US742237A

US742237A - Thill-coupling.

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Publication number: US742237A
Application number: US13759403A
Authority: US
Inventors: Samuel P Rodabaugh; John Carr
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1903-01-02
Filing date: 1903-01-02
Publication date: 1903-10-27
Anticipated expiration: 1920-10-27

Description

No. 742,237. PATENTED 00T. 27,' 190s.

S. P. RODABA-UGH & J. GARR.

THILI. GOUPLING.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 2. 1903.

UNITED ST1-trasv Patented October 27, 1903.

A'TnNT OFFICE.

SAMUEL P. RODABAUGH, OF BETHANY, AND JOHN CARR, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

THILLGCOUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 742,237, dated October 27, 1903.

Application tiled January Z, 1903. `Serial No. 137,594. (No model.)

' To all 'whom t may concern:

v secured to the axle.

The construction and operation aswell as the advantages of our invention will fully appear hereinafter and by reference to the accompanyin'g drawings, in which- Figure l is a top plan view of our invention; Fig. 2, a front View in elevation; Fig. 3, a side view in elevation, and Fig. 4 a detail view of the pivoted jaw'detached from the coupler.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, A

represents one of our improved thill-coup- 1ers, shown attached to the axle B by means of a clip C, which is secured in holes D in the coupler by means of nuts E. The Yfront of the coupler A consists of a rigid jaw F having a pintle G secured thereto,'and a jaw II, pivoted at the other side of the coupler A and having a hole h to register with the pin,`

tle G. The fixed jaw F is cut down at its front and has formed integral therewith or' rigidly secured thereto an offset I, which extends across the front of the device and has a slot z' in its free end to receive a lug K on the front of the'pivoted jaw I-I. In order to hold the pivoted jaw in a locked position, I

provide a spring-catch L on the front of offset I, having a shoulder Z. at its free end to t into angular grooves M and M in the edge of the offset I andlug K, respectively, which are in alinement when the pivoted jaw F is in a locked position.

It will be readily understood from this description that thills provided with irons having horizontally-bored heads are coupled by sliding them on the pintles G when the jaws I-I are open. The jaws H are then closed and held in a locked position by means of springcatches L.

Having thus described our inyeution, what we claim is Y A l. In a thill-coupler, a fixed jaw having an olfset across the front of the coupler, a pivoted jaw, means to secure the thill between said jaws, and a spring-catch secured'to said offset and adapted to engage the pivoted jaw to hold it in a locked position, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a thill-cou-pler, a fixed jaw having an offset across the front of the coupler, a horizontal swinging jaw, means to secure the thill between said jaws, and a spring-catch secured to said offset and adapted to engage the pivoted jaw to hold it in a locked position, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a thill-coupler, a fixed jaw having an offset across the front of the coupler, a pintle secured to said fixed jaw, a pivoted jaw having a hole to register with said pintle, and a spring-catch secured to said offset and adapted to engage the pivoted jaw to-hold it in a locked position, substantially as shown and described. .f

4. In a thill-coupler, a fixed jaw, a pivoted jaw, an offset on said fixed jaw, having a'slot and an angular groove, a lug on the pivoted jaw to register with said slot and grooved in alinement with the groove in said odset when in a locked position, and a spring-catch having a head to register with said grooves, substantially as shown and described.

5.,- A thill-coupler secured to a wagon-axle by means of a clip passing through holes in the coupler, a xed jaw seenred thereto, ai grooves in the offset andl lug, substantially horizontally-swinging jaw pivoted thereon, a as shown and described. pintie secured to the fixed jaw to register In testimony whereof We hereto aiiix our with a hole in the swinging jaw when locked, signatn res in the presence of two Witnesses. 5 an offset on the front of the fixed jaw having s A a slot and an angular groove, a lug on the ggERRODAb/XUGH pivoted jaw to register with said slot `mid grooved in alinement with the groove in said Vitnesses: offset when in a locked position, and a spring- S. J. DENNIS, I) catch having a head to register with the W. B. HESTER.