Waggons, Carriages, and the like.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application. 30th July, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 1st Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1889
Waggons, Carriages, and the like.
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I, ALFRED FREDERICK SMITH of 58 Towerhamleis Street Towerhamlets Dover
in the County of Kent Goods Foreman London Chatham & Dover Railway
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-.
My invention relates to an improved apparatus for coupling and uncoupling
railway waggons, carriages, and the like, to obviate the necessity of placing a inan
in a dangerous position on the line between the waggons, to lift the ordinary
coupling-link on to the connecting hook of the adjoining waggon.
The object of my invention is to provide means by pressing down a handle at
either side of the waggon whereby the coupling-link may be raised, and by sliding
the same along the slides, the said coupling-link is lowered or droped over the
connecting hook of the adjoining waggon, for coupling the waggons together.
The handle is fixed at the side of a waggon, and forms an attachment to a bar
running the whole width of the waggon, to which is attached the gear to lift the
coupling-link; and by pushing the bar along the slide plates, the waggons can be
coupled or uncoupled at any distance that may be required.
I construct at each side of the waggon long slides or plates bolted to the frame of
the bed of the waggon, with a long bar, passing. from one slide to the other on the
opposite side; and the handles being attached to this said bar, to work the slide gear
either in or out, or to lift or lower the coupling-link.
The whole of the mechanism is attached to the aforesaid long bar.
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J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.

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Waggons, Carriages, and the like.
I, ALFRED FREDERICK SMITH, of 8 Towerhamlets Street, Towerhamlets, Dover,
in the County of Kent Goods Foreman, London Chatham & Dover Railway,
do bereby 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 an improved apparatus for coupling and uncoupling
railway waggons, carriages, and the like, to obviate the necessity of placing a man
in a dangerous position on the line between the waggons, to lift, the ordinary
coupling-link on to the connecting hook of the adjoining waggon.
The object of my invention is to provide means by pressing down a handle at
either side of the waggon, whereby the coupling-link may be raised, and by sliding
the same along the slides, the said coupling-link is lowered or droped over the
connecting hook of the adjoining waggon, for coupling the waggons together.
The handle is fixed at the side of a waggon, and forms an attachment to a bar
running the whole width of the waggon, to which is attached the gear to lift the
coupling-link; and by pushing the bar along the slide plates, the waggons can be
coupled or uncoupled at any distance that may be required.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly, understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawings thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Figure 1 represents the elevation of the ends of two waggons coupled together
with the coupling-link extended.
The dotted lines indicate the manner in which the coupling-link is lifted to
connect the same to the hook B of the adjoining carriage or waggon.
The handle M is now passed along the slot O, in the slido plate N to the full
extent permitted by the length of the slot or slide.
Figure 2, denotes a plan of the apparatus affixed to the underside or framework of
the bed of the waggon. The dotted lines indicate the position of a portion of the
framework P and joint S, when the slide Q is forced back by the handles M, M,
which may be regulated by the length of the slot O, in the side plate N.
I construct at each side of the waggon long slide plates N, bolted to the
frame of the bed of the waggon A, with a long bar L, passing from one slide to the
other on the opposite side, and the handles M, being attached to this said bar, to
work the slide gear either in or out, or to lift or lower the coupling-link. The
slide gear is bolted to the bed of the carriage, whereby the block Q is permitted to
slide in or out of the frame R, and is connected to the bar L, by the framework P
at the joint S; this aforesaid frame being rivetted to plates V, V, which plates work
loosely on the bar L.

page_text: On the bar La crank bar K is fixed, and to the centre of this said bar a plate J
with a joint I on the top, to receive a jointed tongue piece H, the end of this said
tongue piece being rivetted to a crank connecting piece G, welded on
link D.
to the
By the pressing of one or both handles M, M, downwards the joint. I is lifted
upwards, and the end of the plate J, closes up to the underside of the tongue
piece H, and carries the link D into the position indicated by dotted lines in
figure 1.
When waggons or carriages are required to be coupled together, the buffers of
each usually butt against each other.
The coupling-link is composed of three links, viz.: marked D the end link, V the
centre link, and F the link pivotted to the hook B. The pivotted link on the
hook B of the adjoining waggon in figure 1, is described as broken off and
marked C.
E is the buffers. a is the bolt heads.
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
First: The combination of the apparatus and mechanism reciprocated thereby,
substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying drawings.
Secondly: The combination of the mechanism for coupling and uncoupling
railway waggons, carriages, and the like, by lifting the coupling-link, substantially
as herein described and according to figure 1, in the accompanying drawings.
:
Thirdly I claim the advantage of my apparatus to enable the same to be affixed
to the ordinary coupling-link now in common use, substantially as herein described
and according to the accompanying drawings.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.