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- B61G3/04—Couplings comprising mating parts of similar shape or form which can be coupled without the use of any additional element or elements with coupling head having a guard arm on one side and a knuckle with angularly-disposed nose and tail portions pivoted to the other side thereof, the nose of the knuckle being the coupling part, and means to lock the knuckle in coupling position, e.g. "A.A.R." or "Janney" type
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- Patented Jam '7, 1890 Patented Jam '7, 1890.
- My invention consists in the construction and combination of lifting mechanism and a locking device with a draw-bar and a hinged draw-head, as hereinafter. set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the draw-head hinged to a section of a draw-bar in) such a manner thatthe head will swing vertically.
- Fig. 2 isA a bottom view of a section of a car.
- Fig. 3 a side view, and Fig. t a perspective View showing my invention applied as required for practical use.
- A is a draw-head of that class that moves laterally to engage a mating head in such a manner that the two will be reciprocally hooked Vtogether as required to automatically couple two cars when they come together on a track.
- B is an extension on the rear end of the head, adapted to enter a corresponding slot in a draw-bar in such -manner that it can be hinged to a draw-bar C by means of a pin cl, to swingvertically in the act of nncoupling.
- f isa link-cavity and f a pin-hole in the head A, that adapts it to be coupled to a drawhead of common form by means of a common link and pin.
- g is a pin .or stop fixed to 'the under side of the car or a block xed to the endof a car in such a manner that it will prevent the draw-bar from moving laterally in one direction.
- h is a spring connected with the draw-bar and the car in such a manner that it will in, its normal condition press the draw barA against the stopg, asrequired to retain the draw-head in a central position relative to the end of a car.
- m is a frame fixed to the side of the drawbar to support a rod n and spring r in such a manner that the spring. will in its normal condition press the end of the rod through coinciding horizontal perforations in the draw-bar and the extension B of the draw- ⁇ head, as required to retain the head extending forward from the end of the draw-bar and in proper position to engage a mating draw-head, and also to relieve the pin d from part of the draft force to whichit would othwise be subjected.
- Y s is a rock-shaft in bearings xed to the car.
- An improved automatic car-coupler coml prising a draw-bar having lateral motion and va jaw hinged to its front end to ⁇ move lateractuated bolt or rod in bearings attached to the side of the draw-bar, having a perforation to admit the bolt to enter a coinciding perforation in the rear portion of the hinged head, and a rock-shaft having an arm for lifting the hinged head from a vertical to a horizontal position, arranged and combined with a car to operate in the manner set forth, for the purposes stated.
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(No Model.) p A W. s. BALBS.
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Patented Jam '7, 1890.
UNITED [STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WALTER S. BALES, OF DES MOINES, IOVA.
,CAR-COUPLING.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,671, dated January 7, 1890.
Application filed October 2l, 1889. Serial No. 327,738. (No model.)
To aZZ whom t may concern.-
Be itl known that I, WALTER S. BALEs, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented an Ilnproved Automatic Oar-Coupling, of which the following isa specification.
My invention consists in the construction and combination of lifting mechanism and a locking device with a draw-bar and a hinged draw-head, as hereinafter. set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the draw-head hinged to a section of a draw-bar in) such a manner thatthe head will swing vertically. Fig. 2 isA a bottom view of a section of a car. Fig. 3 a side view, and Fig. t a perspective View showing my invention applied as required for practical use.
A is a draw-head of that class that moves laterally to engage a mating head in such a manner that the two will be reciprocally hooked Vtogether as required to automatically couple two cars when they come together on a track.
B is an extension on the rear end of the head, adapted to enter a corresponding slot in a draw-bar in such -manner that it can be hinged to a draw-bar C by means of a pin cl, to swingvertically in the act of nncoupling.
f isa link-cavity and f a pin-hole in the head A, that adapts it to be coupled to a drawhead of common form by means of a common link and pin. p
g is a pin .or stop fixed to 'the under side of the car or a block xed to the endof a car in such a manner that it will prevent the draw-bar from moving laterally in one direction.
h is a spring connected with the draw-bar and the car in such a manner that it will in, its normal condition press the draw barA against the stopg, asrequired to retain the draw-head in a central position relative to the end of a car. y
m is a frame fixed to the side of the drawbar to support a rod n and spring r in such a manner that the spring. will in its normal condition press the end of the rod through coinciding horizontal perforations in the draw-bar and the extension B of the draw-` head, as required to retain the head extending forward from the end of the draw-bar and in proper position to engage a mating draw-head, and also to relieve the pin d from part of the draft force to whichit would othwise be subjected.
To nncouple two cars when connected by means of my hinged draw-heads, I simply pull the rod n outward vto disengage it from the extension B of the head and allow the head to drop by force of gravity into a vertical pendentposition, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3.
Y s is a rock-shaft in bearings xed to the car.
It has an arm s at its inner end, which is connected with the draw-head by means ot' a rod z in such a manner that the pendent head can be lifted by a person at the side of the car by simply operating the shaft, as required to let the rod n engage the extension B to retain the head A elevated and in position for coupling with a mating head and another car.
I claim as my invention- 1. The frame m, rod n, and spring r, in combination with the draw-bar C, and the head A, having an extension B, to operate in the manner set forth, for the purposes stated.
2. An improved automatic car-coupler coml prising a draw-bar having lateral motion and va jaw hinged to its front end to `move lateractuated bolt or rod in bearings attached to the side of the draw-bar, having a perforation to admit the bolt to enter a coinciding perforation in the rear portion of the hinged head, and a rock-shaft having an arm for lifting the hinged head from a vertical to a horizontal position, arranged and combined with a car to operate in the manner set forth, for the purposes stated.
3. The draw-head A, hinged to the bar B, the frame m, rod n, and spring r, attached to the side of the bar, the rock-shaft s, having an arm s', and the rod a' on the under side of t-he bar and head, arranged and combined with a car substantially as shown and described, for the purposes stated.
WALTER s. EALEs'.
Witnesses:
R. H. ORWIG, THOMAS G. ORWIG.
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