US376131A - Car-coupling - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.) 2 sheets-sheet 1. P. C, BAILEY. GAR GOUPLING.

No. 878,181.v Patented Jan. 1o, 1888.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

P. C.. BAILEY.

GAR GOUPLING.

110.376,181. Patented Jan. 10, 1888.

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FRED. C. BAILEY, OF RIB LAKE, WISCONSIN.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATIQN :forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,131, dated January 10, 1888.

Application filed July i6, 1887. Serial No. 244,527. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, FRED. C. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rib Lake, in the county of Taylor and State of VVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Car-Couplings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My improved car-coupling comprises a pair of draw-heads, cach having vin their outer ends a central slot or recess adapted to receive an ordinary link and a vertical holeto receive a I5 link-pin, a longitudinal slot or recess near one i side,within which is a spring-supported latch, and an outwardly-extendinghook near its opposite side, so that upon a pair of such drawheads coming together 'the hooks on the opposing draw-heads will enter the slots opposite thereto and engage with the piv'oted springheld latches therein, and a vertical rod or lever held in a guide-plate secured to the top of and extending outwardly beyond the rear of each car, said lever being at itslower end connected with the rear portion of the pivoted and spring latch, so as, upon said lever being pressed down, to rock said latch vertically and release it from the hook in engagement therewith and uncouple the cars, each of said levers having at its upper end an arm, which extends rearwardly a sufficient distance to permit of its being grasped by a brakeman on the adjacent car.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents, in side elevation, a portion of a pair of cars with my improved coupling and r uncoupling devices thereon, the full lines representing the devices in coupling position, the dotted lines representing them as uncoupled. Fig. 2 represents a, detail perspective view of one of the draw-heads. section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4t is a detail viewV representing the adaptability of my draw-head for use in connection with a car having an ordinary link-coupling.

1 represents a i'reightcar, to the top of which is attached, in any suitable manner-as by screws or bolts-a metal plate, 2, which 5o extends-rearwardlyl beyond the car a suitable distance, as represented in the drawings.

Fig. 3 represents aV Near the rear endthis plate is provided with a vertical slot or hole, 3, which serves as a guideway for the unconpling-lever et, which at its lower end is connected with the couplinglatch and at its upper end is provided with ar rearwardly-extending horizontal arm, 5, supported ou and braced to the vertical part of the lever by a brace, 6. This horizontal arm 5 of the uncoupling-lever extends rearwardly 5o a sufficient distance to admit of its being readily grasped by the brakeman on the adjacent car, so that he can from any one car uncouple not only the car upon which he is, vbut also the two cars coupled therewith.

My improved draw-heads 7 each have near one side a hook, 8,- which projects outwardly from the face of the draw-head and has beveled upper and under faces, '-9 10, to facilitate its engagement with the coupling device'. 7o- Near the opposite side of the draw-head is a longitudinal slot, 1l, having a beveled bottom face, 12, up which the beveled under face of the clamping-hook 8 slides into engagement with the hooked latch 13, which at its rear end is pivoted within the rear portion of the slot 12, and is supported therein on a coiled or other suitable spring, 14, having bearing at its respective ends respectively upon the bottom ofthe slot 12 and against the under rear 8o face of the latch 13, so as to normally hold the rear of said latch in raised position, and consequently project the front end of said latch downward.

As represented in the drawings, the position of each member of the coupling is the same on each car when viewed from the same direction-that is to say, when facing the end of either car supplied with my coupling device the coupling-hook 8 will appear cn either the left or right'hand, as the case may be, and the latch 13 will be on the opposite hand or side. Consequently, when two cars having my improvements thereon come together, the coupling-hook 8 of one car will be opposite the slot l2 and latch 13 on the opposing car. Therefore, upon the respective draw-heads coming together, the hooks 8 on the respective draw heads will be automatically forced within the opposing recesses 12, and will push up the front ends of the opposite latches, 13, the springs 14 of which, when IOO the hook has passed in a sufficient distance, will then force the respective latches into engagement with said hooks, thereby automatically coupling the ears.

Vhen it is desired to uncouple a car, all that is necessary is to grasp the arm 5 and exert a downward pressure thereon, which act will force down the vertical portion of the lever 4, whose lower end is connected with or rests upon the top rear faceof the pivoted and spring supported latch and cause the depression ot' the rear end of said latch and the consequent raising of its hooked front end, thereby releasing it from engagement with the hook 8, whereupon the ears will be freeto move apart.

In order to adapt my drawheads for use not only with otherdraw-heads ofsimilar construction, but also with cars having the ordinary link-coupling, I provide the face of each drawhead between the hook S and slot 12 with a slot or recess, 15, to receive such link 16J and with a vertical slot or hole, 17, through which au ordinary coupling-pin may be passed, after the manner represented in Fig. 4 ofthe drawlugs.

The hooks 8 are removably held within the draw-heads by suitable vertical bolts, and said hooks may be removed from the draw-heads by simply withdrawing said bolts whenever it may be desired-as, for instance, when it is desired to use lnydraw-heads with link-couplings only,or when it is desired to renewa hook.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is 1. The car-coupling herein described, comprising a pair ol' drawheads, each having a to said latch, and having at its upper end a horizontal arm, which extends rearwardly a sufiieientdistanceto permitofitsbeiug grasped from either of the adjacent coupled cars, and a plate secured to the roof of a car and extending rearwardly thereof, and having a guideslot in its outer end to receive and guide the latchoperating rod or lever, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a car-coupling, the combination of a pair of d raw-heads, cach having near one edge of its face a coupling hook and near its other edgea longitudinal slot, a latch rearwardly pivoted within said slot, a spring supporting the rear end of said latch, and a'vertical latchreleasing rod or lever connected at its lower end with said latch, and having at its upper end a rearwardlyextending arm adapted, as explained, to be operated from either of a pair of adjacent cars, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereot` I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED. C. BAILEY.

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