Improvements in or appertaining to Axle Boxes and Guards for Railway Wagons and Rolling Stook.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Jan., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 29th Sept., 1899-Accepted, 4th Nov., 1899
Improvements in or appertaining to Axle Boxes and Guards for
Railway Wagons and Rolling Stook.
We, JAMES KENWORTHY and FRED KENWORTHY, both of Railway Wagon
Works, Lockwood, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Wagon Builders, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention consists of an improvement to the axlebox & guard of rail-
way wagons & rolling stock.
The back lugs of the axle box have portions cut out or omitted, thus enabling
the remaining portions of lugs to pass through openings prepared for same in
guard the box then dropping into its place on the axle. This invention allows
the axle box to be removed without having to lift the wagon, or remove the
guard or to remove the guard without taking off the axle box or lifting the
wagon thus saving an enormous amount of labour and expense.
Dated this 6th day of January 1899.
JAMES KENWORTHY.
FRED KENWORTHY.
Improvements in or appertaining to Axle Boxes and Guards for
Railway Wagons and Rolling Stook.
We, JAMES KENWORTHY and FRED KENWORTHY, both of Railway Wagon
Works, Lockwood, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Wagon Builders, 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 state-
ment:
This invention relates to the axle boxes and guards of railway wagons and
like rolling stock, the object of our improvements being to enable the axle boxes
to be removed without taking out the wheels, or the axle guards to be taken
off without lifting the wagon, or removing a portion of the flooring of the
wagon.
In carrying out our improvements we may or may not cut out portions of
the back lugs or slide flanges of the axle box, and on the upper inner edges or
sides of the portion of the guard within which the axle box slides vertically,
we cut out portions or form recesses which, when they are brought opposite
the said back luga or slide flanges of the axle box either on inserting or remov-
ing the axle box, or in introducing or removing the guard, will admit of the
lugs, or the portions thereof not cut away, passing through the cut out por-

page_text: tions or recesses in the guard, and the axle box or axle guard, as the case may
be, placed in position or removed as desired.
In the accompanying drawings illustrating our invention:-
Fig. 1 is elevation of an axle box and guard for railway wagons shewing
one method of carrying out our invention; and
Fig. 2 is a similar elevation shewing a slightly modified construction, which
is the one we prefer to adopt.
Referring firstly to Fig. I, letter a represents the axle box of railway wagons
and like rolling stock, the axle guard to same, the back lugs or flanges on
the axle box, each having a grooved way therein to receive, when in position,
the opposing sides or edges of the two central members or limbs of the guard b,
as shewn, and to admit of vertical movement of the axle box, all as ordinarily.
From each back lug or lateral flange e we out out portions midway of the
depth of the lugs or flanges; or portions might be cut out from each end of
the said lugs or flanges. In the opposing edges or sides of the two central
members or limbs of the axle guard, between which the axle box fits and is
moveable vertically up and down same, and near the upper ends of same, we
cut out portions or form recesses 61 spaced at the requisite distance apart, and
each of a capacity or depth to admit of the uncut portion of the lugs or
flanges c passing clearly through same substantially as illustrated in dotted
lines in Fig. 1.
In order to remove the axle box from the axle guard or replace it in position
in same, all that is necessary to be done is to lift the wagon so as to enable
the bearing spring to be removed, whereupon the box a can be alided up the
axle guard from the position shewn in full line to that shewn in dotted line
or held in such position to bring the projecting portions of the lugs or flanges c
opposite the recesses 61, in which position it can be withdrawn clear of the
guard to remove it or replace a brass, or the grooved ways engaged with the
sides or edges of the guard and the box allowed to drop into position to replace
it in the guard.
To remove the guard, the stay f is detached, the bolts securing said guard to
the frame of the wagon taken out, and the guard then lowered to bring
recesses 61 opposite the projecting lugs or flanges c, when it is moved. clear of
same to the rear of the box, and being turned slightly upon the axle or journal
can be withdrawn from either side.
The guard is just as easily replaced, being passed at an angle over the axle
or journal at the rear of the axle box, then moved to a vertical position and
held at the required height to bring the recesses 61 opposite the lugs o when it
is brought forward lineable with same and said lugs registered in the grooved
ways in same.
In Fig. 2 we shew the preferred construction which we intend to adopt, this
consisting in leaving the lugs or flanges c on the axle box intact as shown and
as they are at present, while one cut out or recess 6 only is made or formed
in the opposing edges or sides of the axle guard, these being of sufficient length
and depth to admit of the lugs or flanges e passing clearly through same. This
construction does not weaken the lugs or flanges and also reduces the cost of
adapting our improvements to the existing axle boxes and guards.
In applying our improvements to new axle guards we prefer to make the two
main or central limbs or members of the guard approximately half an inch
wider than they are at present, and in thus adding to the width of the guard, 5
we increase its strength where strength is most required. In providing the
recesses or cut-outs as above set forth for permitting the back lugs or flanges
on the axle box to be passed through same clear of the guard, or the guard to
be placed clear of the said back lugs or flanges, we are enabled to remove and
replace axle boxes or brasses without removing the wheels, and to remove, b
repair, and replace damaged axle guards or supply fresh ones when the train
is blocked up in a siding, without having to ease all the train, as heretofore, to

page_text: allow of "jacking up," there being no necessity to lift the wagon or to remove
part of the bottom thereof to permit of such removal and reapplication, con-
sequently there is no need now to carry a jack and packings. Considerable
time is saved in making the necessary changes for repair or renewal of the
parts as aforesaid, while the labour required to effect such changes is minimised.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
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(1) The combination with axle boxes and guards for railway wagons and
like rolling stock, of recesses or cut-outs made or formed in the grooved back
lugs or flanges of the axle box, and in the opposing sides or edges of the axle
guard in the manner and for the purposes, substantially as shewn and described
with reference to Fig. 1.
(2) In axle guards for railway wagons and like rolling stock, the cut-outs or
recesses ¹ cut or formed in the upper opposing edges or sides of the guard
and of sufficient length or depth to admit of the full depth of the back lugs
or flanges on the axle box passing clearly through same either in removing
the axle box or guard, or replacing same in position substantially as set forth.
Dated this 10th dow of Cant 1900
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Patent Agents, Huddersfield, Agents for Applicant.