US364007A - Henry gallager - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

} H. GALLAGER.

GAR COUPLING.

No. 364,007. Patented May 31, 1887-.

. INVENTOR: 26 J ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY GALLAGER, or sAvANNAH, GEORGIA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,007, dated May 31, 1887.

5 Application filed April 14, 1887. Serial No. 234,779. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY GALLAGER, of Savannah, in the county of Ohatham and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car-Couplings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved car-coupling,

and seeks to provide a simple novel construcof the several operative parts, the draw-head being shown in dotted lines; and Fig. 3is a vertical longitudinal section drawn alongside the coupling-pin,mainlever,handle-lever, and

In connecting the 'pin D and lever G, I bifurcate the forward end of the lever 0, forming arms 1 l, the upper sides of which are rounded, forming a curved seat for the head I or lugs 2 of the pin D,which latter has grooves or mortises 3 in its opposite sides to receive the arms 1, and forming the shoulders or lugs 2, which bear on said arms. By the described construction the pin may be raised by the movement of the main lever, and said pin has a limited movement or adjustment along the lever to compensate for the variation in lines of movement of said parts. The pin is held in place between the arms 1 by means of bolt E, extended between the forward ends of such arms, and said bolt also, by preference, forms the pivot of handle-lever F, which has a forward extension at f beyond such pivot E. This extensionfpivots on the upwardly-projected rib or flange G of the drawhead, as shown, and the under side of lever F is con formed to the upper side of the main lever and A cord, H, which may bealinked 55 tion, I, leading at one end to the locomotivei and at the other end into the conductors car, so that in case of accident either one .of said officers can instantly detach the several cars.

It is also designed to provide a cord, 45, connected with the coupling of theconducto'rs car, and extended thence into said car, so, in case of accident, the conductors car can be detached from the rest and instantly braked to avoid injury to the occupants of said car.

. Near its rear end the main lever has a shoulder, J, and a trip, K, is pivotally supported at 70, and has a portion or extension, j, arranged to engage the shoulder J of the main lever. This trip is so formed that its normal tendency is to swing into position to cause its part j to engage the shoulder J, and is preferably formed with a front or impact wing,x, and a rear or weight wing, 1 asshown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The operation is simple and will be readily understood.

When in coupled position, as shown in Fig. 2, and it is desired to uncouple, it will be seen that the starting movement is effected through the aid of part F, by which a strong leverage maybe obtained to start the pin. When once started, the pin may be moved easily, as the link will bear against the beveled'or rounded lower end of the pin at z, and thereby assist in its upward movement. lnVhen the pin is raised to uncoupled position,the trip will engage the shoulder J and secure the parts in uncoupled position until an entering link engages and releases the trip, allowing the main lever and the pin to fall, as will be obvious from the drawings. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is? 1. Thecombination of the main lever, pivoially supported at its rear end, the pin sup- Ice pended from the forward end ofthe said lever, and the handlelever, pivoted to the forward end of the main lever and having an exten- V sion, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the pivoted main lever having its free end formed with arms 1, and the pin having its upper end fitted between said arms and provided with shoulders bearing above and below the same, whereby the lever may serve to positively move the pin up or down, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the draw-head, the lever O, pivoted and having a shoulder, as J, on its under side adjacent to said pivot, the pin supported on the free'end of the lever, and the trip pivoted and wholly incased within the draw-head and having its upper end arranged to engage the shoulder J, all substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the main lever, pivoted at one end and having its other end bifurcated, the pin suspended from the main lever, the bolt E, serving to retain the pin on the main lever, and the handle-lever pivoted on bolt E, substantially as set forth.

5. The draw -head having projection G, combined with the main and handle levers, the pin, the bolt E, and the trip, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of the draw-head, the lever G, havingarms 1 at its forward end and having its rear end pivoted to theidraw-head, and provided near such rear end with shoulder J, the pin D having grooves 3 and fitted between the arms 1 of lever C, and the trip pivoted and incased within the draW-head,and formed with impact-wing a: and weight-wing y,in rear of said impact-wing, substantially as set forth.

7. The improvement in car-couplings, comprising the lever having shoulder J, the pin supported by said lever, and the trip formed with an impactwing, x, and with a weight-- wing, 1, arranged in rear of and separated from the impact-wing, substantially as set forth.

8. The car-coupling herein described, comprising the main lever having arms 1 and shoulder J, the pin having head 2, the lever F, having extension f, and the trip having portionj and wings w and 1, substantially as set forth.

HENRY GALLAGER. \Vitnesses:

HENRY PRECHT, T. A. ZOOOKS.

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