US121991A - Improvement in watering devices for railroads - Google Patents

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PATENT OFFICE DANFORTH CHENEY, OF BROOKFIELD, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATERING DEVICES FOR RAILROADS.

Specliication forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,991, dated December 19, 1871.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, DANFORTH CHENEY, of Brookfield, in the county of Linn and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Watering Device for Railroads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specication, in which- Figure l represents a side elevation partly in section of my improved watering device for railroads. Fig. 2 is a detail transverse section ofthe discharge-pipe taken on the plane ofthe line x ns, Fig. l.

Similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new water-crane for supplyin g locomotives on railroad tracks, and consists in a novel arrangement of parts whereby the discharge-pipe is double-j ointed and extensible. The crane is to be set up between two tracks, and can be swung to either side to be used. The invention consists in a new construction of universal joint` for the weighted discharge-pipe, and in a new manner of making said pipe eXtensible, and packing the joint; also, in a new gen` eral combination of parts, as hereinafter more fully described.

A in the drawing represents a stand-pipe set up rmly between two tracks, and connected at its lower end with a suitable supply-pipe leading to a reservoir. Its upper end terminates in a hollow column, B. C is a valve suspended within the stand pipe by a rod, a, from a weighted lever, D, which is pivoted to the top of the column A. The valve C is, by the weight I) of the lever D, held against its seat, c, within the pipe A, but can be opened by pulling a cord, d, which connects with the lever. The valve-chamber d has a cap, e, on one side, which can be removed when the valve is to be reached. From the pipe A projects above the valve a horizontal pipe, E, with downward-bent knees f at the end. In line with the central axis of the knee f is secured in the top of the pipe E a pin, g, which serves as a pivot for a bent strap or plate, F. The lower end of this strap is slotted to receive an eye-bolt, h, whose lower end is pivoted to the dischargepipe G. The inner end oi this pipe has an upward-bent knee, t". The pipe G can be swung on the pivot oi the eye-bolt into a horizontal position, so that the open ends of the knees f and i come together, as in Fig. l. In this position the device is used to supply the water from the reservoir to the engine by drawing open the valve C. The contiguous ends ot the pipes E G are so shaped that one will t into the other, and securely packed as at j, in Fig. l. On the pin g the pipe G can also swing horizontally to project to either side and supply engines on either track. The pipe G, when not used, is swung up as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 by means of a weight, H, with which its outer end is connected by a rope, I. This rope is with one end secured to the back of the strap F, passed then down through a small tube, o, in the pipe I, then up over a pulley, p, on a bracket ot' the column B, and is finally secured to a rod, r, which projects from the inner part of the pipe G toward the outer end. The weight H hangs loose on the rope between o and p. Whenever the pipe G is swung aside, together with the strap F, the weight will have the tendency to swing it back again, so as to bring the end of the strap again over the tube o. The pipe G is made eXtensiblethat is to say, in two parts, 7c and If. The outer part Zts around k, which contains at the ends an elastic packing, funnel-shaped ring or pipe, m, to keep the 'joint tight. rllhe outer pipe Z is slotted, and is guided in its longitudinal motion by a bolt or pin, n, which projects from the pipe 7c through the slot. The rod i is fastened to k, and projects forward so as to clear l, as shown. When the device is to be used the pipe G is swung into a horizontal position und to one side, and then the valve G is opened. When not used the pipe G is swung midway between the tracks and into an upright position by the weight H. The horizontal pipe E with the downward-bent knee f connected to the adjustable discharge-pipe G by the pin, strap, or plate F and eye-bolt, and operated by the weight and pulleys, can be attached directly to the side or bottom of a reservoir instead of the stand-pipe A for taking water on a single track.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The pipe G, made longitudinally extensible,

rope I, pulley p, tube o, strap F, and Weight H, All arranged as set forth.

DANFORTH CHENEY.

Witnesses: i

J. ARMSTRONG, JAMES M. GILsoN. (118)

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