USRE7082E - Improvement in car-couplings - Google Patents

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E. RUSSELL.

, cAn-courmm. No. 7.08ZI Reis'sfied Apri125, 1876.

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EPHRIAM RUSSELL, OF .MILLERSTO MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO J. BIB

WN,PENNSYLVANIA, AS'sIeNoR, BY

AM MYERS, OF ROCHESTER, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-COUPLINGS.

April 25, 1876; application filed May 19, 1875.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, EPHRIAM RUSSELL, formerly of Waynesburg, county of Chester, but now of Millerstown, in the county of Perry and State of Pennsylvania, did invent a new and useful Improvement in (Jouplings for Railroad-Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side view of the said coupling, as when applied to connect the usual drawheads of two cars, showing the draw-heads in section; Fig. 2, a sectional plan view of the same, below thedotted line 21 w, of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a transverse section of the coupling detached, cut on the dotted line 00 y of Fig. 1.

Like letters of reference indicate the same parts wherever used.

The object of my invention is to afford a simply-constructed and safe coupling for railroad-cars, whereby the operator can connect or disconnect the cars with perfect facility and safety while standing on the platform of either car, and to afford a device to equalize and maintain a substantially uniform or regular distance between the draw-heads of two railroad-cars when coupled together.

My invention consists in the combination, with the link employed for coupling the drawheads of cars, of a block or handle suspended between the draw-heads for prefrom abuttingagainsteach other,

ventin g them I at a substantially uniand for holding them form distance apartr It further consists in a novel construction of the link with its sliding block or handle, and of the draw-heads connected by said link whereby the attendant, standing upon the platfo enabled by means of said block or handle to readily apply or remove the link for connecting or disconnecting the cars, as hereinafter explained.

Referring to the drawings, A is the link, B the sliding block, and O O the respective drawheads of two cars. The link A is intended to be made of iron suliiciently strong to sustain" the usual strain. The block or handle B is made of suitable material having SlllfiClBIJl? strength to resist the pressure or abutting of rm of either car, is

1 the draw-heads O O, and that part of it which passes through the link A is made a little narrower in width than the breadth of the vertical oblong slot or open through-hole in the link A. T through its upper or head end, and is pro vided with projecting shoulders b b, by which it rests upon the upper side of the link A, while its lower end extends down between the draw-heads O G. A stud, b, on each side of the lower end of the block B serves to prevent said block from being drawn entirely out of the link A. Y

The draw-heads may be made in the usual form, but, instead of the round hole heretofore required for a boltma'de down through each into which the ends of the link A drop simultaneously in applying the coupling, so that the lower end of the block B will drop down between the two draw-heads G G. (See Fig. l.)

In detaching the cars, the operator raises the block B, and thereby the link A, and thus removes the coupling.

In operation, the draw-heads C O are held together loosely by the link A. anl at the same time kept from abutting together with each other by the block D, (a very important object,) which, at the same time, allows them sufficient freeness of 'motion for turning curves or irreguarities in the railtrack, thus avoiding the excessive friction and abrasion of the ends of the drawheads, and the violent contortions to which they are usually subject when the train is kept taut by the use of a short link alone, or when the opposite draw-heads are brought in contact by declining gradients.

The block B keeps the train steady, with the cars at regular distances apart, and free from slack in the couplings, thus permitting ,shorter and more uniforln safety-brake-connections, and, by thus avoiding the sudden jerks incident toslack couplings, accidents resulting from sudden application of the brakes and broken links are avoided; and the links, draw'heads, and connections may be made lighter, and therefore cheaper and less burdensome. I

This is-a very simple and reliable coupling sue No. 7,082, dated he blockB has a hand-hole b pin, an oblong slot, 0, is

for cars, and an effectual device to prevent the'abuttingof draw-heads, and can be applied and detached with facility and safety.

Having thus fully described my invention What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I 1. The combination, with the link for connee-ting the draw-heads of cars, of a block, adapted to be interposed between said drewhezuls, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The block B, provided with shoulders adapting it to-rest upon and be supported by the coupling-link, intermediate between the draw-'l'ieads, substantially as described.

3. The slotted draw-heads in combination with the open coupling-link A, applied and operating substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the draw-heads of the slotted link A and the interposed blotk or handle 13, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

EPHRIAM RUSSELL;

Witnesses SHUMAN MILLER, LOUIE L. TERRY.

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