US840038A - Locomotive-tender. - Google Patents

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No. 840,038. PATENTED JAN. 1, 1907."- W. L. BASKINS.

- LOOOMOTIVE TENDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.15,1906.

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W. L. BASKINS. LOGOMOTIVE TENDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.15,1906.

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"' Patented Jan; 1,1907.

Application filed Mar 01115 190s. sea n. 366,275. I

To all whom it mag concern);-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. BAsKINs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alliance, in the county of Boxbutte and State .of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locomotive-Tenders, of which the following is a specification. y-This invention relates in general to a ten der for locomotives, and more particularly to an; improved method of constructing the coalbin, whereby "the coal can be mechanically fed toward the forward end of the tender, where it is readily accessible for feeding the fires under the engine.

The invention consists, essentially, in the formation of the coal-bin with a movable bottom, means being provided whereby the brittom can be tilted so as to form an inclined plane, which throws the coal toward the foraward end of the bin.

This construction would obviate the necessity of taking on coal at every coal-station and would also render it unnecessary for the fireman orbrakenian to pull the coal down within the tender.

For a full description of the invention and 'the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the folowing description and ac companying drawings, in which- .Figure 1 is a .ongitudinal sectional view through a tender constructed in accordance with the invention, showing the coal-bin as lowered and in normal position.

transverse sectional view through the same.

3 Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the r'earend of the coal-bin in an elevated position; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional viewthrough the cylinder, showing the method of connecting the piston-rod to the coal-bin.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in alltheviews of the drawings by the same thdbo'ttomfofthe tender at4, so that the reference characters. {f" The inventlon s shown as apphed to a tender similarto those common use in which the rear portion lief-occupied by the water tank, While-the forward portion 2 receives the coal-bin 3. This coal-bin 3 is constructedseparatefrom the tender, so as to fit withhithe -forward end thereof, and is hinged to rear portion can-beswung upwardly and the tmttorn ,of the bin thereby tilted I so as to termaiiilfute which will deliver the coal to- Fig. 2 is a readily removed through the coal-gate 5'. The sides of that portion of the tender within -which the coal-bin 3 rests have their upper portions beveled at 6, and the sides 7 of the coal-bin have their upper portions flared outwardly at 8 and then inwardly at 9, the outward-ly-flared portions 8 resting upon the beveled edges 6 of the sides of the tender. It may also be found desirable to extend the outwardly-flared portions 8 of the sides of the bin somewhat inwardly, as seen at 10,

deliver the coal from the sides of the bin toward the center thereof. seen that by flaring the upper portion of the bin the double object is accomplished of greatly increasing the capacity thereof and of so forming the bin that the coal will be delivered toward the center thereof, where it can be readily brought down to the coal-gate 5 by tilting the bin.-

ln order to elevate the rear end of the bin 3, an upright cylinder 11 is located beneath the tender and is provided with a piston, the piston-rod of which passes through the bottom of the tender and is connected to a block 15 by the ball-and-socket joint 14, the said block being slidably mounted between two guide members 16, secured to the bottom of the bin. This sliding connection movement of the parts when the bottom of the coal-bin is tilted. Thiscylinder 11 may be operated in any suitable manner, but is preferably connected .to .the locomotiveboiler by means of a steam-pipej12, provided parent" that by opening the valv e a'nd allowing the steam to enter the cylinder 11 the rear end of the coal-bin 3 will be forced upwardly and the contents thereof delivered toward the forward end. I

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. The combination of a tender provided with a coal-bin, a movable bottom for the coal-bin, a rod bearing-against one end of the movable bottom so as to tilt the same and form an inclined plane, the said rod having a slidable connection with the movable bottom, and means for operating the rod.

site sides of which are beveled, a movable coal-bin fitting within the tender and provided. with. oppositely-disposed sides, the

It will thus be serves to compensate for the longitudinal ,iiward the frontiof the bin, where it can, be" I thereby forming inclined planes which will with a suitable valve 13. It will-thus be ap- 1 2. Thecombination of a tender, the oppo- I IIO lower portions of which are approximately ter thereof, and meansjfor tilting the bin to vertical, while the upper portions are flared form an inclined plane for the delivery of the outwardly and adapted to rest upon the bevcoal toward the lower end thereof.

elededges of the sides of the tender, exten- In testimony whereofI affix my signature 5 sions projecting inwardly from the flared in presence of two witnesses.

' portions of the sides and extending somewhat beyond the lower vertical portions of W L BASKINS' the 'sides, the said extensions forming in- Witnesses: clined planes for throwing the coal away H. E. BAILEY,

m from the sides of the bin and toward the cenl J. R. BASKINS.

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