Improvements in and connected with the Buffers of Railway Wagons, Carriages, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 1st Dec.,
1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with the Buffers of Railway
Wagons, Carriages, and the like.
I, BENJAMIN RAMSDEN, of Greetwell, Lincoln, Gentleman, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to improvements in, and connected with buffers for railway
wagons, carriages or the like and has for its object to increase the efficiency of
such articles by a simple contrivance or addition to same, so as to prevent the
buffer heads from coming into contact with the casting or frame, which now
frequently occurs and results in the said buffer-head or casting being smashed as
well as sometimes seriously damaging the wagon, carriage, etc., this being more
particularly noticeable where unusually heavy loads are carried.
Now according to my invention the buffer is mainly constructed in the usual
manner, that is of a plunger free to move up and down within a cylindrical
chamber, the rear end of the said plunger being enlarged and suitably shaped and
against which the curved end of the spring bears, while in addition I enlarge the
rear end of the said cylindrical chamber and place within same a rubber washer of
sufficient size and also a steel washer in front of same.
The foremost part of the aforesaid plunger rod is enlarged or furnished with a
collar so that when the buffer is pushed back until the buffer-head is within a
short distance of the casting, the said collar or shoulder comes into contact with
the steel washer, which, bearing against the rubber washer compresses same, the
said rubber washer thus preventing the buffer-head from coming into contact with
the casting.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a
sectional plan of the buffer fitted with my improvements and Fig. 2 a perspective
view of the washer or ring.
The plunger p one end p¹ of which is enlarged, and against which the spring &
bears, is arranged so as to be free to move up and down within the cylindrical
chamber c, whilst the rear end of the said chamber is increased in size so as to
conveniently contain the rubber ring or washer and the steel washer w.
r
The
front part of the plunger rod p is enlarged at p' so that when the springs is pushed
back until near its limit and the buffer-head 6 is within a short distance of the
casting cl, the said enlarged part p³ of the plunger rod comes into contact with the
steel washer w and compresses the rubber washer so as to prevent the buffer-
head band casting c¹ from coming into contact or being in any way damaged.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improvements in and connected with buffers for railway wagons, carriages
and the like, consisting of the rubber washer or ring and steel washer to.
contained within the enlarged end of the cylindrical chamber c, arranged and

page_text: constructed substantially as herein described and shown and for the purposes
specified.
Dated this 24th day of October 1894
F. G. CASSELL,
(Of Cassell & Co.),
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.