IMPROVED MEANS ΤΟ BE EMPLOYED IN CONNECTING AND DISCONNECTING OR APPARATUS DATE WAV OD DELL & X DOLLING STOCK RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY ROL
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederic Barnes of Westwood Grange Tylehurst
Reading in the County of Berks, for an Invention of " IMPROVED MEANS
ΤΟ BE EMPLOYED IN CONNECTING AND DISCONNECTING
OR APPARATUS
DATE WAV OD
DELL & X
DOLLING STOCK"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederic Barnes at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th August 1882.
FREDERIC BARNES of Westwood Grange, Tylehurst Reading in the County of
Berks "IMPROVED MEANS OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN CONNECTING AND
DISCONNECTING RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY ROLLING STOCK
This invention relates to improved means or apparatus for connecting and
disconnecting railway and tramway rolling stock and in part consists of improve-
ments on Letters Patent granted to me and bearing date the 20th day of September
AD 1876 and numbered 3684.
In carrying out my Invention I adopt mainly the following arrangements
Attached by clip or otherwise to the draw bar inside of the bead stock of the wagon
or vehicle is a bar of peculiar form same at the extremity being formed to embrace
the shield to which it is aútached.
One end of the said bar is provided with a link or slotted piece attached to said
bar by pin or pins, bolt or bolts.-Another pin or bolt is also provided which drops
and is retained on hook at the end of said bar which acts as a stop and also for
purpose of safeguard and to hold said slotted piece in a horizontal position when in
position for coupling Outside of the headstock of the wagon the bar herein before
described is secured by plates top and bottom by bolts or other fastenings, through
which plates holes are made for drop pin to pass into the slotted link connected to
the other wagon or vehicle.-The drop pin is actuated in manner substantially as
follows-To the upper plate is attached a weighted lever free to turn on a centre
attached to the plate a portion of said plate acting as a return or guide through
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page_text: which passes the drop. pin so as to hold same in position When the coupling
enters the neck or opening formed by the bar and plates the lower end of said lever
is forced back and the other end of the lever is also actuated releasing the drop
pin which drops into the slotted link of the carriage to be coupled. To uncouple
I prefer to use a lever said lever is attached to one of the uprights of the wagon
or vehicle and where centered is also slotted so as to allow play of the lever.
To this lever is attached by bolt a curve clip with pin the bolt working in a slot
on the lever the curved pin working through the bow of the drop pin or bolt.-On
depressing or raising the lever (same depending on side of wagon or carriage) the
drop pin or bolt is raised by the curved book releasing the shackle or slotted bar
and ready for re-coupling. The said lever can be secured by pin fixed to lever
which drops into slot or opening in a bracket attached to the carriage either when
up or down.

page_text: In carrying out my Invention, I adopt substantially the following arrangements
as illustrated by the accompanying Drawings:—
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 Sectional elevation showing ends of two waggons with my improved
couplings
Fig. 2, plan of couplings.
Fig. 3 End view of waggon, showing lever for coupling and uncoupling.
Fig. 4. Elevation, and Fig. 5 plan of method of attachment to draw bar.
Fig. 6 view showing coupling to waggons of varying heights.
Attached by clip or otherwise a to the draw bar b inside of the headstock o of
the wagon or vehicle d, is a bar of peculiar form e same at the extremity being
formed to embrace the shield f, to which it is attached.-One end of the said bar e
is provided with a link or slotted piece g, attached to said bar e by pin or pins,
bolt or bolts -Another pin or bolt i is also provided, which drops and is retained
on hook at the end of said bar e, which acts as a stop and also for purpose of
safeguard, and to hold said slotted piece g in a horizontal position as shown when
in position for coupling.-Outside of the headstock c of the wagon d, the bar c
herein before described is secured by plates top and bottom, by bolts or other
fastenings m, through which plates holes n are made for drop pin o to pass into
the slotted link g, connected to the other waggon or vehicle. The drop pin o is
actuated in manner substantially as follows:-
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To the upper plate is attached a weighted lever p, free to turn on a centre q,
attached to the plate, a portion of said plate acting as a return or guide, through
which passes the drop pin o so as to hold same in position-When the coupling g
enters the neck or opening formed by the bar and plates, the lower end of said
lever p is forced back, and the other end of the lever is also actuated, releasing the
drop pin o, which drops into the slotted link e of the carriage to be coupled.-To
uncouple, I prefer to use a lever r; said lever is attached to one of the uprights of
the wagon or vehicle as shown, and where centred at s, is also slotte, so as to
allow play of the lever -To this lever r is attached by bolt a curve clip & with
pin, the bolt o working in a slot on the lever, the curved pin t working through the
bow of the drop pin or bolt o.
On depressing or raising the lever (same depending on side of waggon or carriage)
the drop pin or bolt o is raised by the curved hook relea-ing the shackle or
slotted bar and ready for recoupling.-The said lever can be secured by pin w
fixed to lever, which drops into slot x or opening in a bracket attached to the
carriage, either when up or down. When resting in upper slot a coupling cannot

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be effected, when in lower slot ¹ the pino is prevented working up when
coupled.
In case of the spring becoming weak or not acting efficiently, an additional
spring, could be put on the drawbar, to prevent the drooping tendency of
the bar.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed or carried out in
practice, I hereby declare that I claim the said Invention of the improved
combination or arrangement of means or apparatus to be employed in connecting
and disconnecting railway or tramway rolling stock, substantially as same is
hereinbefore set forth and described and illustrated by the accompanying
Drawings.
In Witness whereof I the said Frederic Barnes have hereunto set my hand
and seal this nineteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.
FREDERIC BARNES.
(L.S.)