USRE9842E - le roy - Google Patents

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T. V. LE R OY, Assignor to THE LE RoY JouRNAL BEARING COMPANY.

CAR AXLE BOX.

No. 9,842. IReissued'Aug. 16,1881..

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R AXLE BOX- No. 9,842. Reissued Aug. 18, 1881.

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TENNIS V. LE ROY, OF UTlOA, ASSIGNOR. TO THE LE ROY JOURNAL BEARING COMPANY, lOF NEWy YORK, N. Y.

CAR-AXLE BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming ,part of Reissued Letters Patent No. 9,842, dated August 16, 1881.

Original No.".32l,7;i7, dated Xovenihcr 1S, 1879. Reissue No. 9,084, dated February 17, 1880. Application'for reissue lcd June 28, 1581.

DIVISION B.

l'o all whom it may concern: and nicks ai6 and a5, which t corresponding Be it known that I, TENNIS V. LE ROY, of notches formed upon the` brass, for the pur. Utica,in the conntyofOneidaand State ofNew pose ot' guiding the said brass to its proper 5o York, have invented certain new and useful scat and holding it in position when. seated.

Improvements in Car-Axle Boxes; and I do On the outside of the casing are projectimls hereby declare that the following is atulhclear, which permit the same to occupy its proper and exact description ofi the Invention, that position in the box or housing. The latter is will enable others skilled in the art to which it not shown in the drawings, but may be of any 55 aplelillStO make and use the same,reference forni or size which I inay'l prefer to use. The

xo being had to the accompanying drawings, and casing is also provided with a notched I-ifoA t0 theletters ofreierenceniarked thereon,which tion, a7, for convenience in handling. form a part of this specification. A The top of the brass B is shown as formed My invention relates to car-axle boxes and by intersecting plane surfaces b', b2, and b3; 6c tothe brasses, bearings1 or collars in which but it inay be of any other shape whichmay journals or gudgeons rotate; and the nature of be preferred and to which .my invention is a-p my invention consists in providing` the said plicable, and the sli-.ipe of the socket A may brasses or bearings with a series of apertures be made to conform to the forin of the brass. for the reception of a soft-metal fillingpro- The hard-metal part of the brass may coni- 65 jectiug above and bi-low the said brasses. posed of any` suitable nratcrial which is suiizo 1t also consists in a socket or casing' procient-ly tough and hard to presenta iropler vided with nicks and flanges to guide and hold wearing-surfaceto the j'ourm'il the ((2121 c. the bearings in position. and the soft filling may be consiruc'te' o 'aiy It also consists in arranging upon the upper -pliant metal or metallic coinpoand nhich rea `7o side of the brass and adjacent to the casing ily yields to pressure and is snfhcientlj ilexiprojections of softinetal, which lill n the ulnble t[lier-inuit the Journal of the aisle to adjust f socket and tlins a 'ust t ie it'se iciein. igsslblctrgttetllewitliin the said casinJg. 'henait is desired tha't thc'soitinetal shall In the accoinjianyingdrawings,in which siinproject troni the hard-inetal bearing-surface, 75 ilar letters indicate like parts, Figure 1 repre and also torni a cushion between `the top of the 3o.sents the side of the brass against which the brass and the casing, the brass is constructed journal ofthe axle rotates arranged within its of 'alternate sections of hard and. soft inetal by casing. Fig. 2 illustra-tes the casing with the providing it with a. series of spiral apertures 8 brass removed therefrom. Fig. 3 is a longipassing entirely through from the beaiIng-suro tudinal vertical section taken on t-lie line :1; face to the surface adjacent to the casingand Fig. 1, and is an illustration of the position ofl filling up these apertures :with soft nieta ,las the bearing with reference to the journal of seen atb in such a manner as to forma seiiels the axle o1' shaft. Fig. 4 is a view, partially ot segmental spiral projections, against whici v in section, illustrating the end of the bearing the. journal of thc axle rotates, and another 85 and the position of the soft Inctal spirals. series ci soft-metal spirals between the upper 4o Fig. 5 is a plan view of the top of the brass. side ot the brass and the casing. .'lhe soft- Y Fig. 6 is a transverse section taken on the line inetal bands project suthcientl y troin the hard :c iv Fig. 5. metal to expand and adjust the bearing and 'llhe casing is provided with a socket, A, of wearing surface to the journal of the axle. 9o a proper size and forni to receive the brass B Having thus described myinvcntion, I claim and flanges a', al, a3. lind a, t-he two latter of and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the which have curvilinear edges, in order that `United Statesthey may conform to the shape of the journal 1. A bearing constructed of alternate ribs of vbard and soft metal, the soft-metal project- 1n testimony that I oiaim the foregoingl 1o ing above and below the hard metal, as and have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of for the purposes described. d d l June, 1881.

2. A soc et or casing provi e winx nicks 5 and flanges to guide and hold the bearing in f T V' LE ROY' position. Witnesses: 3. A series of projections of soft; metal ou L. C. WAGHNER,

the upper side of the brass and adjacent to the D. C. 'BIRDSALL casing, as and for the purposes described.

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