Railway and other Waggons.
Year: 1886

page_text: Railway and other Waggons.
We, JOHN DAY, of No. 5 Mulberry Street, Stanningley, Fitter, and BEN
RHODES of Old Foundry, Thornton, Road, Bradford, Ironfounder, both in the
County of York, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention has for its object the coupling and uncoupling of railway and
other waggons, without the attendant having occasion to go between the buffers of
the waggons, which we accomplish in the following manner.
We place a bar in a longitudinal direction under and about the centre of the
waggon, suspending the bar at one end by a chain or jointed link. The other end
is fitted with a joint or socket that is in connection with the middle link of an
ordinary three linked coupling chain. The before mentioned bar is prepared with
an arm on each side that extends to the outside of the waggon, and when a
waggon is to be coupled to another the bar is moved by one of the arms in a
horizontal direction when the before mentioned joint or socket, will slide on the
middle link until in contact with the end link; the bar being still moved in the
same direction, the coupling chains are elevated and can be moved in any direction
desired, by either arm from the centre longitudinal bar.
Daded thin 10th day of March 1886

page_text: Bailway and other Waggons.
We, JOHN DAY, of No. 5 Mulbury Street, Stanningley, Fitter, and BEN RHODES
of Old Foundry, Thornton Road, Bradford, Ironfounder, both in the County of
York, 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:—
This invention has for its object the coupling and uncoupling of railway and
other waggons without the attendant having occassion to go between the buffers of
the waggons; and consists in suspending by chains or links a bar connected to a
joint or socket in such a position that when the said bar is operated by an arm at
either end of the said bar, the joint or socket is brought in contact with the middle
and end links of a three linked chain or with the two.end links of a chain having
more than three links which are raised to the elevation of the coupling hook on
the contiguous waggon, when the bar suspended by the chain or links is swung
towards, and the end link lowered into the coupling hook, thereby coupling the
two waggons.
For the better elucidation of this invention, we have appended a sheet of
drawings illustrative thereof, in which Fig. 1 represents an end view of a railway
waggon with the improved coupling apparatus attached, Fig. 2 is a side view of a
portion of the same, Fig. 3 a view shewing our apparatus in connection with the
chain when the latter is being raised for coupling to the hook of the adjoining
waggon, Fig. 4 an enlarged plan of the joint or socket, and Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are
respectively, a plan, end view, and longitudinal section of the joint or socket, with
the chain laying therein.
To and ordinary railway waggon A, we attach, by means of brackets B secured
to the same, a shaft C, from which is suspended by the links D a bar E projecting
at both ends beyond the buffers of the waggon, the ends being bent at E¹ so as to
form arms og levers for operating the said bar when coupling and uncoupling the
waggons,
Attached to the bar E by the adjustable bars F is the joint or socket G, and
when the waggons are to be coupled or uncoupled, on moving one of the arms E¹,
the joint or socket G is brought in contact with the two end links of the coupling
chain H somewhat in the manner as shewn by apparatus on the left hand waggon
in Fig. 3, the movement of the arm being continued until the end link of the
coupling chain is to the height of the draw bar hook J, when pressure is put upon
the bar E in the direction of the adjoining waggon the links D allowing the bar
to move in that direction until the chain is over the opening in the coupling hook J
when it is dropped into the same, thereby coupling the waggons; the uncoupling
being effected in the same manner as that described for coupling, thus avoiding the
necessity of directly handling the chains.

page_text: In order that the end link may lay in the joint or socket G in a suitable position
for coupling and uncoupling, we bend each side plate of the joint or socket at the
back end next' the middle link as shewn by projections or flanges G¹ thereby
enabling the link to lay flat in the joint or socket during the operation of coupling
and uncoupling, the next link being vertical hanging in the space K between the
sides of the joint or socket.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is: -
The combination of the shaft C, links D, and bar E with the joint or socket G,
all arranged substantially in the manner shewn and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 28th day of Sentombon 1906