US274180A - William de oew - Google Patents

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W. DE. GEW.

(No Mogel.)

CARGOUPLING.

No. 274,180. Patented Mar; 20.1883'.

UNITED STATES` PATENT OFFICE.

yWILLIAM DE oEw, E BUFFALO, NEW vonk.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,180, dated March 20, 1883.

Application tiled February 5. 1833. (No model.)

. l of.. To all whom @t may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM DE GEw, of

-York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements on Car-Couplings; and I do hereby declare that the following description of my said invention, taken in connection with the accompanying sheet ot' drawings, forms a full. clear, and exact specification, which wil-l enable others skilled in the art to which it ap-A pertains to make and use the saine.

My present invention has general reference to improvements in oar-couplings; and it consists essentially in the novel and peculiar combination ot' parts and details of construction, as hereinafter iirstiully setforth and described,

and then pointed out in the claim.

In thel drawings already mentioned, which` serve to illustrate my said invention more fully, Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation ot' a pair oi' drawbars, illustratin g my novel coupling device. Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing-the draw-heads ready for coupling. Fig. 3 is a plan, part being in section. Fig. 4 is a similar view on a larger scale. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of a portion ot' a drawhead, indicating a modified forni of my said invention.

Like parts are designated by corresponding letters of reference in all the figures.

The object of my present invention is to solve the problem ot constructing a car-coupling in which an ordinary link can be used, and by meansof which connection between two cars can be made without danger to the life and limbs of the brakeman or other person employed to attend to the coupling of' railway` cars. I attain this end by the use of a. link of peculiar construction, or by the use of an ordinary link in a draw-head of novel design in such manner that the said link is held in an elevated position and guided into the opposite draw-head without compelling the attendant to place his hand in' front of the bumper.

A designates a similar pair ot' draw-bars, they being constructed exactly alike, so that in describingone of them such description will also answerfor the other. This draw-bar A has an internal recess, B, for the reception of the couplinglink E, said coupling-link being retained in position by means of a couplingpin, D. This coupling-pin Ipreter to construct of dat iron with a reduced portion, d, so as to leave a sh'oulder, d', Fig. 5, which shoulder, resting upon the end of the link, keeps the same depressed on account of the weight of the said coupling-pin.` the said coupling-pin D, I form a crook, D', serving the purposeot` a handle, while in the link E, I provide a bridge or stay, G,near one end, so as to produce in said link an oblong aperture, h, Fig; 3, for the reception of the enlarged portion of said coupling-pin E, thus forming a handle for thelink to guide the same into theopposite draw-head from the top of said` draw-bar, thus avoiding the necessity ot' placing the operators hand in front of the bumper-surface C, where such hand is liable to be crushed if the said operator is the least careless when attending to the coupling of cars. VTo enable the pin D to sustain the link E in an elevated position, as shown in Fig. 2, I form a bend, H, in said link near the bridge G, so that when the shoulder d of said pin rests'upon the portion of the link within the draw-head the opposite end ol said link will be raised in a manner readily apprehended; but

instead of' said bend in the link E, I may form a rise, I, inthe draw-head, as shown in Fig. 5, so that the weight of the pin (with the assistance of the operator, if necessary) is capable ot' depressing the portion .of said link within the On the 4upper end ot' drawhead, and thus accomplish the desired resultin precisely the same manner as the bent link will produce the same. By constructing the drawhead as described with reference to Fig.5 I am enabled to use an ordinary straight link, while by bending such a link into the shape shown in Figs. l and 2 I can use this link and my im proved pin in an ordinary drawbar.

'It will thus be seen that when constructing new car-couplings'according to my improved design no additional expense will have to be incurred, while at a tritling cost all old drawheads, 8vo., may be readily converted into my my coupling-pin from the sides or the top of IOO e l escaso the car, or both, if desired, such mechanism being very simple and inexpensive in construction. In this case I may discard the crook D', if necessary, to enable connection being made With such operating mechanism.

Y By the application of my improved car-coupling tot'reight, &c.,cars, I derive, among' others, the advantage of saving time in coupling, be-

cause connection can be made with my improvedv coupling in less time than any other non-automatic coupling, because the link can be actuated by the crook Dl on the coupling-pin D laterally as Well 'as vertically, and thus guided into the opposite draw-head, and thereby time saved that would often be lost by misses in makingproperconnection. Ifurthermore gain in space, because when coupling is ljrst made one of the pins engages the links on its narrow portion, but as soon as thecars a-re coupled and pushed together this pin will drop and engage the link on its widest part, thus shortening each connection for a space correspoliding to the difference in Width of the said couplingpin, which is quite an advantage inrailvvay appliances of the class mentioned.

lt is perfectly obvious that where cars of different spur or height are to be coupled together such connection can be made in the usual manner by means of S-links and similar Well-known contrivances.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure to me by Letters Patent of the United States- As an improved article of manufacture, a car-couplingconsistingessentially of the drawhead A, having the link-receivingrecess B and pin-apertures b, of the link E, having the bridge Gr and the bent portion H, and the pin D, provided with the reduced portion {1,shoulder d', and crook D', the whole being,` constructed and organized forjointoperation, substantially in the manner as and for the object specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have hereto set my hand in the 45 presence of three subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM DE GEW.

Attest:

JOHN G. HANEY, ENos GoULD, COR'ILAND DE GEW.

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