IMPROVEMENTS IN SHAFT-COUPLINGS FOR VEHICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JASPER WETTER, Engineer, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, do
hereby declare the nature of said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN SHAFT-COUPLINGS
FOR VEHICLES, a communication to me from abroad by Winfield Scott Shanahan
and George Fayette Dickinson, of East Chatham, New York, New United States of.
America, to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide a double spring in the eye of the clip.
for the purpose of preventing rattle and wear without materially increasing the cost
of the coupling.
For this purpose I form on one side of the clip a boss or circular enlargement
provided with an eye or annular opening to receive the anti-rattler, which consists
of a round block of rubber or any other suitable elastic material surrounded by a
metallic spring. The said enlargement has an opening to receive a cross bar on the
end of the shaft iron, the said cross bar being situated between two wings of the
shaft iron, which embrace the enlargement on two sides when the parts are together
and in working position. The elastic block has a radial opening and the metallic
spring after surrounding the said block, has its ends inserted into said opening so
as to reach to the bottom thereof and leave a radial aperture between the ends of
the spring. The spring is made larger than the eye, so that it must be compressed
in order to enter the same.
After entering, the ends of the spring press against the sides of the opening in
the elastic block, and assist in expanding it and keeping it tight in the eye. The
shaft is raised to allow the coupling bar to enter the opening of the block. When
it is lowered, the bar is secured in the block, as is usual in this class of coupling
devices.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
J, JASPER WETTER, Engineer, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN SHAFT-COUPLINGS
FOR VEHICLES, a communication to me from abroad by Winfield Scott Shanahan
and George Fayette Dickinson, of East Chatham, New York, United States, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described nud
ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This invention relates to anti-rattlers for shaft-couplings for vehicles, and the
object I have in view is to provide a double spring in the eye of the clip, for
the purpose of more effectually preventing rattle and wear without materially
increasing the cost of the device.
These objects I accomplish by the means illustrated in the accompanying
drawings, in which :-
Fig 1 represents partly a side and partly a sectional view of the invention, and
Fig 2 a perspective view of the spring in its normal position.
In the figures, A represents a clip by means of and through which the shaft-irons
of a vehicle are connected to the shafts of the same.
D), represents an enlargement on one side of the clip, in which is formed an eye
or annular opening, to receive the anti-rattler and the end of the shaft iron. This
enlargement is provided with an opening to receive a cross-bar on the end of the
shaft-iron.
B, represents-the-shaft-iron; C, the bar upon it, which is situated between two
wings B, which embrace the enlargement Don-two-sides_when_the_parts are
together and in working position. E represents a block of rubber which is fitted
in the eye of the enlargement D. This block E is provided with a rectangular
opening, and the metallic spring F, after surrounding the said block, has its ends
inserted in said opening and reaching to its bottom, as represented.
The spring F is made larger than the eye, and is compressed in order to enter the
same.
After entering, the ends of the spring press against the sides of the opening in
the elastic block E, and assist in expanding it and keeping it tight in the eye. The
shaft is raised to allow the coupling bar C to enter the radial opening of the block.
When it is lowered the bar is secured in the block E, as is usual in this class of
coupling devices.
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
1. The block E, formed of any suitable elastic substance and surrounded by a
metallic spring F, in combination with an axle-clip and shaft-iron of a vehicle, the
several parts being constructed substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. The block E provided with a rectangular opening, and surrounded with a
metallic spring the ends of which project into the said opening for the purpose of
keeping the block distended, substantially as described.
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