US966446A - Railroad-car brake. - Google Patents

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C. H. HOWARD & M. PPLAGER. RAILROAD CAR BRAKE. APPLIoATIoN FILED APR. zo, 1910.

Patented Ag\.9, 1910.

CLARENCE H. HOWARD AND HARRY M. PFLAGER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOTRI, ASSIGNORS TO DOUBLE BODY BOLSTEB COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

RAILROAD-CAR BRAKE.

Application flied AprilQO. 1910. Serial No. 555,544.

To all, wil/01m it muy concern:

Be it known that we. (QfLAnnNcrr: H. HOW- .\1co und I'lAnnY M. lrmonn. citizens of the United Suites. residing at St. Louis, in the Stute ot' Missouri. hure invented u nenv und useful Improvement in lhiilroud-Cur Brakes. of which the following is n specification.

()ur invention relates purticulurl'tv to the liruke-erlinder of the cur uit' brake-geur. which is usuully utt'uehed to the eur hotly. und is in the nut'ure ot' un improvement: or modiliention ot' our invention for which nie have nitide upplicution for Letters luteut on the lth du)v of April, 1010. Serial Number 554.2350. for improvement' in ruili'oud ours'. in whieh the uir ln'uke-e. \'linder is :tttuehed to the eur tl'uele'tiu'llie. und our invention ilus for its olijeet tosimpli'ly the construetion. v

Vlt consists essentially in t't'u'mingA the hotly of the air ln'uke-elvlinder integral 'with the eur trlu-k-l'rume. :is hereinut'ter particularlyv deserilved und claimed. reference being hud to thi` tieeomptnrving drawing` forming; putt ot this specification. whereon,

Figure l. a top plan View of u sixu'heeled eur t-l'iicl -1i':ll11e lnn'ing' un air ln'uite-cylinder eomliined therewith uccortling' to our invention. unil representingv diugrumnmtieully un :lrrungenlent ot liruke geur in connection with the push-rod ofi the i cylinder, und with the pull-rolls ot' the said geur for applying the brakes to the cui`- wheels; Figa-2,v n, vertical'longitudinal section therethrough to enlarged seele on line Q, 2. in Fig. l; Fig. 3, u vertical 'transverse section through the bruke-cylinder on line 3, 3, in Fig'. Q, und corresponding side elefutionof the out-side transom (broken away) ofthe truck-frutti@ with which the cylinder int-he present euse is preferably combined. und Fig. 4. :t View of the cylinder corresponding' to' Fig'. 2, showing. u modification thereof.

Like letters Aund numerals 0f reference note like parts in ill the figures.

ReferringtoFigsl7 2. und S, n, represents u six-wliccled cur trucleramc, preferably composed of cust steei, and from e. member of which, preferably un outside, transom l,

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projets the ordinarily equipped air brake-J cylinder o having :its cylindrical bod 2 horizont/ally arranged und castor tithe oise formed integral with the transom i, the in- 11er side of the lutter boing in the present euse preferably. formed with :i recess 3 and utlupted thereut to form the rear` flanged end -totE the cylinder I) to which the head l' is lioltetil in the ordinaryv nimmer, While ,the overhunging portion of the cylinder body '2, between the trunsont l :1nd lLahe end. member 3 of the truek- `rume u is preferably, neint'oreed und united on euch side to the'ltop member ot the trunsom l hy c. horizontally urrungred strengthening rib ti extending the entire length of the cylinder Z. 'i

` For oiiriuting the necessity of machine work in boring the c vlintilerbccly 4its cylindrieul n'ull 2 (see Fig. -l) muy lie'it'tetl lougritudinztll)v with un internal. hush or lining' i' of suituhl'c .metal und 'formed :tround the lutter except for u suitable distance7 is u hearing therefor, from euch end of the body with u circular recess 8, the head l`' in this euse tittinT airtight; against the reni' end of the hush l. und the front enel of the lutter preferably butting against t cireulur shoulder 7 on the inside of the Wall 2 thereut us shown.

)my suitable ineens carried by the ear trink-:trame u muy he used in connection with the ln'ukeeyliinier 7i 'lor applying' the brakes to the rur\\heels. preferably in the presentV euse. us shown in ou upplieution for patent'. duted .Rpt-il il, 15H0. Serial Nun'llier 534.7%). tor iinprtvn'eznent; in ruilroutl cnrs. in which the push-rml J of' the brake-cylinder 7i is coupled ut its outer entl between the trains-om l and theend member 5 of 'the truck nine o: to the upper enel el n vertically (or 'liereulz-out) :wronged niuin puit- ,iefeil0 to the ltm'er rnd ot which is Coupled the inner end et i pullworl ll having its outer enti connected with the brake-baum l2 middle und other end Wheels lo und ii-3,

respectively. of enr-'truck in the 'us'uul well-known nn'nn lying ne brakes to the wheels by the., ordinary hund initial-zeur eert-ieri lijf the eur body. the i'nziin pnlldcfer l() is conpled 'ut-.its `upper eno u'. jointly with (or adjacent to) ie: conneeton with the outer Cil llO

end of the puslrrod 9 of the lnakewylimlei' I), lio the eorreponding end oi a horizontally arranged rod 18 which connoele with the ordinary hand brake-gear (not shown) on the cai' body. whereby, the main pulldever l0, the Cylinder push-rod i) being free, is n'ioved by the hand brali'e-gear in the saine direction for pulling on iihe rods lll, 16, and 17, and thereby applying the brakes to the Wheels 13, 13, and 132, as in the case of the air brakegear.

VVhai We claim as our invention and desire to secure by Leiters Patent is:-

l. In a railroad ear, a i1'uoki'ran1e havingr the body of an air brake-cylinder integral therewith.

2. ln a railroad ear7 a truck-frame having the body of a brake-eylini'ler of the Car air brake-gear integral therewith, and means Carried by the Said frame for connecting the push-rod of the said cylinder with the pullrods of the said gear.

3. In a railroad ear, a truck-frame having the body of a brake-cylinder of the car air brake-gear iniegral iherewith, and means carried by the Said frame for connecting Jdie push-rod oi the Said cylinder wih Jdie pullrodel of lihe said gear, and with the hand brake-gear onfnhe car body.

Il. ln a railroad ear. a truek-i'iran'ie having the body of a brake-cylinder of the ear air brake-gear integral therewith, and a lever coupled to the puSh-rod of the said cylinder, and to ihe pull-rode of die Said gear.

ln a railroad ear, a ruok-fraine having the body of a brake-cylinder of the car air brake-gear integral therewith, ay lever Coupled tothe puslrrod of lhe said Cylinder and to the pull-rods of the said gear, and a rod coupled to the said lever and connected with the hand brake-gear on the ear body.

CLARENCE H. HOWARD. HARRY M. PFLAGER.

fitnesses H. C. BELLVILLE, EDWARD l/V. FURRELL.

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