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'm0 Model.) M. H. MERRILL.

GAR GOUPLING.

)N u. 514,483. Patented Feb. 1s, 1394.1

.Hlillllllllllll UNITED STATES PATENT Erice.,

MARCELLUS H. MERRILL, OF-NEW LEBANON, NEW' YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO ABBIE W. GILLETT, OF SAME PLACE.

GAR-COUPLlNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,483, dated February 13, 1894.

Application tiled May 17, 1893. Serial No. 474,533. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAROELLUS l-I. MER- RILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Lebanon Centre, in the county of Columbia. and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Car-Coupling, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in car couplings.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient car coupling, which may be readily coupled and uncoupled without necessitating going between cars, and which will be adapted to couple with the ordinary pin and link coupling.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed ont in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a car coupling constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a reverse plan view.` Fig. 4 is adetail perspective view of the link.

Like numerals of reference indicate correspending parts in all the tigures of the drawin s.

designates a hook draw-head, having an upward extension 2 to be engaged by a link 3 of another draw-head and mounted between sills 4: and cushioned by a spring 5 in the usual manner. The vertical extension 2 forms a hook; and the draw-head is provided with a coupling pi'n perforation 6 and has a recess 7 to`enable the ordinary pin and link coupling to be employed, when coupling with cars having that form of coupling. The link 3 is V-shaped, and has the inner ends of its sides mounted on journals or pintles 8 of side plates 9, which are arranged on the outer side faces of the sills 4, and 'are connected with the drawdiead by a cross-bar 10, extending through slots 11 of the sills, and an opening of the draw-head, whereby the upwardly swinging link moves with the draw-head, and is cushioned by the spring thereof. The link is secured on the journals or pintles of the side plates by keys 3 and the side plates are similarly attached to the ends of the crossbar lO. The rear side of the vertical extension 2 of the draw-head is rounded, and the front or apex of the link is rounded to correspond with the draw-head, and it will be apparent that the draft is centrally on the drawhead, and is cushioned by the draft spring. One side of the link is provided with a depending arm l2, which is connected by a chain 13 with a spring 14; and the latter is mounted beneath a car 15 on the frame thereof. The weight of the link is sufficient to hold it securely in engagement with the draw-head; but the spring operates to prevent any rattling or jarring and makes it absolutely impossible for the link to be accidentally thrown upward out of engagement with a draw-head. The link is elevated for coupling by a roclcshatt1G,arranged at each side of the car and provided at its inner end with an angle arm 17 to engage the lower edge of the adjacent side of the link, and at its outer end with a handle arm 1S arranged on the adjacent side of the car. The handle arm is drawn inward and downward sufficiently to elevate the link above the drawhead; and the link is held in this position by a pin 19, which is inserted in a socket 2O of the car to form a stop for the handle of the rock-shaft. The pin 19 which is connected by a chain 21 with the car, is withdrawn atter the cars to be coupled come together and the link falls by gravity into engagement with the draw-head. The rear wall of the extension 2 of the draw-head is vertical; and the link may be readily lifted out of engagement with the draw-head by either of the rock-shafts.

It will be seen that the car couplingis simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it is capable of being readily coupled and uncoupled without going between cars, and that it will readily couple with cars having the ordinary pin andlink coupling.

Changes in the form, proportionJ and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What l claim is 1. In a car coupling, the combination of a IDO car provided with sills having longitudinal slots, a hook draw-head mounted between the sills and having an opening, a cross-bar extending through the opening of the drawhead and the slots of the sills, side plates secured to the ends of the cross-bar, and alnk having its sides hinged to the side plates, substantially as described.

2. In a car coupling, the combination of a ear having sills provided with longitudinal slots, a draw-head mounted between the sills and provided with an opening, across-bar eX- tending through the opening of the drawhead and the slots of the sills, side' plates secured to the ends of the eross-bar and pro vided with journals, a link having its sides mounted on the journals and provided at one side with a depending arm, a spring connected with the arms and adapted to draw the Vlink downward, and a rock-shaft having an

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