US289782A - Oar coupling - Google Patents

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' (No Model.)

Y F. H. RUDD GAR, COUPLING.

No. 289,782. Patented Dec. 4, 1883.

UNITED STAT P TENT Orr cn.

FREDERICK H. RUDD, OF HEBRON, NEBRASKA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,782, dated December 4, 1883. Application filed October 6, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERIOKH. RUDD, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Hebron, in the county of Thayer and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Couplers and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

ling-pin will be supported above the drawhead, thus providing a means whereby, when cars come together, the link will be guided into the mouth of the draw-head and the pin re leased automatically; and to this end my in-.

vention consists in the combination and construction of the parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing a draw-head set for the reception of the coupling-link, the pin and linkguide in one View being dropped and located within and under the draw-head. Fig. 2 is a view showing one of the draw-heads in sections and the side view of an adjacent drawhead. 7

A represents the draw-head, which may be of ordinary construction otherwise than herein set forth. To the front portion of this drawhead and to the sides of the same is pivoted thelink-guide B, which is slightly curved at its central portion, and is provided with side arms, by means of which it is secured to the draw-head. These side arms are formed from the same plate which forms the link-guide, and, being bent at right angles with the plate, serve as braces for the same. The side arms of this link-guide are indicated by'the letter b.

\ "Near the under or rear side of the link-guide is provided a'lOOP, 0, for the reception of the rod 0. The rear portion of this draw-head is provided with a longitudinal slot, D, as shown, near the upper portion of which is pivoted the curved weightedbar E, and at a suitablepoint below the draw-head the rod O is attached to the same. The construction and combination of these parts, as shown, is such that the weighted bar E, when hanging at a nearly vertical position, will hold the link guide B, through the means of the connecting-rod C, in an inclined position in front of the draw-head.

Within the draw-head is secured, by means of a pin, f, which passes through the longitudinal slot in the draw-head, the pin-supporting bar F, which is of such a length as to extend from the front end of the bar E forward of the openings for the reception of the coupling-pin.

The end of the weighted bar E is pivoted above the sliding bar F, and the front edge of the weighted bar bears against the rear end of the sliding bar. Thus, whenthe weighted barhangs in substantially a vertical position, the sliding bar will be thrown forward beyond the opening in the draw-head for the. coupling-pin, and when the cars are uncoupled the coupling-pin may rest upon'the same. The pivoted rod (1 'may be slightly curved rearwardly, so that the weight will exert a pressure toward the front end of the draw-head.

Having thus described the construction of my invention, its operation will be as follows: In order that the cars may couple themselves automatically to each other, the parts of my invention will assume the position shown in sections in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings, the coupling-pin being placed upon the sliding barF. When a coupling-link, secured within the draw-head of a car to which it is desired to couple the same, moves toward the draw-head,the link will be guided by the linkguide B into the opening in the draw-head, and, striking against the sliding bar F, will move the same rearwardly, thus allowing the pin to fall, and at the same time pushing the bar rearwardly, which bar carries with it the link-guide, which will then be held under the draw-head. s

Having thus described my invention in a manner to be readily understood by those skilled in the art, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a car-coupling, the draw-head, A, pro- "ided with a slot-ted pin-supporting bar, F, and a weighted bar, E, pivoted in rear of the same and connected to a link-guide by a rod the parts being combined substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a car-coupling the combination of the link-guide B, the weighted bar E, curved rearwardly, and the connecting-rod O, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a car-coupling, the sliding pin-supporting bar F, secured within the draw-head v eeoflse

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