US360033A

US360033A - Railway-car

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Publication number: US360033A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-03-29
Anticipated expiration: 1904-03-29

Description

3 Sheets-Sheet 1. W. MARKY.

RAILWAY GAR.

(No Model.)

No. 360,033. Patented MaJr. 29, 1887.

.3 SheetsSheet 2.

(No Model.)

W. MARKY.

RAILWAY GAR.

No. 360,033. Patented Mar. 29, 1887.

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3 Sheets-Sheet 3.

W. MARKY.

RAILWAY GAR.

(No Model.)

Patented Mar. 29, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Urrrcn.

VILLIAM MARKY, OF LANCASTER, NEW YORK.

RAILWAY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,033, dated March 29, 1887.

Application filed November 1, 1886. Serial No. 2.7.653. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM hIARKY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cars and Oar-Trucks; 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, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates more particularly to improvements in devices for connecting cartrucks to the body of the car; and it consists in certain improved arrangements and combinations of parts, all of which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a car containing my improvements. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of a portion ofthe car with the trucks removed. Fig. 3is a vertical section through the center of the car. Figs. 4 and 5 are detached detail views. Figs. 6 and 7 are views of the connections between the t-ruck and body of the car. Fig. 8 is avertical section taken through these connections when in position together, and Figs. 9 and 10 show a modification of the connections.

Referring to the drawings, a is the body of the car, and a is its under side, upon which are secured the two central longitudinal sills, b b, and the two side sills, b I).

c c are brace-plates, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, which are secured to the central sills, b b, and between them by the wings c c, which are securely bolted upon the inside vertical walls of the sills. The main portions of the brace-plates extend downwardly,and are provided with the central aperture, 0 adapted for the reception of the rod or extension d of the draw-head d. Upon this rod and on either side of the brace-plate are the spiral springs d for regulating the play of the draw-head.

Extending across the bottom of the car at either end are the body-bolsters ee, which are securely bolted to the sills b b b I).

ff are stay-rods uniting the bolsters e c between the sills I). f f 'are stay-rods uniting the holsters e e to thebrace-plates c c, and f f are similar stay-rods unitingthe braceplates to the end sills of the car-frame. In this manner the parts named are all securely fastened together and braced to stand the strain to which they are subjected.

' The body-bolsters ee are constructed as follows, (see Fig. 6:) They consistof two metallic platesthe upper flat plate, 0, and the lower bowed plate, 0', with the block 0" centrallyinterposed. 0* is a socket-plate centrally secured to the under side of the plate 6 of the body-bolster, such plate being provided with the slot e in the upper portiou,and having'upon its bottom face the circularsocket c. On either side of the socket-plate e are the side bearings, e 6 Thus far I have described all of my improved construction connected with the body of the car.

I will now proceed to describe the operative parts connected with the truck, of which 9 g are the wheels, 9 the axle, and g g the axle boxes.

The truck-bolster h is secured between the transoms h h, from which depend the swing hangers h if, carrying the swing-plank h, between which and the bolster h are interposed the springs h it. Upon the upper side of the bolster 71.,(see Figs. 7 and 8,) at its center, is the metallic plate 70, upon which is bolted the pinplate 7t, having upon its under side the slot k", and upon its upper side the pin or lug k.

k k are side bearings on either side of the bolster h. The pin it" is adapted for engagement with the socket c upon the body-bolster e, and they are secured loosely in engagement as follows: The plate Z is passed through the slot is" in the pin-plate k, and its ends Z Z are bent up at right angles and provided with the transverse slots Z". When the bolsters e and h are placed together, the pin it" being loosely engaged with the socket e, the slots Z are in line with the slot 6 in the socket-plate 6*, and through these slots Z Z and e is passed the flat locking-pin m, having the head m. Its protruding end is provided with the slots m of, adapted for the reception of the small locking-pins n n, which hold the locking-plates re movably in position. The plate Z, as will be seen, rests loosely in the slot It, thus allowing the body-bolster e to turn upon the truckbolsterh, giving it sufficient play to prevent straining of parts as the car is going around a curve. The side bearings, e and 7.6 slide upon each other as the body-bolsters move .from side to side, keeping the car in a level position and preventing side strain of the pin k in the socket 6.

In Figs. 9 and 10 I have shown a modification in which the pin k is on the body-bolster and the socket e in the t-ri1ck-bolster, it being simply a reversal of parts Without change of functions.

I clairn 1. The combination, with the bolsters ee, brace-plates c c, and sills b b, of thetie-rods 15 ff,ff, andf f substantially as shown, and

for the purposes stated.

2. The brace-plates c 0, secu red between the sills b b, in combination with the tie-rods ff andff ,for holding it in position, the braceplates having apertures adapted for the reception of rods (1 d, extending from the crossheads, substantially as shown and described.

- 3. The combination, with the body-bolster e, having the socket-plate a, with the slot 0 ing the pin-plate k,wit11slot k and pin is, and

the slotted attachingplates Z Z P, loosely arranged within the slot is, and the locking-plate m m and locking-pins n n, all combined and operating substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM MARKY.

Witnesses:

OTTO HODDICK, W. T. MILLER.