IMPROVEMENTS IN BUFFING APPARATUS FOR RAILWAY CARRIAGES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Beattie, of Surbiton, in the County of
Surrey, Civil Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BUFFING APPARATUS FOR RAILWAY CARRIAGES."
Sealed the 16th July 1869, and dated the 22nd January 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Beattie at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
22nd January 1869.
I, JOSEPH BEATTIE, of Surbiton, in the County of Surrey, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BUFFING APPARATUS FOR RAILWAY CARRIAGES," to be as
follows:-
My improvements consist in forming the sockets or guides in such a
manner that they may serve as stuffing boxes through which the buffer
rods pass, and which can be adjusted from time to time when requisite,
so as to prevent the lateral or vertical movement of the buffer rods.
I pack the recesses in the sockets with rope or cotton packing, or I
use india-rubber packing rings lined with metallic rings. I also form on

page_text: the base of the sockets one or more suitable projections (through the
central one of which the buffer rod works), which I insert into corre-
sponding recesses formed in the carriage framing, and by these means
the bolts which attach the sockets to the framing are relieved from
lateral strain. I also form recesses in the faces of the buffer tips or
heads, and insert india-rubber blocks in such a manner that they may
project beyond the buffer tips, so that when the carriages are coupled
up and the buffers brought into contact the india-rubber thereon shall
be compressed, and sufficient adhesion may be obtained to prevent the
buffer ends sliding one on another. The india-rubber blocks may be
cone-shaped, and be inserted from behind into suitable recesses in the
buffer tips, which are also to be slightly recessed to receive the buffer
rod end. Packing pieces of wood may from time to time be placed
behind the india-rubber blocks to press them outward and cause them
to project beyond the buffer face. I also form recesses in the india-
rubber blocks, so that they may be attached to the buffer ends by nails,
screws, or bolts. I also form a suitable number of holes or passages in
the india-rubber blocks, and fill them with rope drawn through for the
purpose of increasing the adhesion and durability of the blocks. The
faces of the blocks may be curved.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Joseph Beattie in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 21st July 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
BEATTIE, of Surbiton, in the County of Surrey, Civil Engineer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the
thirty-second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Joseph Beattie, Her special
licence that I, the said Joseph Beattie, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Joseph Beattie, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during

page_text: the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BUFFING APPARATUS FOR RAILWAY CARRIAGES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Joseph Beattie, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Scal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Beattie, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement, and by reference to the Sheet of Draw-
ings accompanying and forming part of this my Specification, and to the
figures and letters of reference marked thereon, that is to say :-
My improvements consist in forming the sockets or guides in such a
manner that they may serve as stuffing boxes through which the buffer
rods pass, and which can be adjusted from time to time when requisite,
so as to prevent the lateral or vertical movement of the buffer rods.
I pack the recesses in the sockets with rope or cotton packing, or 1.
use india-rubber packing rings lined with metallic rings. I also form on
the base of the sockets one or more suitable projections (through the
central one of which the buffer rod works), which I insert into corre-
sponding recesses formed in the carriage framing, and by these means
the bolts which attach the sockets to the framing are relieved from
lateral strain. I also form recesses in the faces of the buffer tips or
heads, and insert india-rubber blocks in such a manner that they may
project beyond the buffer tips, so that when the carriages aro' coupled
up and the buffers brought into contact the india-rubber thereon shall
be compressed and sufficient adhesion may be obtained to prevent the
buffer ends sliding one on another. The india-rubber blocks -may be
cone-shaped, and be inserted from.bahind into suitable recesses in the
buffer tips, which are also to be slightly recessed to receive the buffer
rod end: Packing pieces of wood may from time to time be placed
behind the indin-rubber blocks to press them outward and cause them
to project beyond the buffer face. I also form recesses in the india.

page_text: rubber blocks, so that they may be attached to the owner ends by mums,
screws, or bolts. I also form a suitable number of holes or passages in
the india-rubber blocks, and fill them with rope drawn through for the
purpose of increasing the adhesion and durability of the blocks. The
faces of the blocks may be curved.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a sectional view of a railway carriage buffer constructed
according to my said Invention. A, A, is the guide or socket formed
with a recess B, B; C, C, is the ring pressed on to the packing by the
screws D, D; E, E, is a projection formed around the buffer rod, and
e, e, the corresponding recess in the carriage framing to receive it to
relieve the bolts F, F, from strain; G, G, are india-rubber blocks
inserted in the buffer tip H, H; h, h, is the wooden packing behind the
india-rubber blocks G, G.
Figure 2 is a half plan of the buffer tip or end shewing the positions
of the blocks G, G, which may have rope drawn through them, as shewn.
Figure 3 is a sectional view, and Figure 4 is a plan of an india-rubber
block I, I, inserted into the buffer end or tip, and formed with recesses
to receive the screws, nails, or bolts by which it is attached to the
buffer.
Figure 5 is a sectional view of a buffer end having a curved india-
rubber block J, J, inserted into a recess in the metal end of a buffer, and
projecting beyond its face.
Figure 6 is a sectional view of a wrought-iron buffer constructed to
receive rope or other packing at K, K, the ring L, L, being compressed
on to the packing by screw bolts, as shewn at M, or held in position by
spring clips, as shewn at N.
Figures 7 and 8 are sectional views of india-rubber packing rings O, O,
lined with metal cut rings P, P, to be used in some cases instead of rope
or cotton packing in the buffer guides or sockets.
Figures 9 and 10 are plans of the same.
Figure 11 is a sectional view of a cast-iron wagon buffer shewing the
manner in which it may be constructed to receive the packing. The
packing QQ, is compressed into the recess round the buffer ram, and
the ring R, R, is held in position by the screw clip bolts S, S.
Figure 12 is a plan of the same.

page_text: manner the same may be performed, I wish it to be understood that I
do not claim any of the parts taken separately, but that what I claim as
my Invention is, the combination and arrangement of parts, substantially
as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Josoph Beattic, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Josoph Beattio, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.