US828177A - Car-coupling. - Google Patents

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PATENTED AUG. '7, 1906.

A. J. BAZELE1.

OAR COUPLING.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 28. 1904. RENEWED Nov. 27, 1905.

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CAR COUPLING.

- APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 28. 1904. RENEWED NOV. 27, 1905.

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INVENTOR J -ullmm WITNESSES 6? of the lock and t The purpose of my invention is to provide in its locked position. provided, which engages UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ARTHUR JAMES BAZELEY, OF

NATIONAL CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE MALLEABLE CASTINGS COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND,

OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO- C moouPuMe.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed J' 11115 28, 1904. Renewed November 27,

"Patented Aug. 7., 1906.

1905. Serial No. 289.245-

Zo all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, ARTHUR JAMES BAZE- LEY, of Oleveland,'Cuyahoga county, Ohio,

have invented a new and useful Car-Coupler,

of which the following is a full, clear, and ex -act description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 shows two of my couplers coupled together, one of them being in plan and the other in horizontal section. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation, partlyin .vertical section, the coupler being, in locked position. Fig. 3 is a front elevation showing the knuckle-tail in vertical section and the device in lock-set position. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of Fi 1, partly broken away and showing the fool: locked. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section showing the knuckle open. Fig. 6 is a rear elevation, partly in section, the knuckle being openand the lever-18 raised to full 0 ening position; and Fi ,7 illustrates a modi cation is opening member.

a car-coupler of simple construction adapted without the necessity of the operator passing between the cars to lock and unlock the knuckle to throw the knuckle open or to lofckset itthat is to say, to unlock it and to leave it in unlocked position, so that it will open when the coupler to which it is coupled is pulled away. Means are also provided by which the lock is locked and held positively from creeping upwardly. All these features are secured with simplicity of apparatus and with greater efficiency than heretofore, and as these matters are of great moment in carcoupler constructions my invention is of importance and value.

and adapted'to fit beneath a shoulder on the draw-head for the purpose of holdingthe lock An opening-lever is the sliding opening member, moves it independently of the lock,

' so as to free it from beneath the shoulder in the draw-head, and then raises the lock and pushes the opening member against the knuckle for the purpose of moving the knuckle openQ attached by a on the interior of the c0upler-head,and has also the knuckle-tail a shoulder formed by a recess 7 for the purpose of supporting the lock in lockset position. ,A coupler-knuckle thus formed with a hook for engaging a shoulder on a draw-head and having on the rear surface of its tail a shoulder for holding the lock in lockset position is new in itself, and I intend to make special claim thereto.

The lock 8 is vertically movable and 1s set in a recess 9 in the couplenhead. It 1s ca able of movin vertically in this recess an of being rotate therein. To provide for 1ts rotation,the up er end of the recess is closedby a cap 9, who 1 is preferably removable, being rotary locking device 10.

In the'operation of the lock it is first hfted so as to bring its upper end into contact with the cap and is then rotated, the rotat on belng facilitated, preferably, by a projectlon 8 at the upper end of the lock, which serves as a vertical pivot and engages the under side of the cap, preferably in a curved recess thereon. The lock has a locking portion 11 and below it a cut-away or recessed portion 12, so that when the lock is in its lowest position the lockin portion is opposite the ta1l of the knuck e and confines the same, and 1f-1t 1s raised the recessed portion will be brought opposite to the knuckle-tail and Wlll leave it free to be swung open. -At the lower end of the lock and mounted in an inclined shdeway 13 thereof is an opening member 14, preferably of approximately U shape, one of 1ts arms fitting in the inclined slot 13, its mteron its outer lateral face and below the top of mediate portion being substantially horizon tal and its other arm having ashoulder 15, adapted to take under a shoulder 16 1n the draw-head, and having ashoulder orpro ec tion 17, adapted to take into the recess 7 on the knuckle when in lock-setting position.

When the lock is in its locking position, the

member 14 fits in a vertical recess B in the ICC 45 thus causing its'inner end-toengage the memflo or of the coupler-head and is held thereby from turning horizontally. It may also be held from turning by being formed with a squared portion b, which when the coupler is locked fits against as uared'portion ofthe draw-head, Figs. 1 an 2, but which when .the lock is raised comes opposite to a recess and will then oppose no obstacle to the turnin of the lock, Fig. 6.

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elow the member 14 18 an opening arm or lever 18, which is fulcrumed in the-draw-head on a pin 19, inolined so that the lever will ,turn in an inclined plane having an upward and forward'dnectlon, the upper direction being for the purpose of raising the lock by motion imparted primarily to the opening member and the forward direction beingfor the purpose of pushing the opening member -14 against-the knuckle, and thus throwing the knuckle-open, the lock meanwhile rotating on its'verti oal axis, so as tofaccommodate itself tothe; motion of the opening member. The lower jurface of the opening member 14 is Ibeveled, as shown, in order thatit may present a surface approximately at right angles to the plane of motion of the opening-lever and may thus facilitate its action.

When the parts of the coupler are in locked position, the tail of the knuckle extends toward the rean of the coupler and the lock is in its lowest position, with the portion 11 thereof blocking the tail of the knuckle, and theopening member 14 also in its lowest pos1t1on,hav1ng moved downwardlyin the inclined slot 13, its shoulder 15 fitting under the shoulder 16 on the draw-head, Fig. 2. If

" aim the jarring motion of the car the lock should tend to rise, it cannot draw the member away from the shoulder 16, and the enagement of the member 14 with said shouli er will positively and effectively hold the 'lockdown. in its locked position.

-.If it is-desired to unlock and lock-set the f coupler-without throwing the knuckle open,

the operator moves the opening-lever 18,

' :ber 14 and to move it in the inclined slot 13,

thusreleasing its shoulder 15 from engagemerit with the shoulder 16 on the draw-head, s until the lockin I the knuckle an' I as freed. the same, and the and thenraising-it, together with. the lock 8, ortion-11 has passed above member 14 is lifted above the limit of the slot osite to the recess 7 onthe rear face of the uckle-tail, and thezopening member 14 being free to turn radially. the leverthen turns it on the vertical axis ofthe lock, bringing the-shoulder 17 'intothe recess 7, Fig. 3. This su-pportsthe member 14, and the lock in unlocked position, leavin the knuckle free to .be pulled .open when t e car to which it is silentwith-the. coupler of another car an it .o'oupled is drawn away. A p I.

'I the knuckle is closed andnot int en'ga e- .is desired to 'swin 'B. This motion brings the shoulder 17 on- 'ituated by motion imparted primaril the lock turns; substantially as described.

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operator moves t e lever 18 to its full ex- .tent, Figs. 5 and 6. This raises the-member 14 free of the recess B in the floor of the A coupler-head, as above-explained,';a-nd then turns it radially on the axis of the lock and pushes the knuckle into open position. When the knuckle is next moved back, it will push the member 14 before it until said member comes above the recess B in the floor e he coupler-head, when the lock and u ning member will drop and thelock enga g the. front of the knuckle-tail will hold it in locked position.

Within the scope of the invention as herein claimed the parts may be modified in many ways. Thus thegpurpose of making the,

opening member 14 separate from the lock and fitting it movable thereto is to enable the lock to be this function is not desired the opening member 14 may be made integral with thelock and the shoulder 15 dispensedwith.

locked in its locked position; but if .In Fig. 71 show another modificationin which the opening member 14 is connected by a pivotal joint 20 with the lock 8 and thus affords the slight independent motion necessary to cause the shoulder 15 to engagethe down-holding shoulder 16 on the drawhead.

Other modifications may be made by those 4 skilled in the art.

I clai1n- I 1. A coupler having an opening member and an upwardly-movable look rotating on its. vertical axis and actuated by the opening and an upwardly-movable lock rotating on its vertical axis and a lifting and rotating device which acts upon the opening member; 1 substantially as described.

4. A coupler having an opening member I and an upwardly-movable lock rotating on its vertical axis, and an opening-lever journaled to rotate in an inclined plane; substantially as described.

5. A coupler having an opening member and an upwardly-movable rotating lockacto the opening member, a recess in the coup er-head in which said 0 ening member is movable and means for li ting it above the recess an turning it; substantially as described.

an upwardly-movable lock, means for moving it upwardly, movement constituting a bearing on WhlCh 6. A coupler having an opening member,

and a stop for its upward 7. A coupler having an opening member extending under the knuckle-tail adapted to engage the rear side thereof, and an upwardlymovable rotating lock actuated by motion imparted primarily to the opening member; substantially as described.

8. A coupler having an upwardly-movable look, a down-holding shoulder and an opening member connected to the lock and adapted to have a small motion independent thereof to en age the down-holding shoulder; substantially as described.

9. A coupler having an upwardly-movable rotating look, a down-holding shoulder and an opening member connected to the lock and adapted to have a small sliding motion independent thereof to engage the downholding shoulder; substantially as described.

10. A coupler having an opening member extending under the knuckle-tail adapted to engage the rear side thereof, and an upwardly-movable lock, said openin member being movably attached to the 100 to actuate said lock and adapted to engage a shoul der on the coupler -head substantially as described.

1 1. A coupler having an upwardly-moving lock set in a recess in the coupler-head, and having a stop at the upper end to constitute a bearing for the look to turn said lock on an upright axis; substantially as described.

12. A coupler having an upwardly-movable rotating lock, and an opening member connected to the lock and adapted to have a small motion independent thereofto engage a down-holding shoulder; substantially as described.

13. 'A coupler-knuckle having a hook for engaging a shoulder on the draw-head and having on the outer lateral face of the knuckle tail, below the u persurface thereof, a re cess forming an adiacent shoulder for holding the coupler-lock in lock-set position; substantially as described.

14. A coupler-lock having an opening member connected thereto at its lower end and having a small motion independent thereof; substantially as described. v

15. Acoupler-lock adapted to move vertically and having at its upper end a pivotal projection substantially as described.

16. A coupler-knuckle having on the outer lateral face of its rearwardly-extending tail a recess below the upper face of the tail, said recess forming an adjacent shoulder for holding the coupler-lock in lock-set pos1t1on;substantially as described.

17. A coupler having a horizontally-rotatable locking and opening piece, a ortion of which is adapted to lock the knuc le and a portion of which is adapted to move it forward, and alever for pushing said piece forward against the knuckle; substantially as described.

18. A coupler having a locking and opening piece, a portion of which is adaptedto lock the knuckle, and a portion of which is adapted to move it forward and a lever adapted to engage the lower art of said piece and to free it from the :nuckle and push it forwardly against the knuckle; substantially as described.

19. A coupler having a lock provided with an opening member adapted for independent motion relatively to the lock, and arranged to eng ge the coupler-head to lock the lock; substantially as described.

20. A coupler having a lock provided with an opening member adapted for independent motion relatively to the lock, and an actuatingiece adapted to engage the opening member and to transmit motion through the opening member to the lock; substantially as described. I

21. A coupler having a lock provided with an opening member adapted for independent motion relatively to the lock, and arranged to engage the coupler-head to lock the lock, and an actuating-piece adapted to engage opening member to free it from such locking engagement and by a contir. iedmovement to transmit motion to the through the opening member substanti s described.

A coupler havhy; a locl oval ed with an. opening member adapted for independent .motion relatively to the loc and roustructed to engage the knuckle to tack-sot the lock; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

Alill l U R JAMES BAZELEY.

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