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(ModeL) GAR COUPLING. No. 263,215. Patented Aug.22, 1882.

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BENJAMIN M.'PULLIAM, OF TOLONO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF I AND JOHN D. PULLIAM, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,215, dated August 22, 1882. Application filed January 23, 1882. (ModeL) To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN M. PULLIAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at T0- lono, in the county of Ohampaign and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsin Gar-Couplings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. -Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the coupling-link and its connections, and Fig. Lisa similar view of one of the levers for operating the coupling.

The present invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in carcouplings; and the object thereof istoimprove the construction and operation of the same, whereby the cars can be more readily and effectually coupled and uncoupled. These objects I attain by the construction substantially as shown in the drawings, and hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the platform of a car, to the end of which is connected the draw-head B.

The coupling-link G is formed at its rear or inner end with an inclined extension, a. At the upper side of thelink, and underneath, upon one side of the link, is a plate, D, having inclined slots 1) 0. Upon each side and at the rear or inner end of the link 0 are pins cl, projecting horizontally therefrom, which enter guide-grooves-c upon the inner sides of the drawhead B.' The hooked end of a rod,f, enters the slots 1) 0, as will be hereinafter more fully described, the inner end ofsaid rod being loosely connected to one end of an arm, 9. The opposite end of the army is suitably connected to a rod, E, arranged horizontally under the platform A, said rod having handles it for operating it upon either side of the car. A rod,F, may also be employed, said rod being connected to a bar, t, which in turn is connected to the rod E by a set-screw or other suitable means. This rod F may extend up to the top of the car in convenient reach, thereby enabling the cars to be coupled or uncoupled from the top as well as the sides thereof.

In removing and inserting the link 0 the rodf must rise with it and above the end of the guide-post 7a to allow of therod to be moved to one side to disengage the hooked end thereof with the slots in the plate D, when the link 0 can be removed. In replacing the link 0 the end of the rod fshould be first engaged with the slots in the plate D and carried down with it until the pins (1 rest at the bottom of the guide-grooves c.

It will be seen that the rear end of the link G is of peculiar shape, and when in the drawhead B, and not coupled with the adjoining or opposite draw-head, it hangs perpendicular, and the hooked end of the rod f engages with the slot 0 in the plate D, as is also the case when the link is brought to a'horizontal position when making coupling, as shownin Fig. 2. This position of the link 0 is effected by the turning of the rod E either by the rod F or handles Jr, said handles being connected by set-screws or any other suitable means to the rod E, and, through its connections with the link by the rodfand arm g, the link is'bronght to the position as hereinbetore described, and remains so until it is uncoupled. When the coupling of the cars is efl'ected and the handles released by the operator they will hang down in a perpendicular position by their own gravity, and when they start down, the coupling-link being in a horizontal position, the hooked end of the rod f will move down into the slot b. In this position, whenit is desired to uncouple the cars, the handles h, when elevated as heretofore, will raise the link from its horizontal position and disengage itfrom the opposite draw-head, the peculiar form of the slots b c, in connection with the rodf, enabling this operation of the link to be effected.

The plate a, or,in other words, the hook, enables the common links or those in general use to be coupled by passing over the end of the hook.

Having now fully described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The coupling-link 0, having plateD, with In testimony that I claim the above I have 10 slots b c, in combination with the rod f, 0011- hereunto subscribed my name in the presence structed to operate substantially as and for of two witnesses. the purpose set forth.

2. The draw-head B, having guide-slots e, BENJAMIN MILLARD PULLIAM. guide-post 70,21nd the rod f, in combination with the link 0, having pins (1, and plate D, Witnesses: with slots 1) 0, substantially as and for the pur- JOHN D. PULLIAM, pose specified. WILLIAM PULLIAM.

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