US90573A

US90573A - Peters

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Publication number: US90573A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1869-05-25
Anticipated expiration: 1886-05-25

Description

W. B. PARSONS.

Car Coupling.

Patented May 25, 1869.

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Letters Patent No. 90,573, dated May 25, 1869. d

IMPROVED CAR-COUPLING.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent: and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. PARSONS, of Short Tract, in the county of Allegany, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gar-Coupling; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descliption thereof, reference being had to the accolnpaii'yin g drawings, making part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, like letters indicating like parts, wherever they occur.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

' My invention relates to car-couplings; and consists in a novel construction of the parts, so arranged that the cars will couple automatically.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my coupling.

Figure 2, a longitudinal vertical section, on the line at x of fig. 1.

Figures 3 and 4, end views of the two couplingheads.

I construct two boxes, or heads, A and B, and secure them to the under side of the cars.

The head, A, I attach to one car, and the head, B, to the adjacent end of the next car, as usual.

In the head, A, I mount the rotating coupling-rod O, which extends out through the front end of the head a considerable distance, and is formed, on its outer end, with the fiat, pointed head, I), as shown in figs. 1, 2, and 4.

To the rod 0 within the head, A, I attach a weight, h, which, when allowed to hang free, will. retain the rod 0 in such position that the head, D, lies horizontal, as shown in figs. 1, 2, and 3.

To one side of the head, A, I pivot a hand-lever, G,

:which extends upthrough the platform of the car, and

on thennder side of the platform connect it by a link, H, with the short arms a on the upper side of the rod 0, all as shown in figs. l, 2, and 4, so that, by moving the lever over in the position shown by the red linesin fig. 4, the head, I), will be turned so as to stand ver tical.

To hold the lever G up, as indicated by the red lines, I provide a spring-catch, I, with an inclined face,

and which, when the lever is thrown over, engages with it, and prevents it from falling back.

I also provide a horizontal sliding bolt, L, the rear end of which abuts against the catch I, and the front End extending out past the end of the car, as shown in The coupling-head B consists simply of the body, having pivoted, in the outer end, the plate E, as shown in figs. 1, 2, and 3.

Through the plate E, is a vertical slot, or opening, of such size and shape, that the head, I), may enter readily, when it is turned up vertically, but cannot be withdrawn, if then turned horizontally, because of its engaging behind the shoulders formed by the sides of the opening.

When the two cars areto be coupled, the lever G is thrown up, as by the red lines, and the cars then brought together, whenthe head, D, will enter through the opening in the plate E, and the car will immediately after strike rod L, and, forcing it back, operate the catch I, and release the lever G, when the weight F will turn the rod G, and lock the head, D, inside of the head, B, as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

The object of pivoting the plate E, is to .allow both shoulders of the head, I), to hear, when turning curves.

The cars may be uncoupled bysilnply operating the lever G, while standing upon the platform ,ofthe car.

WVith this apparatus, the cars may be securely coupled, by simply bringing them together, and un-, coupled instantly, without the necessity of removing any of the parts, or of any person getting between them, which is so frequently the cause of serious accidents.

,Having thus described my invention- What I claim, is-

The car-coupling, consisting of the rotating spearheaded bolt O, with the weight F attached, in connection with the lever.-G, link H, spring-catch I, and pin L, all substantially as described.

WM. B. PARSONS.

Witnesses:

J-. A. WHEELER, GEORGE AYRAULT.