US592892A - William stenger - Google Patents

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(N0 Model.)

W. .STENGER. GAR COUPLING.

No. 592,892. Patented Nov. 2, 1897.

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PATENT OFFICE,

OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO V. E. ROBERTS, OF SAME PLACE.

-CAR-CQUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 592,892, dated November 2, 1897. Application filed May4, 1897. Serial No. 635,056- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 0

Be it known that I, WILLIAM STENGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Germano, in the county of Harrison and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Car- Coupling, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in car-couplings.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of car-couplings and to provide a simple, strong, and durable one capable of coupling automatically and of being readily uncoupled without going between cars and adapted touncouple automatically in event of a car being overturned, and thereby prevent one car from dragging another over an embankment.

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

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a car-coupling constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to a car. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

1 designates a draw-head mounted on a car 2 and cushioned by a spring 3, and it is provided with a longitudinal link-opening and guiding a link 4 into the same. The link, which consists of a straight bar, is provided with semi arrowheads 5, forming shoulders at the upper face of the bar and providing beveled ends, which are adapted when .two cars come together for coupling to raise and pass under a transversely-disposed spring-pressed bar 6 and engage the same, whereby the cars are coupled. The spring pressed bar 6, which is mounted in an opening 7 of the draw-head, is guided by vertical rods 8, mounted in suitable perforations of the draw head and extendingbeneath the same. The lower portions of the rods 8 are enlarged to form shoulders for engaging the lower face of the spring-pressed bar 6, and spiral springs 9 are interposed between the upper face of the bar 6 and the top wall of the opening 7, which is substantially L-shaped in side elevation, being provided at the bottom with a rearward extension.

The upper ends of the rods are connected by a cross-piece 10, located above the drawhead and secured to the rods by upper and lower nuts 11. The upper terminals of the rods are threaded to receive the nuts 11,which engage the upper and lower faces of the crosspiece 10.

The operation of uncoupling is performed by means of a transverse rock-shaft 12, journaled in suitable bearings of the car 2 and arranged at the outer edge of the end sill, which forms a narrow platform in the usual manner. The rock-shaft is provided with a forwardly-extending centrally-arranged arm 13,; loosely engaging under the connecting cross-piece l0 and adapted to lift the same when the rock-shaft is partially rotated. By

arranging the forwardly-extending arm 13 beneath the cross-piece 10 in the manner shown the connection does not interfere with the longitudinal play of the draw-head.

The rook-shaft is provided at its ends with handles 14 to enable the operation of uncoupling to be performed from either side of the car, and it hasa centrally-arranged inwardlyextending arm 15, located directly over the platform or end sill and adapted to be depressed by the foot of a train hand, whereby the operation of uncoupling may be performed While standing upon the end sill. The end sill is provided with a slot or opening 16 to receive the foot-operated arm 15, and the latter is preferably formed integral with the arm 13, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Any suitable means may be provided for enabling the operation of uncoupling to be performed from the top of the car, and an upwardly-extending arm may beprovided for turning the rock-shaft from the platform of a coach.

Should a car overturn, the draw-head will be arranged horizontally, which will bring the link edgewise to the spring-pressed bar,

and as the shoulder is on the upper face of the link the latter will pull out of the drawhead.

The rods, which are vertically movable in the draw-head, are provided at their lower ends with heads forming stops to limitthe upward movement of them.

It will be seen that the car-coupling is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it is automatic in coupling, and that it may be readily uncoupled without going between cars.

It will also be apparent that it will uncouple automatically should a car overturn and that it is adapted to be coupled with any ordinary pin-and-link car-coupling, as the drawhead is provided with a coupling-pin perforation in advance of the spring-pressed bar.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. The combination of a draw-head, a link, vertically-movable rods extending through the top and bottom of the draw-head and provided with shoulders located at the bottom of the draw-head, the transverse bar mounted in the draw-head on the rods and engaging the link, said transverse barbeing capable of vertical movement independent of the rods and adapted to be engaged by the shoulders thereof, springs disposed on the rods and interposed between the top of the draw-head and the transverse bar, and means for lifting the rods, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination with a car having a projecting end sill provided in its upper face with a slot or opening 16 disposed longitudinally of the car, a draw-head mounted thereon, vertical guide-rods passing through the draw-head, a transverse bar arranged on the guides and adapted to engage a link, a cross piece conneetin g the upper ends of the rods, a rock-shaft journaled on the end sill of a car and provided with an. outwardly-extending arm loosely engaging the lower face of the cross-piece, and the inwardly-extending arm rigid with the rock-shaft, arranged over the slot or opening 16, and adapted to be depressed into the same by the foot, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM STENGER.

Witnesses:

W. E. ROBERTS, ALPHEUS LOWMILLER.

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