US951062A

US951062A - Internal-combustion locomotive.

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Publication number: US951062A
Application number: US5?425809A
Authority: US
Inventors: Archibald Hyde Ehle
Original assignee: Baldwin Locomotive Works
Current assignee: Baldwin Locomotive Works
Publication date: 1910-03-01
Anticipated expiration: 1927-03-01

Description

. H. EHLE.

IN 'IYEJSTALl COMBUSTION LOGOMOTIVE.

APPLIOATION 'FILED 001223, 1909.`

Patented Mr. 1, 1910.

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Application iied'ctober 23, 1969. -Serial No. 584,258.

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Be it known that I, ARCHIBALD H. Enum a citizen of the United States, residing 1n Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvement-s in Internal-Combustion Locomotives, of which the following is con1otive,.and a still flirt-her object of my.

invention 1s to construct 'the locomotive with the crank shaft. of the engine arranged longitudinally and geared `with the transverse drivin sha-ft through clutch mechanism.

ln t e accompanying drawings,-Figune l, is a side view of my improved locomotive;

' Fig. 2, is a plan view partly in section; Fig.

3, is a sectional vievv on the line 3 3 Fig. a; illustrating a modification; Fig. 4, is a side view of a modification illustrated in Fig. 3; Fig. 5, is a view of a modified form of connecting rod; and Fig. 6, is a View of a modication of the clutch mechanism.

A is the fram-e of the locomotive of the type used in mines and in yards of manu-` facturing establishment-s, to shift cars from one point to another. It Will be understood that the locomotive may be used for any purpose without departing from the essential features of the invention. Carried by the frame A is the engine B of the internal combustion type, having in the present instance three cylinders 7), Z),- b, a crank Shaft B, the crank shaft being arranged parallel to the longitudinal line of the frame of the locomotive. The engine in the present instance is arranged on one side of the center of the frame, but it will be understood that the engine can be located directly in the cent er in some types of engines, if desired.

C-C are the axles, mounted in boxes 0 0 adapted to pedestals a-a in the frame A of the locomotive. Between the upper end of the pedestals and the boxes are springs a', so that the frame is yieldingly supported on the axles.-

c-o2 are the driving Wheels mounted respectively on the axles C-C.

reservoir and H H The engine shaft B has at one end a ly wheel b and at the opposite end a beveled gear wheel b2 vwhich meshes with a beveled wheel d on a transverse shaft D adapted to -suitable bear-ings in the frame. This shaft has two pinions d-d" :of different diameters, which mesh with gear Wheels e-e rectively. These two Wheels are also of di erent diameters. The gear Wheels e--e are loosely mounted on a transverse driving shaft E adapted to bearings e2 in the frame of thelocomotive, and each Wheel has an extended internal friction face e3. Adapted to slide on and turn with the shaft are two clutch sleeves Ff-F, each clutch sleeve having a beveled fece in the present instance, ,which may be forced into Contact with the friction face e3 of either of the wheels e-e. Each sleeve is Orooved to receive the rings frespective which are connected toget er Aby links f2.

F2 is Va bell crank lever pivoted at f3 to t-he frame and connected to the link f2 and to the ring and this lever is also connected by a rod F3 to an operating lever F4 pivoted at f* within easv reach of the o erator, so that when this lever F4 is shi ted the clutch4 sleeves can be either moved into mid position free of either of the -Wheels e-e, or moved in contact with the Wheel e or the wheel e, depending upon the speed desired. On `each end of the shaft E are crank disks G having crank pins g, and on the wheel c is a crank pin c.

-I-l are connecting rods, one rod being mounted on each side of the locomotive and connected-at one end to the shaft E, and at the-other end to a pin C3 on the wheel 0. On

the Wheel c2 is a pin ci which carries a box z'` adapted to Ways in a. yoke z" formed inthe rod I, so that while both Wheels 02 are driven by the single connecting rod they are free to move vertically independently of each other and .of the shaft E which is mounted in fixed bearings in t-he frame,

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In thev present instance H is a gasolene are the Water cooling trays'connected through a pump la. and pipes It and h2, to the water jackets of the several cylinders.l f

' In F l and 2'1 have shown thedriving 'Wheels on the outside of the frameof the locomotive, but' in Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown the wheels on the inside of the frame, the axles C2 and C3 being extended beyond their' boxes c. On the axles are crank arms 1t-fn', provided with pins vif-n3 respectively. The crank pin g of the driving shaft is connected with the crank pin n2 by a connecting yrod I which has a yoke i', similar to theyo'ke of the lo com'otive illustrated in Fig. l; by this construction the two axles are free to move independently of each other in a vertical direction. In this instance it will be noticed that the shaft E is above the line of the axles C2 and C3, to allow for a larger gear wheel with a given diameter of driving wheel, whereas in Fig. l the shaft E is on a line with the axles. The position of the shaft E in respect to the axles is immaterial, and by the construction shown the shaft can be arranged as close to the driving axles as the wheels will allow, making a very compact locomotive which is especially applicable for use in mines and 'other places where space is an object.

The engine illustrated in the drawings is of the reversing type, and where'a non-reversible engine is used I preferably use the reversing gearing b2, d3 and d4 illustrated in Fig. 6, with clutch mechanism d5 to clutch one or the other of the gears d3, d4 with the' shaft. The mechanism eanbe readily actuated from the operators seat.

l/Vhile I have shown in Fig. l, a locomotive with four driving wheels, it will be understood that the number of drivingr wheels may be increased by simply connect.

ing the crank pin by separate rods to cranks on the other driving wheels, or a rod I? may be used, as shown in Fig. 5, having two yokes z", 2, adapted to receive the crank -pins of two intermediate axles.

I claim:

l. The combination in a locomotive of an engine, a transverse driving shaft at one end of the locomotive and geared to said engine, said driving shaft having crank pins, two driving axles mounted in the frame of the locomotive, wheels carried by the axles, crank pins on each axle, rods connecting the crank pins of the transverse shaft with the crank pins of the axles, the crank pin of the intermediate axle having a box adapted to slide in a yoke of the rod, so that the two axles are free to move vertically independently of each other.

2. The combination in a locomotive of a frame, an engine mounted-thereon having a crank shaft in a longitudinal line with the frame, axles mounted in the frame, an intermediate shaft geared to the said crank shaft of the engine, a clutch shaft, gear wheels loosely lmounted on the clutch shaft, pinions on the intermedia.te shaft with which said gears engage,clutch sleeves arranged to engage the gear wheels of the clutch shaft,

means for shifting said sleeves, wheels on the axles, crank pills on the axles, crank pms carried by the clutch shaft anda connecting rod on each side of the locomotive connecting the several crank pins.

3. The combination in an interna-l combustion locomotive of a frame having pedesi tals, two axles having boxes mounted inthe pedest-als, wheels on the axles, a transverse clutch shaft mounted 'in bearings at one end of the frame, cra-nk pins on the axles and on said shaft, rods connecting the crank pins of the shaft with those of the axles, the crank pins on the intermediate axle having boxes and each rod havin a yoke in which the boxes slide, so that tie two axles can move in a vertical direction independently of each other, springs mounted between the ends of the pedestals and the boxes, an internal com` bustionengine mounted on the frame and having a lon .itudinal crank shaft, an intermediate sha tv geared to said crank shaft and having two pinions of different diameters, gear wheels loose on the clutch shaft, one of said wheels gearing with one pinion and the other gear wheel gearing with the other pinion, two clutch sleeves adapted to slideon but turn with said clutch shaft, lever mechanism therefor and a coupling link connecting the clutch sleeves.

4. rIlhe combination-in a locomotive of a frame, two axles mounted in the frame and springs supporting the frame on the axles, a driving shaft having crank pins, crank pins on the axles, a single connecting rod on each side of the locomotive having a yoke boxes adapted t-o the yoke, the crank pins of the driving shaft and the crank pins of the axles farthest from the said shaft being rigidly coupled to the rods, the crank pins of the other axles being adapted to the boxes sliding in the yoke.

.5. The combination in a locomotive of a frame, a driving shaft mounted in fixed bearings on the frame, two driven axles, springs mounted between the axles and the frame, cranks on the driving shaft and on the driven axles, a single connecting rod on` each side of the locomotive, said connecting rods having an intermediate yoke, the crank of the driving shaft and the crank of the axle farthest from the shaft being rigidly ioo coupled to the rods and the intermediate 1 crank being coupled to the rods at the yoke, so that the said intermediate axle Will be free to move vertically independently of the ARCHIBALD HYDE lll-ILE.

Vilitnesses:

WM. E. SHUPE, WM. A. BARR.'