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US924087A
US924087A US47061509A US1909470615A US924087A US 924087 A US924087 A US 924087A US 47061509 A US47061509 A US 47061509A US 1909470615 A US1909470615 A US 1909470615A US 924087 A US924087 A US 924087A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
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  • the piston As constructed in over onemillion sets of air brake apparatus in use at the present time, the piston consists of a piston head, a
  • cup leather are not supported and bend inwardly, thus allowing the compressed air to get between them and the cylinder walls,
  • Figure 1 is a cross section of a cylinder and piston with my invention applied there- ⁇ to, and Fig. 2 is a detail perspective View and cross section of portions of the expander ring.
  • l is the cylinder, 2 the piston head, 3 the cup leather, and 4 the standard'form of follower.
  • My improved expander has the cylindrical portion 5 exactly the same as the old expander ring for coperation with which the other parts of the air brake apparatus were designed, but it also has in addition the thin web portion 6 formed of a ribbon of metal, tangent to the outer surface of the old ring 5.
  • the web and ring are both cut on a plane 7 oblique to the plane of the ring. This'permits the necessary expansion of the ring in action and also tends to prevent the formation of a groove in the unsupported portion ofthe packing ⁇ between the slightly separated ends of the expander (as might occur if the cuts were at right angles to the plane'of the ring) through which groove air may leak by the piston.
  • the ring 5 holds the curved portion of the cup leather lirmly out against' the wall of the cylinder, as in the old construction, and the web (i also holds the upturned edge ofthe cup leather firmly against the cylinder wall.
  • the web i also holds the upturned edge ofthe cup leather firmly against the cylinder wall.
  • the expander may be used onany standard air brake apparatus now in this country; that not only is a tighter piston joint-secured, but that the wear is more evenly distributed over the entire surface of the upturned portion of the cup leather, thereby increasing the life of this most troublesome element in air brake installations; and that all the flexibility and other features of benelit of the old ring expander are preserved, while its defects' are eliminated.
  • a packing expander ring comprising in combination a ring of cylindrical metal With 'abutting ends, and a thin Web formed of a ribbon of metal vtangent to the outer surface v of lsaid ring, the abutting ends being out in a plane oblique to the plane'of the ring.
  • a piston for air brake cylinders having in combination a piston head, a cup leather,

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J. VE. MEBK.
AIRBRAKE PISTON.
- ArrLw'rloN FILED JAN.4, 1909.
Patented June 8, 1909.
l To all whom it wia/y UNITED @Meere-TENT OFFICE JOHN EMoRY MEEK, oFnEw YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO H. W. JOHNS-MANVILLE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.
AIR-BRAKE ris'roN.
No. 924,o87.
Application fi1ed January 4, 1909.' Serial No. 470,615.
prises an improved form of cup leather or packing expander which can be used to insure an air-tight contact between the said packing or cup leather and the'walls of the cylinder.
As constructed in over onemillion sets of air brake apparatus in use at the present time, the piston consists of a piston head, a
'cup leather, a disk shaped follower between which and the piston head the cup leather is bolted to make an airtight joint with the piston head, and an expander ring of heavy iron wire or rod of cylindrical cross section bent into a ring and which tends to spring outwardly and hold a partof the cup leather against the walls of the cylinder to form an air tight joint therewith. The trouble with this construction has been that the edges of.
the cup leather are not supported and bend inwardly, thus allowing the compressed air to get between them and the cylinder walls,
destroying the 'air-tight character. of the l none of its defects, and which can be used on the standard air brake piston.
joint. They. also produce pressure only along a narrow line and wear the leather through quickly at that point. It has been proposed to remedyl this by making a' packing expander of large enough surface to support the entire width of the upturnedv edge of the cup leather, but the ring so proposed is too heavy and stiff, and has the radical, practical defect that it is too thick to be inserted between the cup leather and the standard follower. Thus the proposed ring :annot be applied to any of the million and more of sets of air brake apparatus'now in use,'and could not be applied to new appa- Aratus unless the air brake companies are prevailed upon to change the pattern of the follower. y
I have invented an expander ring which has all the advantages of-the oldy ring, and
Specification of Letters Patent.
p Patented June 8, 1909.
The preferred form of apparatus embodying my invention is illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a cross section of a cylinder and piston with my invention applied there-` to, and Fig. 2 is a detail perspective View and cross section of portions of the expander ring.
Throughout the drawings like reference figures indicate likelyarts.
l is the cylinder, 2 the piston head, 3 the cup leather, and 4 the standard'form of follower.
My improved expander has the cylindrical portion 5 exactly the same as the old expander ring for coperation with which the other parts of the air brake apparatus were designed, but it also has in addition the thin web portion 6 formed of a ribbon of metal, tangent to the outer surface of the old ring 5. Preferably the web and ring are both cut on a plane 7 oblique to the plane of the ring. This'permits the necessary expansion of the ring in action and also tends to prevent the formation of a groove in the unsupported portion ofthe packing `between the slightly separated ends of the expander (as might occur if the cuts were at right angles to the plane'of the ring) through which groove air may leak by the piston.
In operation the ring 5 holds the curved portion of the cup leather lirmly out against' the wall of the cylinder, as in the old construction, and the web (i also holds the upturned edge ofthe cup leather firmly against the cylinder wall. Thus no air gets under any part of the cup leather, but all of it is held behind the leather, forcing it down on the cylinder wall and insuring a joint which grows more perfect as the air pressure increases.
Among other advantages of my invention may b e mentioned the fact that the expander may be used onany standard air brake apparatus now in this country; that not only is a tighter piston joint-secured, but that the wear is more evenly distributed over the entire surface of the upturned portion of the cup leather, thereby increasing the life of this most troublesome element in air brake installations; and that all the flexibility and other features of benelit of the old ring expander are preserved, while its defects' are eliminated.
v,ribbon of metal tangent to the outer surface of said ring.
2. A packing expander ring comprising in combination a ring of cylindrical metal With 'abutting ends, and a thin Web formed of a ribbon of metal vtangent to the outer surface v of lsaid ring, the abutting ends being out in a plane oblique to the plane'of the ring.
3. A piston for air brake cylinders having in combination a piston head, a cup leather,
' a follower, and a packing expander' ring formed of a cylindrical portion and a thin web portion tangent to the outer surface of the ring and extending out between the edge of the cup leather'and the follower'. v Signed at New York, N. Y., this 31st day of December, 1908.
JOHN EMORY MEEK. Vitnesses:
HARRY O. FE'rTINGER, Ln ROY NEWsoME.
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