provements in Smoke and Cinder Conveyers for Railway Cars.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 20th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 20th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
provements in Smoke and Cinder Conveyers for Railway Cars.
I, CHARLES DAVID TILLISON, of 2021 Gano Avenue, St. Louis, in the County
St. Louis, and State of Missouri, United States of America, Gentleman, do
reby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
rformed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
tement:-
My invention relates to improvements in smoke and cinder conveyers for railway
rs; and it consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts, as will be
re fully hereinafter described, and designated in the claims.
In the drawings
Improvements in Smoke and Cinder Conveyers for Railway Cars.
I, CHARLES DAVID TILLISON, of 2021 Gano Avenue, St. Louis, in the County
of St. Louis, and State of Missouri, United States of America, 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 smoke and cinder conveyers for railway
cars; and it consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts, as will be
more fully hereinafter described, and designated in the claims.
In the drawings
Figure 1 is a longitudinally sectional view of my invention as applied functionally
to railway cars.
Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.
Fig. 3 is an end view of a car, showing my invention applied to the same; and
Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the manner in which part of my invention is
applied to the smoke-stack.
The object of my invention is to construct a device for preventing the products of
combustion such as smoke, cinders, soot, &c.-issuing from the smoke-stack of the
locomotive from entering the doors or windows of the moving train.
While embodying this essential feature, I desire to so construct my device that
it is easily detachable from the smoke-stack, and it is not necessary to change
essentially, the location of the parts of my invention when the train moves in
opposite direction. It can also be readily perceived that by the peculiar construction
of the pipes of the conveyer where the same join they are adapted to gather air
and create a draft through the conveyer, and consequently remove effectually all
the products of combustion that may enter the conveyer.
Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a smoke-stack of ordinary construction
as carried by an ordinary locomotive and 2 indicates the top of the cab of the
same.
3 indicates an approximately S-shaped joint, with a front portion of the same
flared divergingly, the same adapted to fit snugly over the top of the smoke-stack.
Any suitable mechanical construction may be employed that will create a perfect
joint where the S-shaped joint and smoke-stack meet, so that no products of com-
bustion can escape at the joint. Said S-shaped joint 3 is adapted to be removed
from the smoke stack from the cab in a manner as will be more fully hereinafter
described. Of course this construction is absolutely necessary, for when the
locomotive is standing still there is no need of the conveyer being placed over the
smoke stack of the same.
4 indicates a stationary pipe, which is firmly secured to the top 2 of the cab in
any suitable and mechanical manner. The front portion of said pipe is provided
with a funnel shaped portion, 5, in which the end of the S-shaped joint 3 is adapted
to slip. The rear end of the S-shaped joint 3 is of smaller diameter than the

page_text: funnel shaped portion 5 of pipe 4, so that when pipe 3 is placed in said funnel
shaped portion there is sufficient space for the air to enter, as indicated by arrow 6,
thereby creating a draft through pipe 4.. Pipe 3 is provided with a perforated lug 7,
to which is pivotally secured a lever 8.
9 indicates a band which is secured to smoke stack 1 in any suitable or mechanical
manner. Said band is provided with a perforated arm 10, to which lever 8 is
pivotally secured. The lower arm 11 of lever 8 is pivotally secured to an operating-
handle 12, which passes back and is adapted to be operated from the cab. By this
construction it can be readily perceived that when the operating handle 12 is pushed
forward the S-shaped pipe or joint 3 will be removed from its seat on smoke-stack 1,
and pushed forward into the funnel shaped portion 5, thereby throwing the smoke-
stack in communication with the open air. Of course when it is desired to place
the S-shaped joint on the smoke stack the operation should be reversed—that is,
the operator should pull the handle 12 toward him.
13 indicates a straight pipe, which is adapted to slip over pipe 4 in a forward
direction or slip backward in a funnel shaped portion 14 of the pipe 15 or if
necessary pipe 13 can be slipped backward in pipe 15, so as to remove pipe 13 out
of the way when it is desired to supply the tender 16 with water at the water tank.
The funnel shaped portion 14 has two functions first, it allows the pipe 13 to
vibrate freely on an uneven track and around curves, and, second it will gather
sufficient air to create a draft and force all the products of combustion back to the
next pipe on the rear car, where a like construction is employed, and of course a
like result follows:
Each car of the train should be provided with a like pipe, as 15, and put together
as the construction shown in locating the pipes 13 and 15. The pipes are secured
in any suitable and mechanical manner on the roofs of the cars adjacent to the sides
of the raised portion of the roofs, as shown in Figure 3.
In order to prevent changing the pipes when the train moves in an opposite
direction, use a similar set of pipes, but having the funnel portions of the same in
a reverse position to that shown in Figure 1, and as shown in Figure 2; but in
order to bring pipe 4 in the two mentioned constructions in a proper location
relative to the S-shaped joint 3, I bend the pipe as shown in Figure 2.
25 indicates a forked or bifurcated guide, which is secured to the smoke-stack in
any suitable and mechanical manner. The joint occupies an interposed position
between the forks and bifurcation of said guide: The function of said guide is to
guide joint 3 and prevent it from tilting laterally when the same is desired to be
placed on or moved from the smoke-stack.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is 11
1. In a smoke and cinder conveyer for railway-cars, the combination, with pipe
sections which are located on the cars, of a section 4, located on the locomotive,
means for connecting the latter section with the smoke-stack, and a section 13,
removably and adjustably carried by supports upon the tender, the said section 13
being adapted to fit over the end of section 4 and to be slid into and contained
within one of the sections on the cars when the tender is being filled, substantially
as described.
2. In a smoke and cinder conveyer for railway-trains, a pipe carried by the cars,
a short pipe 3, one end of which is adapted to fit into the end of said first-mentioned
pipe, the opposite end fitting over the top of the smoke stack, guides 25, lying in
the same plane as the upper edge of said stack, and means whereby the short pipe 3
may be operated on said guides to connect or disconnect the stack train-pipe,
substantially as described.
3. In a smoke and cinder conveyer for railway trains, a pipe carried by the cars,
a short pipe 3, one end of which is adapted to fit into the end of said first-mentioned
pipe, the opposite end being placed and fitting over the top of the smoke-stack,

page_text: guiles 25 at the top of said stack, a lug on pipe 3, a lever 8 pivoted thereto, a
band 9 carrying an arm 10, secured to the stack, the lever 8 being pivoted to arm 10,
and an operating rod 12, connected to the lower end of said lever, substantially as
described.
Dated this 20th dox of October 1901
F. W. BARKER,
Applicant's Agent.