such like Vehicles.
Year: 1885

page_text: [Communicated from abroad by John Strachan, District Locomotive Superintendent,
East Indian Railway, and Frederick Watkins, Locomotive Foreman, East
Indian Railway, both residing at Jumalpore, in Bengal, in the Empire of
India.]
such like Vehicles.
I SYDNEY PITT of Sutton in the County of Surrey Gentleman (a communication
to me from abroad by John Strachan District Locomotive Superintendent East
Indian Railway and Frederick Watkins Locomotive Foreman East Indian Railway
both residing at Jumalpore in Bengal in the Empire of India) 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:-
According to this invention the bearings of railway and other like axles are
mounted in an economical and efficient holder in lieu of employing axle boxes and
check blocks as now usual.
The drawing annexed shows one of the holders and parts in connection with it.
Figure 1 is a side elevation and Figure 2 a vertical section-A is the holder
formed of an oval ring having circular guide pins projecting from it at top and
bottom-these pins are fitted with bushes D D and work in brackets fixed to the
frame of the vehicle so that the holder can play up and down. The upper portion
of the oval ring rests upon the top of the brass bearing B. A circular projection
on top of the latter fits into a corresponding opening in the holder and thus their
relative positions are maintained. The upper guide pin of the holder after passing
through the bracket which guides it comes in contact with and slightly engages the
spring E, the central portion only of which is shown in the drawing. The holder
is consequently pressed directly on the brass bearing B. The brass bearing B has
lugs on either side through which pass the bolts for sustaining the keep or lubricant
retainer C as shown. The advantages claimed for this invention are that it entirely
dispenses with axle boxes and check blocks, rendering it unnecessary to send vehicles
into the works for the purpose of having the same refitted-thus effecting a
considerable saving in time and labor when once the holder has been attached.
It is more economical than the present system both in first cost and working.
The brass bearing B and the guide bushes D D being the only wearing parts can

page_text: be kept in reserve at all out stations and owing to simplicity of construction are
easily replaced by any ordinary workman.
The brass bearing B being exposed to the atmosphere is less likely to get heated
and in case of a hot bearing is more easily accessible for purposes of cooling.
The brass can be changed at any time on a running vehicle without lifting it by
simply freeing the spring E.
From the simple manner in which the keep or lubricant C is attached, the driver
of a train has every facility for examining the journals of his axles in a few
minutes, thereby saving detention of trains and destruction of axles.
The guides being round allow the wheels to yield more to the frame and are
therefore less likely to strain it.
The holder may with advantage in some cases be made with the guides on either
side as shown in Figure 3 instead of top and bottom as in Figures 1 and 2.
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. Mounting the axle bearings of railway and such like vehicles substantially in
the manner herein before described and illustrated in the drawing annexed.
2. The combination of the holder A bearing B and lubricant retainer C as
described and illustrated in the drawing annexed.
Dated this 24th day of December 1885.
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.