US876736A - Locomotive-tender loader. - Google Patents

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LOGOMO'IIVE-TENDER LOADER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14, 1908.

Application filed October 10, 1907- Serial No. 396.748-

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Be it known that I, FILER S. SEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gem, in the county of Thomas, and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Locomotive-Tender Loaders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to locomotive tender, passenger cars, mail, baggage, express and freight car loaders, and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide parallel elevated tracks, or tracks on a level with the floor of cars, one upon each side of the main track at coaling and watering stations, also at other stations for taking on and off passengers, baggage, express, mail, freight and ballast, and to run a series of loading cars on the parallel tracks, means being provided on the locomotive tender for moving a track section upon which is supported one of the loading cars transversely to a point over the tender to discharge the load from the loading cars and for moving them outward when unloaded into alinement with the parallel tracks, also similar devices on other cars for moving in and out cars for transfer of passengers, baggage, express, mail, freight and ballast.

Another object of the invention is to provide reliable and efficient means for loading locomotive tenders with coal and water without loss of time; also to load and unload cars for all purposes described above.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of an elevated track for supporting the loading cars and showing partial outline of the locomotive and tender on a main track at the side of the elevated track. Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic plan view illustrating the elevated tracks upon opposite sides of the main track, a locomotive and tender being shown on the main track and loading cars being shown on the elevated tracks. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view illustrating the manner in which the auxiliary tracks are moved transversely over the tender and outward in line with the elevated tracks, or on a level with floor of cars. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a tender and the manner of mounting the auxiliary tracks thereon and the means for moving said tracks transversely. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section taken through one of the loading cars positions in dotted lines of the loading car.

and through the tender and showing various Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of my invention, the numeral 1 designates the trestle work upon opposite sides of the main track 2, said trestle work having supported thereon a narrow gage track 3. Supported upon the narrow gage track are small loading cars 4 designed to carry either coal or water for loading the locomotive tender. These loading cars may be used as ballast cars by placing them on a level with the bottom of cars and dumping outside of main track.

The locomotive 5 is provided with a tender 6 and said tender has a series of transverse guides 7. Mounted to slide between the guides 7 are rack bars 8 and supported upon said rack bars are auxiliary mile 9, said rails having downwardly inclined ends 10 adapted to contact with the narrow gage track 3; Formed on the rack bars 8 underneath the same is a series of teeth or cogs 11 which engage pinions 12 mounted upon a shaft 13 journaled at one side of the tender 6. On the shaft 13 is a pair of spaced bevel gears 14 mounted to slide upon said shaft 13. A lever 15 pivoted at 16 engages a groove 17 in a hub 18, upon which the bevel gears 14 are mounted. A connecting rod 19 is attached at one end to the lever 15 and the opposite end of said connecting rod is pivotally attached to an operating lever 20, pivoted at 21 to the side of the tender 6. A curved rack 22 serves to hold the lever 20 in adjusted osition.

A vertica shaft 23 journaled in brackets 24 secured to the tender 6 carries at its upper end a bevel gear 25 and the bevel gears 14 may be shifted by the lever 20 so that one of said bevel gears will mesh with the bevel gear 25 to move the rack bars 8 and the supported auxiliary tracks 10 laterally to a position over the tender for discharging the load from the loading cars 4 and for moving the unloaded cars outward in line with the track 3. The shaft 23 carries a bevel gear 26 on its lower end which meshes with a similar gear 27 on the end of the transverse shaft 28 journaled in hangers 29 supported under the tender. Asprocket wheel 30 on the shaft 28 and a sprocket wheel 31 on the axle 32 are provided with a drive chain 33, by means of which the shaft 28 and the shaft 23 are rotated. The loading cars 4 may each have a hopper like bottom 34 provided with a hinged fioor 35 adapted to dump the load by withdrawing the bolts 36.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that by means of my invention the tenders of locomotives can be quickly loaded with coal and water and that the loading cars can be quickly moved to a position todischarge the load and back again to the elevated tracks for reloading.

Many changes may be made in the details of construction of my tender loader without departing from the spirit or scope of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. In a locomotive tender loader, elevated tracks, one upon each side of the main track, loading cars mounted on said tracks, alocomotive tender provided with an auxiliary track, and means for moving said auxiliary track outward in. line with the elevated tracks and inward over the tender.

2. In a device of the character described, an elevated track at the side of a main track, loading cars mounted on said elevated track, a locomotive tender, guide ways on loading cars on said elevated tracks, and a rovided with means for cm the elevated tracks locomotive tender moving said cars to a position to discharge their leads into the tender and return said cars inline with the elevatedtracks.

4 In a device of the character described, the combination of an elevated track at the sidev of a main track, cars. supported upon said track, a locomotive tender provided with an auxiliary track, and means for moving said track transversely of the tender to carry the loading cars to points of discharge and return.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FILER S. SEE.

Witnesses:

A. W. KOONTZ, E. N. SEE.

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