US541129A - Draft-rigging for railway-cars - Google Patents

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W. STEPHAN. v DRAFT RIGGING FOR RAILWAY CARS.

Patents d June 18, 1895.

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\VILLIAM STEPHAN, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

DRAFT-RlGGlNG FOR RAl LWAY-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,129, dated June 18, 1895.

Application filed April 18, 1895. Serial No- 546183. (No model.)

To all whom, iv' 11mg concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM STEPHAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Fort WVayne, county of Allen, State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Draft-Rigging for Railway-Oars, of which the following specification is a true and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

Myinvention relates to the draft rigging of railway cars, and particularly to the varieties of draft rigging usually employed in connection with freight cars, and my object is to provide a device at once simple and efficient for securing the draw bar in position and in proper relative combination with the springs.

My invention consists in devices by which a gib is detachably secured in place between the tail straps of the draw-bar.

My improved mechanism will be best understood as explained in connection with the drawings in which it is illustrated, and in which Figure l is a central longitudinal vertical section through the bottom timbers of the car and the draft-rigging situated on the under side thereof, the section being taken, for instance, on the line p p of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the draft rigging viewed from below. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the rear gib and the tail-straps of the draw-bar, said view being taken, for instance, on the line'y y of Fig. 5 and showing the locking-pin in position. Fig. 4. is a cross-section through the gib on the line w w of Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section through the gib on the line 0 o of Fig. 1, and Fig. (its a perspective view of the locking-pin.

A indicates a central longitudinal sill of the car. It is cut away as shown to afford shoulders A and A for the stationary members E and E of the draft rigging. These stationary members or fixed abutments are also secured in place by bolts 0' passing through timbers B B which are bolted to the main timbers of the car framing by bolts 0 O, 850., B B, &c., indicating transverse irons extending from one timber B to the other, and the said timbers B being also slotted at B B to receive the side edges of the stationary members or abutments E and E.

F and F are followers having flanges f which normally rest against the opposite faces of the abutments E and E, and between which are securedthe draw bar springs indi: cated at H. The body portionsf of the followers pass through holes e of the ahutments and rest in contact with fixed portions of the draw bar or its attachments. Thus the follower F is in contact with the gib K and the follower F with the rear of the draw bar proper I. These followers are made in the form of hollow cylinders, the perforations through them being indicated at f and the pipe section G extends across from one perforation to the other serving to hold the springs in position between the two followers.

1 indicates the draw bar proper and its inner end is preferably made with shoulders I both on top and below.

J J indicate thetail straps which are provided with hooked ends J to engage the shoulders I of the draw bar and are further secured to it by bolts as indicated'at H. The upper tail strap extends back from the draw bar proper through slots e in the abntments E and E, the lower tail strap lyingbeneath the abutments and between them and the transverse irons D D, &c. The rear ends of the tail straps are provided with pin holes J 2 each'having a slotted extension J extending out from the hole.

' K-indicates the gib which is secured between the rear ends of the two tail straps and by which the'draw bar is secured in position and in operative relation with the followers and springs. As shown this gib is provided with ribs K K both on top and bottom between which the two tail straps lie, and in the top of each rib is formed a transverse slot K to serve as a keyway for the purpose hereinafter described. The gib is formed with a pin-hole K and adjacent slot K adapted to register with pin holes and slots in the tail straps, and its front portion K rests in contact with the rearward extension of the follower F as shown in Fig. 1.

L is the locking pin which is provided with a laterally extending lug L at the top and preferably with a key slot L at the bottom.

The drawbar and its tail straps being brought to the position shown in Fig. 1 the gib K is slipped between the rear ends of the tail straps and brought to the position where its perforation will register with the perforation in the straps. The pin L is then thrust upward through the lower strap, through the v 5 gib and through the upper strap, the lug L key slot in the pin, its two ends engaging the key slots in the gib which efiectually prevent it from turning with the pin, and a ring or other convenient fastening device N is inserted through a hole M in the key to secure it in place. In this way a device at once simple, strong and efficient is provided for securing the draw bar in operative position,

and obviously'it can be both readily removed and inserted.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a draft riggingfor cars the combination of two tail straps secured to the draw-bar at their front ends and having holes J with a gib adapted to lie between the rear'ends of the tail straps and to engage the same to prevent twisting of the gib, a pin L having a lug L at its top adapted to pass through the slotted holes in the straps and to lock on the upper strap by turning the pin, said pin serving as an abutment to the gib and meansfor locking'the lower end of the pin on the lower strap.

2. In a draft rigging for-cars the combination of two-tail straps secured to the draw-bar at their front ends and having holes J 2 with slotted extensions J at their rear ends with a gib adapted to lie between the rear ends of the tailstrapsand to engage the same to preslotted extensions J at their rear ends with vent twisting of the gib, a pin L having alug i L at its top adapted to pass through the slotted holes in the straps and to lock on the upper strap by turning the pin, said pin serving as an abutment to the gib and having, a 59 key slot L at its bottom and a key as M adapted to pass through said key slot and below the lower strap.

- 3. In a draft rigging for cars the combina tion of two tail straps secured to the draw bar at their front ends and having holes J with slotted extensions J at their rear ends with a gib K having ribs K between which the straps pass, and a perforation K with slot K adapted to register with the perforations and 6a slots in the straps, a pin L havinga lug L at its top and means for locking the pin in place to hold the gib in position.

4. In a draft rigging for cars the combination of two tail straps secured to the draw bar j at their front ends and having holes J with slotted extensions J at their rear ends with a gib K having ribs K between which the straps pass, key slots K on its lower end, and a perforation K with slot K adapted to reg ister with the perforations and slots in the straps, a pin L having a lug L' at its top and means for locking the :pin in .place to hold the gib in position. I

5. In a draft rigging for cars the combiua 15 1 tion of two tail straps secured to thedraw-barat their front ends'and having holes J with slotted extensions J at their rear ends with a gib K having ribs K between which the straps pass, and a perforation Kwith slot K 8o 7 adapted to register with the perforations and slots in the straps a pin L 'havinga. lug L'at its top and key slot L at its bottom and a. key M adapted to pass through the-key slots K and L and lock the pin in position.

WM. .STEPHAN.

Vitn esses:

MARTIN FKOESTER, HENRY W. MEYER.

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