US566749A - farlow - Google Patents

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- 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. FARLOW.

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GAR GOUPLING.

No. 566,749. Patehted Sept. 1, 1896.

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No. 566,749. Patented Sept. 1, 1896.

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JAMES FARLOYV, OF GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JACK SIMPSON, OF SAME PLACE.

.CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,749, dated September 1, 1896.

Application filed January 31, 1896. Serial No. 577,574. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.- nected with the car by a chain. The perfo- Be it known that I, JAMES FARLOW, a citirations 12 are arranged at the front or outer zen of the United States, residing at Greenend of the frame or support 4, and are discastle, in the county of Putnam and State of posed at diiferent elevations to receive the 55 Indiana, have invented a new and useful Oarremovable pin 11, upon which the drawhead Coupling, of which the following is a specifiis supported.

cation. The draw-head is provided with a longitu- The invention relates to improvements in dinal link-opening, and the link is engaged car-couplings. by a catch 13, pivoted at the top of the drawre The object of the present invention is to head in a slot or opening thereof by a transimprove the construction of car-couplings to verse pin. The catch is provided above the enable the same to be coupled automatically draw-head with an inwa1=dl -*-disposed suband to permit cars to be uncoupled withoutstantially L-shaped extension 14E, and aweight going between them. 15 is connected with the outer extremity of 15 The invention consists in the construction the extension by means of a chain 16. One and novel combination and arrangement of end of the chain is secured to the car and the parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated other end to the extension of the catch. The in the accompanying drawings, and pointed weight is located at an intermediate point out in the claims hereto appended. and is adapted to hold the catch in engage- 20 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective ment with the link. \Vhen the link enters view of acar-coupling constructedin accordthe draw-head, it is capable of lifting the ance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longicatch and passing the same, and the couptudinal sectional view showing two drawling is automatic. It is held in a horizontal heads coupled. Fig. 3 is a transverse secposition for guiding it into the mouth of a 7 5 2 5 tional view. Fig. at is a detail view of the draw-head by a vertical rod 17, arranged in pivoted catch. a perforation of the draw-head and provided Like numerals of reference designatecorrewith a shoulder 18 for engaging the upper spending parts in all the figures of the drawface of the link. A spiral spring is disposed ings. on the lower portion of the rod 17, and is ino 1 designates a draw-head mounted on a car terposed between the lower face of the draw- 2 and having its draw-bar 3 arranged within head and a flange or head of the rod. The a suitable support or frame 4 of the car. The upper end of the rod is provided with a nut, draw-head is pivoted at its inner end to the or other suitable head, which rests upon the frame at by a transverse fastening device 5. upper face of the draw-head and limits the It is capable of vertical adjustment to raise downward movement of the rod. and lower the draw-head, and it is provided The operation of uncoupling is performed with a longitudinal opening 6, in which is arfrom the sides of the car by a transverse rockranged the said fastening device 5 and a fasshaft 20, journaled in suitable bearings, protening device 7 The fastening device 7 is vided at its ends with handles and having at 0 0 arranged in vertical slots or openings 8 of the an intermediate point an arm 21, arranged to sides of the frame or support at, and spiral engage the laterally-disposed portion of the springs 9 are disposed on the draw-bar in ad- L-shaped extension of the catch and adapted vance and in rear of the fastening device 7, to lift the same to swing the catch rearward whereby the draw-head is cushioned in its in out of engagement with the link. A curved 9 5 5 ward and outward movement. ratchet 22 is mounted on the car adjacent to The draw-head is secured at any desired one of the bearings of the rock-shaft, and is vertical adjustment for properly guiding a adapted to be engaged by the adjacent handle link 10 into another draw-head by a removof the rock-shaft, which is capable of a limited able transverse pin 11, adapted tobe arranged longitudinal movement to enable its handle 5c in any one of a series of perforations 12 of to be engaged with and disengaged from the the frame or support 4, and preferably conratchet. Thehandle is maintained in engagement with the ratchet by a spiral spring 22, disposed on the rock-shaft and interposed between the arm 21 and the bar which is arranged contiguous to the ratchet. Any suit able means may be provided for enabling the operation of uncoupling to be performed from the top of a box-car.

It Will be seen that the car-coupling is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it is capable of automatically coupling, and that it is adapted to be readily uncoupled Without going between the cars. It Will also be seen that simple and efficient means are provided for holding a link in a horizontal position for guiding it into the mouth of a draw-head, and that the draw-head is capable of vertical adjustment to enable twodraw-heads to be arranged in the same horizontal plane.

Changes in the form proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What-I claim is- 1. In a car-coupling, the combination with a car, of adraW-head, a pivoted catch mounted on the draw-head and provided at its. top, with an, extension projecting laterally from the draw -head, a rock-shaft journaled on the car and having an arm arranged teen-gage and lift the extension of the catch, and a Weight provided with a chain connected With the car and with the extension of the catch, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2... In a car-coupling, the combination with a car, of a draw-head, a pivoted catchmountedon the draw-head and having an extension at its top, a rock-shaftv journaled on the car, capable of limited longitudinal movement, and provided with a handle and with anarm arranged to engage the extension of the catch, a ratchetmounted on. the car in position to be engaged by the arm of the rock-shaft, and a spring for holding the handle of the rockshaft in engagement with the ratchet, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a car-coupling, the combination with a car, of a draw-head, a catch pivotally mounted on the draw-head and provided at its top with an extension, a springactuated rod mounted on the draw-head and having a shoulder for engaging a link, a rock-shaft journaled on the car and provided with an arm for engaging the extension of the catch and capable of a limited longitudinal movement, a ratchet mounted on the car in position to be engaged by the rock-shaft, and a spiral spring disposed on the rock-shaft and :holding the same in engagement With the ratchet, substantially asdescri-bed.

4. In a car cou-pling', the combination with a. car, of a frame or supportmounted thereon and provided ati-ts-sides with vertical open- .ings and having a series of perforations, a

draw-head having a draw-bar provided with alongitudinal opening, fastening devices arranged in the longitudinal opening of the draw-bar andpassing through the sides of the frame or support, one of the fastening. devices forming a pivot, andthe other being arranged J in the openings of the sides of the frame or I support, springs for cushioning the draw-head,

and a removable pin arranged in one of the perforationsof the frame or support and adjustably supporting the draw-head substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myown I have hereto aifixedmysignature in the presenceof two Witnesses.

JAMES FARLOVV.

Witnesses:

JACK SIMPSON, M. D. BRIDGES.

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