IMPROVEMENTS IN RAILWAY CARRIAGE AXLES
Year: 1885

page_text: pro naway Carriage AXIOS.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
RAILWAY CARRIAGE AXLES a communication to me from abroad by Jonathan
Bourne Junior of Portland in the County of Multnomah and State of Oregon,
United States of America, to be as follows:-
"
This Invention relates to improvements in car axles formed of two. sections
journaled in each other at the middle of the axle.
A hub which is shrunk or otherwise rigidly attached upon the inner end of one
of the axle sections serves to receive the inner end of the other axle section which
is provided at a short distance from its end with a fixed collar having its outer side
surface bevelled.
There is an enlarged socket on the end of the hub which receives the collar and
on the end of the hub are placed half rings which have part of their inner surfaces
bevelled to fit against the bevel of the collar.
A packing of, rubber or other material is interposed between the half rings and
the end of the hub and said half rings are held in place by nuts screwed on bolts
projecting from the end of the hub. The ends of the half rings are at short
distances from each other; and studs on the ends of the half rings serve to hold
the packing in place. There are longitudinal ribs on the hub which have their
outer edges united to form oil or grease chambers which are provided with filling
openings closed by screw plugs.
These chambers have end and bottom openings through which the oil can pass to
the collar and the end of the axle. An annular groove in the bottom of the socket
distributes the grease. A packing or washer of metal, wood, leather or other
material is placed between the two sections constituting the axle to fill the space
and compensate for wear on the bevelled surfaces of the collar and half rings.
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I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
RAILWAY CARRIAGE AXLES (a communication to me from abroad by Jonathan
Bourne Jr of Portland, in the County of Multnomah and State of Oregon, United
States of America,) and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in car axles
formed of two sections journaled in each other at the middle of the axle.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in
all the figures.
Figure 1, is a longitudinal elevation of the improved car axle.
Figure 2, is a cross sectional elevation of the same on the line . . Fig. 1.
Figure 3, is a side view of the rings on the end of the hub.
Figure 4, is an enlarged longitudinal sectional elevation on the line z. z.
Figure 1.
Figure 5, is an enlarged cross-sectional elevation on the line y. y Figure 4.
A A¹ are the sections of the divided axle and B is a hub which is shrunk or
otherwise rigidly attached upon the inner end of one of the axle sections A and
serving to receive the inner end of the other axle section A¹.
The section A' is provided at a short distance from its end with the fixed collar C,
the outer side surface a of which is bevelled.
On the end of the hub B an enlarged socket D is formed for receiving tho
collar C. and on the end of the hub are placed the half rings E which have part of
their inner surfaces bevelled to fit against the bevel of the collar C.
A packing F of rubber or other material is interposed between the half rings E
and the end of the hub B and the half rings are held in place by nuts G screwed
on bolts H. projecting from the end of the hub. The ends of the half rings E are
at short distances from each other, and studs g. g are formed on the ends of the
half rings for holding the packing in place Longitudinal ribs K are formed on the
hub and have their outer edges united to form the oil or grease chambers L which
have filling openings closed by screw plugs M.
The chambers L have end and bottom openings N. and O respectively, through
which the oil can pass to the collar C. and the end of the axle A. An annular
groove P is formed in the bottom of the socket for distributing the grease.
Between the ends of the two axles A. A¹, a packing or washer S of metal, wood,
leather or other material is placed, for filling the space and compensating for wear
on the bevelled surfaces of the collar C and half rings E.
Having now particularly described and ascertained, the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The combination with the divided axle A A' having the bevelled collar C, of
the hub R having a sonkret for receiving the cylindrical portion of said collar, and

page_text: of the half ring plates E held on the end of the hub and around the axle section A¹
by bolts, substantially as herein shown and described.
2. The combination with the axle sections A. A¹ of the hub B, the half rings E,
having end studs g and of the bolts H, substantially as herein shown and
described.
3. The combination with the axle sections A, A¹ of the hub B. on the section A
and having ribs between which oil chambers L are formed, the collar C. on the
axle section A¹, and the half rings E held on the end of the hub, substantially as
herein shown and described.
4. An axle section provided with a fixed collar shrunk on the axle and acting as
an inner journal for the said axle section, substantially as herein shown and
described.