US732800A - Packing-holder for railway journal-boxes. - Google Patents

Description

E. J.'TRUDEAU.

PACKING HOLDER FOR RAILWAY JOURNAL BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

PATENTED JULY '7, 1903 UNITED STATES Patented July '7, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE J. TRUDEAU, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 732,800, dated July '7, 1903. Application filed February 15, 1902. Serial No. 94,220. (No model.) v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE J. TRUDEAU, a citizen of the United States,- and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing- Holders for Railway Journal-Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in packing-holders for railway journal boxes, and more particularly to a device adapted to yieldingly support packing of any desired kind or material in positive contact with the journal.

Heretofore it has been frequently the case that the rotation of the car axle or journal on long runs has caused the waste or other packing to be rolled somewhat to one side, while the constant jar and concussion of the truck tends to settle the packing away from the journal, thus permitting the same to become dry, with the eifect of heating and burning out the boxes.

The object of this invention is to provide a cheap, simple, and durable device which shall hold the packing of any desired material in positive engagement with the under side of the journal and so constructed as to prevent described, and more fully pointed out and defined in the appended claims. 7

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a journal-box, showing a device embodying my invention partially inserted in the box. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the holding device in position. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail showing a slightly-modified form of construction. tion of a device embodying my invention.

. Asshown in said drawings, A indicates a car-journal, and B the journal-box.

G indicates my improved packing-holder, as shown constructed of a sheet of reticulated material, such as expanded metal, having large open meshes and inturned raw-edged webs and which is bent to form a comparatively narrow bottom upwardly curved, and divergent side walls 0 c, which extend outwardly at the top sufficiently to fit closely within the sides of the journal-box. The upper edges of said side walls are turned inwardly toward and into proximity with the journal forming inwardly-directed edges 0 c, the raw edges of which hold the packing material from becoming compacted and from rolling from the journal. holder may be of any desired form transversely, as shown. However, the same is slightly arched or bent upwardly above the bottom of the box to permit afree circulation of the oil beneath the same and to permit any dirt, sediment, or other foreign material falling on the packing to pass therethrough into the bottom of the box and to a point below the packing. Said holder is so shaped transversely at its outer end as to permit the same to be slid into the journal-box without jacking up the box. To enable this to be done, the front or outer end ofthe holder is out obliquely downward, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, thereby making the bottom of the holder sufficiently shorter than the top to permit the same to slide readily into position beneath the end of the journal and when therein to fit comparatively closely in the bottom of the box longitudinally. The diverging sides possess considerable resiliency and act to yieldingly hold the packing at all times in engagement with the lower surface of the journal.

As a further improvement and to insure Fig. 5 is a side eleva- The bottom of said that the packingmaterial is at all times held The packing may obviously be of any desired material. Conveniently the same will be fine metallic wire or shavings intermixed with waste, jute, or other fiber.

The operation is as follows: The holder being slipped into position in the box and the packing placed therein, either loosely or in the form of a specially-prepared cartridge, said packing engages in the interstices of the holder and the raw edges of the webs of metal catch the fibers thereof, thereby firmly holding the packing from rolling with the journal or from other displacement. The inwardlydirected edges 0 engaging above the packing and extending to a point adjacent to the journal act to prevent the packing being rolled to one side by the continuous rotation of the journal. The packing is thus held at all times with its lubricating material constantly in operative position.

The springs D may be omitted or, if used, may be of any desired form or design of resiliency to support the ends of the holder. The resiliency of the expanded metal is amply suiiicient, however, to force and hold the packing positively against the under side of the journal at all times, preventing the packing settling away from the journal under the vibration or jar of the trucks. The oil is thus at all times delivered to the journal freely, though but a small amout of oil be in the box, and all dust, dirt, or journal wear settles down through the packing and falls through the large meshes or interstices in the metal into the bottom of the box, where it cannot injure the hearing.

The form of the holder may vary in crossseetion, and any form, kind, or construction of expanded metal may be used as preferred. Also any preferred kind of packing may be used.

Obviously many details of construction may be modified without departing from the principles of my invention.

I claim as my invention 1. As an article of manufacture, a resilient holder for car-journal packing, comprising a sheet of expanded metal bent to form an upwardlycurved bottom and divergent side walls and adapted to fit closely in the journal-box below and to yieldingly support packing against the journal, the upper edges of the side walls being directed inwardly into proximity with the journal and partly over the packing, the raw-edged webs of the metal being turned inwardly and engaging the packing and acting to hold the same from displacement or compacting.

2. As an article of manufacture, a holder for car-journal packing comprising a sheet of expanded metal having inturned raw-edged webs and large open meshes and bent longitudinally to provide a resilient transversely curved or arched bottom adapted to engage on the bottom of the journal-box and resilient integral divergent side walls which near their upper edges fit closely between the sides of the box, the top margins of said side walls being turned inwardly and adapted to extend into proximity with the journal when in place, the outer end of the holder being cut away near the bottom to permit ready insertion into the box, the raw edges of all the Webs acting to engage and hold the packing from rolling and compacting.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EUGENE .T TRUDEAU. iVitnesses:

O. XV. HILLs, ALFRED O. ODELL.

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