coupler the link is forced down into the lower part of the recess, in both instances raising the lever and dropping the pm.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. 1s-- The combination, with the draw-head and the coupling-pin provided with a recess at one side, of the curved lever lulcrumed in a slotin the draw-head and slot-ted atitslower end, and the spring located within the draw-head for holding and returning the lever to its normal position, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 18th day 0t June, 1881.

RICHARD JAMES EDWARDS.

Witnesses:

THos. J. SHEEAN, DAVID SHEEAN.

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