US284568A - Journal-box cooler - Google Patents

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t l (NO Model.) t a. O. MORRIS.

JOURNAL BOX COOLER.

No. 284,568. Patented Sept. 4, 1883..

UNITE 'rares PATENT FFIOR.

RORnR'r O. MORRIs, or OLNEY, ILLINOIS,

JOURNAL-Box COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,568, dated September 4, 1883.

Application filed January 22, 1883. (No model.)

ful improvements in cooling and lubricatingA axles and axle-boxes with water while the car is in transit or standing on the track at a station or between stations.

The obj ect of my invention is to furnish each car of a railway-train with sufficient water in some convenient part of said car, and held in 'a proper receptacle, and means by which water held in reserve in each car can be discharged into either axle-box or j ournal-box of said car for the purpose of cooling or lubricating the same. Chiefly my object is toeool the box and axle. .I attain'these objects' by means of the peculiar construction and ar; rangement of the parts of my device, that will be more fully described, and pointed out'in the specication and claims.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a sectional view of a car, showing my improvement in perspective and placed at either end ofthe car.. Fig. 2 is a detail view of my device, showing pipe and connections with journalbox. e Referring to the drawings, A represents a car, constructed and mounted on wheels in the usual Inanner. Vthin said car, and preferably at each end, over the trucks, are located tanks B and R, constructed of wood or metal, (preferably of metah) and of any desired formround, square, or Octagonas may best suit the construction of the car in which they are to be used. Preferably I construct the tanks angular in form, and of sufficient length to extend over the journal-boxes of the axles connected to each truck. I construct said tanks B and R in such a manner that no iiuid can escape, except through the pipes and passages, as hereinafter described-that is, the sides, ends, tops, and bottoms of said tanks are joined together Itightly to prevent leakage.

Nearthe top and center aperforation, c', is formed, through which water is injected into the tanks. For this purpose, when needed, a hose, c, is attached, by screw-threads or otherwise, to the tank at perforation c, and when not in use said perforation is covered by 'a cap, formed to fit sufficiently tight to prevent leakage.

At one end of each tank B and B', near the top of the same, are attached overflow-pipes b and b. The purpose of said overflow-pipes is to discharge the surplus water -in the tanks when filled.

- For the purpose of preventing the water in tanks B and B from freezing during cold Weather, a steam-pipe,a, passes through the center of said tanks and imparts heat to the Iwater contained therein. A discharge-pipe, t', formed with a stop-cock, e, is attached to the under face of the bottom of tanks B and `B', by means of which the tanks are emptied when desired.

At each end of the tanks, on their under faces, are attached metal tubes or pipes Z, that extend downward in line with central perforations in the top of journal -boxes pipes are fitted with stop cocks having turning-plugs connected by rods j' and j. Said rods are formed to extend outward beyond the end of the car, and terminate in T- shaped handles, h, by which said rods and stop-cocks are manipulated. The purpose of this arrangement of my device is to permit the conductor or train-hand, by standing on the platform or step of the car whilein motion, to turn the rods f or f, thereby turning the stop-cocks and permitting the water to iiow through the pipes Z, k, and j into the boxes n, when hot, for the purpose of cooling and lubricating the same.

Connected to the lower end of pipe Z is an extension-pipe, k, that extends down into a metal pipe, j, inserted in the top of the journal-box n.

Outside of pipes k, and secured to pipes Z and j, are flexible tubes i and t, the use and purpose of which are, rst, to prevent freezing of the descending wat-er when using the pipes, and, secondly, by the flexibility of said tubes permitting the vertical adjustment of the car O11 the springs.

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The operation of my Vdevice is as follows: Water is let into the tanks B and B by means of the hose c, or through the perforation c', at a station or from a Water stand-pipe beside the track. Stop-cocks g and g are closed loy means of rods f and f. Vhen one or more boxes become heated while the cars are in motion, an y trolled bythe operator turning the stop-cocks by means of the rods f and f.

I am aware of the patents to S. NV. Doane, No. 261,689, July 25, 1882;` A. B. Tripler, No. 118,760, September 5, 1871; and E. A. W'arren, No. 163,285, May 11,1875, for axle-boxes,

` their arrangement of parl-s, and their operation, and I claim none of these broadly; but,

Having described my invention, what I claim as 'my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

1., A journal-box cooler and lubricator, consisting of a tank containing water and'located in the body of a car over the trucks, said tank having an inlet and overflow pipe, a center discharge or l drainage pipe, a heating-pipe passing longitudinally through the interior of the same, and tWo or more self-adjusting pipes connecting said tank to j ournal-boXes beneath, and formed With stop-cocks adapted to be simultaneously opened or closed, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the tank B, inlet-pipe c, overiloW-pipe I), heating-pipe a, dischargepipe d, having stop-cock e, pipes Z, having stop-cocks g, and rod f, with pipes la, flexible tubes i, pipes j, and journal'boxes, all arranged and operated substantially as'shown and specified.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

, ROBERT C. MORRIS.

Titnessesz SAM. J. BAKER, J. C. Harmon.

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