US279312A

US279312A - Car-coupling

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Publication number: US279312A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-06-12
Anticipated expiration: 1900-06-12

Description

(No Model.)

O. E. APPELL.

GAR COUPLING; N0. 279,312. Patented June 12,1883.

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CHARLES E. APPELL, or HARRISBURG, TEXAS.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,312, dated June 12, 1883. Application filed March 2d, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. APPELL, of Harrisburg, Harris county, Texas, have invented a new and Improved Oar-Coupling, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention'consists in the combination, with a draw-head, of an L-shaped lever pivoted in' the same and provided at its angle with a lug, which L-shaped lever has a coupling-pin suspended from the end of the long arm, and has its short arm passed into an aperture in the inner end of a bar sliding in the bottom of the draw-head, whereby when the lug is depressed the coupling-pin will be raised and the bar in the draw-head will push the link out from the end of the draw-head.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. I

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of my improved car-coupling, showing the couplingpin raised. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same, showing the coupling pin lowered. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same on the line x :r, Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the under side of the sliding bar in the draw-head.

The draw-head A is provided with a longitudinal slot, B, inthe rear part of its top, in which slot an L-shaped lever, G, is pivoted in such a manner that the short arm projects down into the draw-head, and the long arm extends toward the front over the top of the draw-head. The outer end of the-long arm passes through an eye or loop in the top of the coupling-pin D. The lower end of the short arm of the lever 0 passes into a slot or aperture, E, in the inner end of a bar, F, resting on the up per surface of the bottom of the drawhead, and adapted to slide longitudinally on the same. The outer end of the bar F is provided with a horizontal fork, G, which projects beyond the end of the bar, and forms a rabb'et, Hfat the outer end of the bar. At its angle the lever C is provided with a lug, J, projecting toward the end of the car, on which lug a verticallysliding rod, K, rest-s, which extends to the top of the car. If desired, a cam on a transverse shaft can rest on the lug J, so that the coupling can be operated from the sides of the car.

The operation is as follows: If the car is to be uncoupled, the lug J is pressed downward by means of the rod K or some other device, whereby the coupling-pin D will be raised and the bar F pushed toward the outer end of the draw-head, and will push the link L partly out of the draw -head. If the car is to be coupled, the pin is raised in the manner described, and then lowered when the link has entered. The projecting part G of. the bar F holds the link horizontally, so that it can readily pass into the opposite draw-head.

My oar-coupling has no springs, is simple in construction, and strong and durable.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The vertical sliding rod K, combined with the lever 0, having the rear lug, J, arranged to support said rod, as shown and described.

2. In a car-coupling, the combination, with the draw-head A, of the L- shaped lever (l, having lug J, the coupling-pin D, suspended from the long arm ofthe lever G, the sliding bar F, provided at its outer end with a projection,G, and at its inner end with an aperture, E, into which the short arm of the lever passes, and devices for pressing the lug J downward, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a car-coupling, the combination, with the draw-head A, of the L-shaped lever 0, having a lug, J, the coupling-pin D, the sliding bar F, and the vertically-sliding rod K, resting on the lug J, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. V

CHAS. E. APPELL.

Vitnesses: H. SOHERFFINS,

A. L. STEELE.