US477414A

US477414A - Car-coupling

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Publication number: US477414A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-06-21
Anticipated expiration: 1909-06-21

Description

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I. HAZEL-TON.

GAR COUPLING.

No. 477,414. Patented June 21, 1892.

j if I A III I ll INVENTOH WITNESSES I a 0 ATTORNEY. I

U ITED STATES IVORY H-AzE T'oN; F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-CO UPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent mof 477,414, datedd'uneizl, 1892'.

Application filed February 23,1892. Serial No. 422,398

1' To all whom it may concern.-

' Be it known that I, IVORY HAZELTON, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Penn- '5 sylvania, have invented a new and useful'Improvement' in Oar-Couplings, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

- My invention consists of a car-coupling {0 formed of a knuckle which is pivoted on the draw-bar and a locking device of novel con-- struction for controlling said knuckle when in coupling position, as'will be hereinafter set forth; r Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a car-coupling embodying my invention. 2 represents a. longitudinal vertical section thereof Fig.3represents aperspective view of another form thereof. Fig. 4 represents a horizontal section thereof. Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A- designates a draw-head, and B designates a knuckle which 2 5 is connected therewith by means of the vertical pivot O. The knuckle has an extension or heel D, rearward of its pivot or axis, movable ina horizontal recess. in the draw-head, and in the said heelisa vertical slot or groove go E, which isada'pted to receive a tongueF, the latter being connected with a horizontally-arranged shaft G which is moii-nted'on the draw-head and provided with a crank-handle II, said draw-head having a shoulder against ;5 which the heel is adapted to ab'ut'whenit entors said draw head. I

The operat-i'0n is as follows When the.

Fig.

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Figs. 2 and 4, the ton enter the slot E, whereby the knuckle is con- .trolled by said tongue and thus locked and f the couplingoftheearsiseffected,theknuekles of opposite cars being engaged, as usual in such cases. \Vhen it is desired to uncouple the cars, the tongue is raised or lowered, so that it c knuckle ally, as shown illustratedin Figs. 1 and 3, and the disconnection of the en may result, it beiugevid is simple,'incxpcnsive, ture, andone that may venient and safe mann Having 'th us describe I claim as new, an Patent, is-

1.' A draw-head haVin thereto'and provided cess, a heel on the rear of to enter said recess and a horizontal shaft jou head in rear of said knuckle, a tongue dn said shaft entering said vertical recess, and means for operating said shaft, said parts being combined substantially as described.

2.- A draw-head, a knuckle having a heel with slot therein, a shaft journa'led in said draw-head, having a said slot, and a shonl against which said 11 said parts being 00! described.

cut that the coupling er, as is ovidentu (1' my invention, what d desire to secure by Le tt'ers a kn tickle voted said knuckle, adapted having a vertical slot,

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knuckle is in coup ling positiorn'as shown in] and'reliablo in its nit-Q be operated in a contongue adapted to entercel is adapted to abut,

gue F is turned so as to merges from-the slot E, whereby the is permitted to swing or turn latergaged knuckles with a horizontal re- 1 rnaled in said draw-