US356763A

US356763A - Car-coupling

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Publication number: US356763A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-02-01
Anticipated expiration: 1904-02-01

Description

(No Model.)

W. P.' HALL.

GAB, GOUPLING.

Patented Peb. 1, 1887" @3kb/wams n Firms llnrinn reins wenn @stione XVALTER F. HALL, GF UROH, BHSSOUR.

SPECIEICTION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,753, dated February 1, 1887.

Application iiled October 1S, 1885. Serial No. M6553.

(No model.)

To all whom it may oon/eerie:

Be it known that I, XVM/BER F. HALL, a. citizen of the United States, residing et Uricli, in the county of Henry and State of Hissouri, have invented n new ond useful Improvement in Cor-Couplings, of which the following is e. specification.

My invention relates to improvements in oer-couplings; ond it consists of the details of Construction, novel combination, Iind adapte,- tion oi ports for service, substantially es hereinafter described, and speeieollypointed out in the oleiin appended.

The ohjeet oi' my invention is to provide n oar-eonpling in which the coupling is effected nutonintioollggnnd thereby avoid the neces` sity of the attendent passing between the ears, et the iisl; of his life, to accomplish this end; further, to provide novel ond efficient ineens foi guiding the coupling-link and controlling the coupling-pin, nll us hereinafter fully expleined.

In the accompanying drowingsmfhicli illustrate o eer-coupling constructed in aoeordonce with and embodying the features of my invention, Figure l is a, side elevation of my improved oor-coupling. Fig. I2- is n longitudi nel sectional View of the saine. Fig. 3 isa detail viewoi the pin-supporting block, and Fi. 4 is o transverse sectional View.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters of reference denote corresponding ports in the several figures, A designates the drawheed of on ordinary our. This drow-head A is provided with the usuel daring mouth, a, communicating with n suitable chamber, o, in the rear Well of which ehomber is provided e circular socket, o?, for the purpose to be explained.

ln the upper Woll of the drow-head A, on the inner side thereof, is provided n rectanguler groove, u, adapted to receive the correspondingly shaped projeetion'or feather l, formed on the upper ieee of the pin-supporting hlool; B. At the rear portion of the bleek is provided o stud, to which is tted n spring, ZJ', adopted to be'received in the socket o of the drziwhend From this construction it will he seen that provide a spring'aotunted pin-supporting or coupling block and guiding ineens for the seme. This block B is further provided on its upper foce with e notch or eut-out portion, Z, to support the coupling-link in raised position, and on its lower foce or portion is out out, as at b3, to reeeive and guide the link in the drow-heed of en approaching om".

Formed integral with. the drawdiend A, o1' in :m3vr preferred manner rigidly secured thereto, on the upper fece thereof, is a verticallydisposed bleek, C, provided with e central opening or passage, c, which is in line and communicates with the usuel aligned openings, ai, in the drow-heed A, through .which the coupling-pin D is passed.

The opening o in the bleek C- is of lerger diameter at its lower end, c', than at its upper end, ci, so as to prevent the couplingpin D, which is of a shape similar to the said opening c, from losing Withdrawn or working ont.

At e. snitoble point on the coupling-pin D is provided o lug or extension, d', to rest against the upper end of ovpivoted heil, E, that is ottaehed to the block C.

.i Freni the foregoing description, taken in eonnection with the drawings, the operation of my cui' coupling will be readily understood, and is as follows: The coupling-pin D is raised and supported by the supporting-bail E, the lower end of the pin resting in the notch Zatof the spring-actuated blool; B and staining the block in place. The link of the npprosehing cor enters and strikes in the eutout portion b3 of the block l5, forces the latter book, and (in-uses the pin to full and thus eii'ect the coupling automatically, es will he readily understood by reference to Fig. 2 of the drewings.

lt will he readily observed that l provide e earcoupling ofvery simple eonstruction,wliieli is thoroughly efficient in operation, as Well es automat-ie, :tud that it is very cheap to mouw facture.

lt will also be seen that my improved means for guiding the coupling pin end link ere thoroughly eiiieient, ond that the eoupling of the cars is always certain und the danger of losing lives is preventedb I c1am- In testimony that I claim the foregoing als4 In a car-coupling, the draw-head A, block my own I have hereto affixed my signature in Io C, pin D, and supporting device E, in compresence of two Witnesses..V bination with spring-actnated block B, having 5 notch b", to receive one end 0fpin D,a.nd cut- WALTER F HALL' out portion b3, to form a guide for the 1ink,a11 Witnesses: combined, arranged, and operating for the pur- ALBERT H. HALL, pose set forth. OBADIAH R. TOMPKINS.