US757546A - Smoke-conveyer. - Google Patents

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No. 757,546. r PATENTED APR. 19, 1904.

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SMOKE GONVEYER. Arrmonzon rILnn JULY 1?, 1903. no MODEL.

UNITED STATES .ii'atented April 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM LLOYD GALE, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,546, dated April 19, 1904.

I Application filed July 17, 1903. Serial No. 166,015. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be itlrnown that I, WILLIAM-LLOYD GALE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefierson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Smoke-Conveyor, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in smoke-conveyors of that general class employedfor conveying smoke and 'cinders from a locomotive smoke-stack to the rear end of the train in order to avoid damage and inconvenience due to the entrance of smoke and cinders to the cars.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a smoke-conveyer'Of simple and economical construction-which may be readily adjusted to permit connection between the members carried by the several cars to thereby form a continuous duct from end to end of the train.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved form of smoke-conveyor in which the parts are so disposed as to'permit automatic coupling, the parts being so arranged as to be coupled together at the same stationary section extending to points near each end of the car and reversible telescopic section's carried at the end of each car and serving as coupling members between thestationary sections of adjacent cars.

A still further object'of the invention is to improve the construction of the device at the point of connection with the smoke-stack of p the locomotive, so that when necessary the engineer may provide a free outlet for the prodnets of combustion in case the engine is not ance with the invention.

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steaming properly or at the start of a fire or in other cases where the engine is stationary and it does not become necessary to convey the products of combustion to the rear end of the train. 1

Withthese and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts herein described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed outin the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size, and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an elevation of a portion of a train provided with a smoke-conveyor constructed in accord- Fig. 2 is a detail elevation, on an enlarged scale, of one of the adjustable telescopic members carried by the end' of each car. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan v view of the same. Fig. 4: is an elevation, partly Similar characters of reference are employed I to indicate corresponding parts throughout the In the drawings there is shown a portion of a railway-train including an engine A, a tender B, and a coach C, all of these carrying sections of the smoke-conveyer and such sections being so arranged as to permit of disconnection when the parts which compose the train are uncoupled.

The main portion of the conveyer carried by each car comprises a rigid tube-section 1,

' tions and serve to restore the parts to initial position when the train is running on a straight track. in diameter, as indicated at 8, in order to serve as a support for an end member 9 of cylindrical form, the outer terminal of said end member being flared to receivethe mating end of an adjustable section carried by an adjacent car. The tube-section 5 and the tubesection 9 are each provided with a pair of pins 11, preferably disposed at diametrically opposite points of the vertical plane of the tubecasing, and said pins are connected in pairs by a link 12, that is preferably triangular in form, one of said links being arranged at the top and another at the bottom of the conveyertube, and said links being connected in pairs by an operating-lever 13, which may be moved out at a right angle to the longitudinal casing of the tube in order to draw the pins closer together and in this manner shorten the length of the adjustable and yieldable section as a whole in order thereby to facilitate the connection and disconnection of the parts and disconnect these sections from the stationary tube-section Without disturbing the latter.

The tube- sections 5 and 9 are connected by a pair of automatically-opposed rods 14,- one end of each rod being pivotally connected to a stud 16, carried by the section 5, while the v opposite end of each rod extends through an opening formed in a lug 17 on the opposite section 9.

On the rod is mounted a helical compression-spring 18, which normally tends to support the two sections and is compressed as the lever is turned in'a direction at right angles to the length of the conveyer tube. The links 12, which embrace the pins 11, are triangular in form, the longer side of the triangle permitting the end member 9 to move outward to its fullest extent, while-the shorter sidegives the limit of inward movement of said section 9, and one or both of the arms at the short side are provided with notches 20 to receive and hold the pins, so that it will require some little effort to restore the lever 13 to its normal position in alinement with the conveyer-tube.

At the opposite side of the main section 2 are tube- sections 5 and 9, corresponding substantially in structure to sections 5 and 9, previously described, with the exception that The outer end of section 5 is reducedthe section 9' is reduced in diameter in order that it may fit within the flaring end 10 of a section carried by an adjacent car. This section 9 is further provided with a plurality of rounded fingers 21 in order to facilitate its entrance to such flaring section 9 should two adjacent cars to be coupled be of different height or should the tube-sections be as when the cars are standing on a curved portion of the track. Y

. The parts as arranged in Fig. 2 are adjust ed to proper position for a train traveling in the direction of the arrow; but when the train is traveling in the opposite'directio-n the tele scopic tube-sections are turned end for end,

to accomplish which it is merely necessary to move the levers outward at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the tube in order to move themembers 9 and 9 inward, and thus uncouple such members from the rigid tubesection and permit the engagement of the opposite member therewith.

Where the parts are always disposed in the same relative position, as in the connection between the engine and its tender, the connection may be-made by providing the engine-section with a freely-yieldable end member 25, connected to the main tube-section by the links 6 and provided with tension-springs 7 in order to restore the parts to initial position and to permit the yielding of the sections of the tube as the train is traveling on curved portions of the track.

In carrying out the invention it is necessary to provide some means for permitting the products of combustion to escape directly from the smoke-stack without passing through the conveyer-tube, as in the start ofa fire or in case the engine is not steaming properly. This is provided for by forming an opening 26 in the top of the conveyer-tube at a point in vertical alinement with the smoke-stack and by providing the top of the smoke-stack with an adjustable deflector 27, connected by a rod 28 to a covering-plate 29, that normally closes the opening and prevents the direct passage of the products of combustion from the smoke-stack to the outer air. The deflector 27 is pivoted on studs 30 and to its lower end is connected a rod 31, leading to the cab of the engine within convenient reach of the engineer.

Under ordinary running conditions the deflector is disposed at an angle of forty-five degrees, and the products of combustion issuing from the stack are deflected into the smokeconveyer tube and there met with a current of air entering through the enlarged mouth of the tube and are carried back to the rear end of the train. When the fire is not burning properly, the engineer pulls on the connecting-rod 31 and raises the deflector to a vertical position. This causes the opening movement of the cover 29 through its confleeting-rod 28 and allows the products of combustion to escape directly to the outer air through the opening 2-6.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is 1. In a smoke-conveyer, a rigid tube-section carried by each car, reversible end sections also carried by each car, said members being telescopically adjustable, pins carried by adjacent telescopic members, adjustingdevers having links triangular in form and embracing said pins, and springs normally tending to support said members, substantially as bers having means for adjusting the same, rods connecting the members, said rods being pivotally connected at one end of one of said members, perforated guide-lugs for the reception of the opposite end of the rod, anoha spring encircling each rod and tending to separate the members, the pivotal connection of the rod permitting lateral play of the parts to follow the movement of the train.

4. In a smoke-conveyor, a conveyer-tube having an outlet-opening in vertical alinement with the smoke-stack of the engine, a cover normally closing said opening, a deflector pivoted to the smoke-stack and connected to said cover, and means for adjusting the deflector and simultaneously movingsaid cover to opening position.

5. In a smoke-conveyer, a conveyer-tube having an opening directly in alinement with the smoke-stack of the engine, a deflector pivoted to the smoke-stack and normally inclined with respect both to the horizontal and vertical to thereby deflect the products of combustion from the stack to the tube, an operating rod connected to the deflector, a cover nor mally closing the opening, and a linkor rod connecting the deflector with the cover, substantially as specified. c

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

WILLIAM LLOYD GALE.

Witnesses:

HOWARD J EFFERIS, DELL BROWN.

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