A NEW OR IMPROVED AUTOMATIC COUPLING FOR RAILWAY TRUCKS WAGGONS AND OTHER VEHICLES
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Fisher Belling of 2 Manor Park Road, Little
Ilford. in the County of Essex for an Invention of A NEW OR IMPROVED
AUTOMATIC COUPLING FOR RAILWAY TRUCKS WAGGONS AND OTHER
VEHICLES.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Fisher Belling at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th May 1883.
GEORGE FISHER BELLING of 2 Manor Park Road, Little Ilford, in the County
of Essex A NEW OR IMPROVED AUTOMATIC COUPLING FOR RAILWAY TRUCKS
WAGGONS AND OTHER VEHICLES
The object of this invention is to do away with the necessity of anyone passing
under or between the Trucks, Carriages, or Waggons, the saving of time and the
saving of Life, in coupling or uncoupling the said Trucks, Carriages or Waggons.
The invention consists in the employment of a flat piece of Iron or other suitable
material instead of a Draw Hook, the said flat piece of Iron having a slot or
opening in it-On top of the said piece of iron is placed a moveable bar being
attachd thereto by a bolt & nut. To the fore end of said bar a short moveable pin
is attached in a suspended position which passes through a slit in the said piece of
iron, the back part of the bar behind the bolt & nut is slightly raised or curved
upwards. the lower part of the said piece of iron forming the slot is slightly longer
than the upper & curved downwards thus forming an inclined plane, To the said
piece of iron at the back of the slot (that is next to the Carriage &c) is attached a
moveable double Shackle.
Mode of Coupling, On the Carriages, Trucks, Waggons or other Vehicles coming
in contact the front shackle (the higher one) slides up the opposite double shackle,
along the said inclined plane & into the slot driving the said pin backwards-when
the shackle passes clear of the pin the pin returns to its former suspended position
& the coupling or connexion is complete
Method of Uncoupling. A rod or bar running across the front or end of the
carriage &c having a handle at each end is employed-To the centre of said rod or
bar is attached a small piece of iron or other metal which on the said handle being
pulled forward causes the said small piece of iron to bear or press on the curved or
raised end of the bar mentioned above thus raising the front end of the bar & pin
and releasing or uncoupling the Carriage, Trucks, & Waggons

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said George Fisher Belling in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
13th November 1883.
GEORGE FISHER BELLING of N° 2 Manor Park Road Little Ilford in the County
of Essex Dentist A NEW OR IMPROVED AUTOMATIC COUPLING FOR RAILWAY
TRUCKS WAGGONS AND OTHER VEHICLES
The Invention consists in the employment of a flat piece of iron or other suitable
material instead of a Draw Hook the said flat piece of iron A fig: 1 having a slot
or opening B¹ fig: 1-On top of the said piece of iron A is placed a moveable bar B
fig 1 being attached thereto by a Bolt and Nut-To the fore end of the said bar B
a short moveable pin C fig. 1 is attached in a suspended position which passes
through a slit D fig. 2 in the said piece of iron A-The back part of the Bar B
behind the Bolt and Nut is slightly raised or curved upwards E fig. 1-The lower
part of the said piece of iron A forming the slot B₁ is slightly longer than the
To this
upper and curved downwards thus forming an inclined plane F fig. 1.
said piece of iron A at the back of the slot Bi (that is next to the Carriage Truck
The following is the
or Waggon) is attached a moveable double shackle G.fig. 1
mode of coupling-On the carriage Trucks Waggons and other Vehicles coming in
contact the front shackle H fig. 4 (the higher one) slides up the opposite double
shackle G fig. 4 along the said inclined plane F and into the slot B¹ driving the
said pin C backwards-When the shackle H passes clear of the pin C the pin C
returns to its former suspended position and the coupling or connexion is
complete The following is the method of uncoupling-A Rod K fig. 3 running
across the front or end of the Carriage Truck or Waggon having a handle L fig. 3
at each end is employed-To the centre of the said rod K. is attached a small piece
of iron or other metal M fig. 3 which on the said handle L. being pulled forward
'causes the said small piece of iron M to bear or press on the curved or raised end
of the before mentioned moveable bar B thus raising the front end of the bar B
and pin C and releasing or uncoupling the carriages Trucks or Waggons Having
thus described the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed I would have it understood that I claim
Firstly The Flat piece of iron or other Metal A containing the Slot B' fig. 1.
Secondly The combination of the moveable Bar B and Pin C fig 1.
Thirdly The double shackle G and H fig: 4
In witness whereof I the said George Fisher Belling have hereunto set my
hand and seal this thirteenth day of November One thousand eight hundred and
eighty three.
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