Improved Automatic Couplings for Railway Wagons, Carriages and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Automatic Couplings for Railway Wagons, Carriages and
the like.
I, FREDERICK WALLIS, 17, Eastbourne Road, West Ham, Essex, Fitter, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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This invention for improved automatic couplings for railway waggons, carriages
& the like has for its object to provide an improved construction of apparatus
whereby they are automatically and readily coupled.
At the end of each vehicle is provided a moveable hook and link fastened by
means of a pin into a knuckle joint on end of draw bar. When the vehicles are
brought together the link on each slides up and drops into a corresponding hook
on the other vehicle, thus securing them together.
The link has on its underside a knuckle joint while the hook is provided with
a knuckle joint on top, these are connected by a rod to a lever on a horizontal
shaft across end of vehicle on which is fixed a hand lever which can be operated
from either side. The method of uncoupling is as follows:-
The hand lever is raised which partly turns the shaft, & by means of the con-
necting rods and knuckle joints raises the link and lowers the hook, thereby
disconnecting the vehicles.
The hooks and links return to their proper horizontal position for coupling
by means of a spring of suitable strength for the purpose.
Dated this 21st day of October 1800
FREDERICK WALLIS.
Improved Automatic Couplings for Railway Wagons, Carriages and
the like.
I, FREDERICK WALLIS, 17, Eastbourne Road, West Ham, Essex, Fitter, 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 follow-
ing statement:-
This invention for improved automatic couplings for railway wagons, carriages
and the like, has for its object, to provide an improved construction of apparatus
whereby they are automatically and readily coupled.
At the end of each vehicle is provided a moveable hook and link fastened by
means of a pin into a knuckle joint on end of draw bar. When the vehicles are
brought together the link on each slides up and drops into a corresponding hook
on the other vehicle, thus securing them together.

page_text: The link has on its underside a knuckle joint while the hook is provided with
a knuckle joint on top, these are connected by a rod to a lever on a horizontal
shaft, across end of vehicle on which is fixed a hand lever, which can be operated
from either side.
The method of uncoupling is as follows:-
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The hand lever is raised which partly turns the shaft and by means of the
connecting rods and knuckle joints, raises the link and lowers the hook, thereby
disconnecting the vehicles.
The hooks and links return to their proper horizontal position for coupling
by means of a spring of suitable strength for the purpose.
In order that this invention may be clearly understood reference is had to the
accompanying sheet of illustrated drawings.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation shewing the coupling arrangements according to this
invention fitted to railway vehicles, coupled together. The position of hook
and link when uncoupled being shewn dotted.
Fig. 2 is an end elevation of one of the vehicles.
Fig. 3 is a plan shewing the vehicles coupled up.
The vehicles K and K 1 are each provided with two draw bars and a moveable
link A and a moveable hook B which are attached to knuckle joints C and C1
of drawbars by pins. On the end of link A is a knuckle joint, which is attached
by connecting rod F to lever G on horizontal shaft H.
On the end of hook B is a knuckle joint which is connected by short rod D
to lever E on the aforementioned shaft H which works in brackets I, II and I2,
these being fixed to end of vehicles, the shaft being operated by hand lever J.
When the vehicles are disengaged, the link A and the hook B are always
kept in a horizontal position ready for coupling by means of a spring of sufficient
strength for the purpose on lever F.
The automatic coupling of the vehicles is effected in the following manner.
When two vehicles are brought together the links A slide up and drop into
hooks B, thus securing them together.
To uncouple either vehicle the hand lever J is pulled forward, which partly
turns the horizontal shaft which raises lever E and short rod D and lowers
lever G and rod F by means of which hook B is lowered and link A is raised as
shewn in dotted lines on Fig. 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner this said is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
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(1) An improved automatic coupling for railway wagons, carriages and the
like, comprising a moveable link and hook attached to drawbars, also rods, levers,
spring horizontal shaft, and hand lever for operating the uncoupling.
(2) Improved automatic couplings for railway wagons, carriages and the
like, substantially as described in reference to the drawings and for the purpose
specified.
Dated this 14th day of Tul 1000
FREDERICK WALLIS,,
Applicant.