Improvements in Brake Mechanism for Road Vehicles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 28th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 19th Dec., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brake Mechanism for Road Vehicles.
We, JOHN WESLEY COOK and CHARLES SCOTT both of Woodburn, County of
Marion, Oregon, U.S.A., Merchants, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that class of brake rods which have one end secured to the
operating lever on the box or body of the vehicle and the other end secured to a lever
on the running gear. The invention consists of a brake rod attachment comprising
two plates or jaws connected by intermediate studs and a sleeve on the shanks of the
plates or jaws for locking these together. The attachment thus formed is coupled to
the brake mechanism by means of a coupling nut between which and the sleeve is
placed a coil spring for pressing the sleeve over the shanks of the plates. The outer-
most or other suitable one of the studs located between the two plates or jaws is
hooked at the end to more securely engage in the corresponding stud hole in the
opposite plate or jaw and hold the plates together.
Dated this 11th day of March 1896.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.
Improvements in Brake Mechanism for Road Vehicles.
We, JOHN WESLEY COOк and CHARLES SCOTT both of Woodburn, County of
Marion, Oregon, U.S.A., Merchants, 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 relates to that class of brake rods which have one end secured to the
operating lever on the box or body of a waggon, and the other end secured to a lever
on the running gear, and it has for object to provide means whereby one end of the
rod can be easily and quickly removed to permit the removal of the box or body from
the running gear; also to provide means whereby the rod can be readily lengthened
or shortened; also to provide an attachment which can be readily attached to the
brake rod to form an extension thereof and which can be readily removed from the
part of the waggon to which the end of the brake rod is to be secured. The device
of the invention consists of two plates or jaws, one provided with studs and the other
with apertures to receive the studs, and a sleeve on the shanks of the plates or jaws
for locking them together.
In the accompanying drawing,
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a waggon, with the invention applied thereto.
Fig. 2 a perspective view of the improvements. Fig. 3 a sectional plan view of the
same and Fig 4 a plan view shewing parts separated.

page_text: A is a brake rod having one end pivotted to the operating lever G on the waggon
body, and B our improved attachment or extension thereof, and which is attached to
the lever H mounted on the running gear of the waggon C and connected with the
brake bar in the usual way. The body of the attachment or extension B consists of
two plates or jaws a, b, provided with the shanks a, b, respectively. The cylindrical
shank a² of the plate or jaw a is cut away at its junction with the plate or jaw, as
shewn at a³, and is provided with a stud a projecting from its flat face, and upon this
cut away portion of the shank a² the semi-cylindrical shank 6 of the plate or jaw b
rests, said jaw being provided with an aperture 63 to receive the stud a. The jaw or
plate a is provided with three studs c, d, e, projecting from its inner face, which studs
enter the apertures f, g, h, in the plate or jaw b. To securely fasten the outer ends of
the piates or jaws a, b, together, the stud c has its upper end notched or formed into
a hook c' as shewn, so that when it enters its aperture and the shanks of the said
plates are secured together, as presently described, the said plates or jaws will be
firmly and securely locked together.
For locking the inner ends of the plates or jaws together so as to permit their
ready separation when desired, we mount upon the shanks a², 62, of the jaws, the
sleeve D, and between the sleeve and the coupling nut E on the end of the shank a
we place the coiled spring F, so that the sleeve D will be forced forward upon the said
shanks and the parts locked together.
The brace rod A, which has its ends screw threaded, screws into the coupling nut E,
so that the attachment or extension can be readily secured to the brake rod, and the
other end of the attachment is connected to the lever H.
To connect the attachment to the lever H, the parts having been disconnected, the
plate or jaw a is placed on one side of the lever with one of its studs projecting
through au opening in the lever, and then the other plate or jaw b is placed on the
opposite side of the lever with its aperture f engaging the stud c of the plate or jaw a,
whereupon the sleeve D is pushed back against the tension of the spring F, and the
shank carried into engagement with the shank a², the studs of plate or jaw a
entering the corresponding apertures in the plate or jaw b when the sleeve is released
and, being forced forward by the spring upon the shanks, firmly locks the parts
together. Any one of the studs can be made to engage the opening of the lever, so
that this rod can be adjusted in length as desired. The rod can also be adjusted by
means of the coupling nut E.
It will thus be seen that by our improvements the brake rod can be quickly and
readily connected or disconnected from the lever H to permit the waggon body to be
removed from the running gear or for any other purpose.
It will also be seen that no bolts or nuts are employed to become loose or lost, and
that the rod can be readily and quickly adjusted, as to length, when desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1. An attachment for brake rods comprising two plates or jaws, one of which is
provided with studs and the other with apertures to receive the studs, means for
locking the plates or jaws together, and a coupling for connecting the plates or jaws
to a brake rod, substantially as described and shown.
2. An attachment for brake rods comprising two plates or jaws, one of which is
provided with studs and the other with apertures to receive the studs, means for
locking both ends of the plates together, and a coupling nut on the shank of one of
the plates or jaws, substantially as described and shewn.
3. An attachment for brake rods, comprising two plates or jaws, each provided with
a shank, one of the plates or jaws being provided with studs and the other with
apertures to receive the studs, and a sleeve on said shank for locking the parts together,
substantially as described and shewn.
4. An attachment for brake rods, comprising a plate provided with a shank and
with studs, one of which has a hook shaped end, a second plate provided with apertures

page_text: to receive the said studs and with a shank resting upon the shank of the first named
plate, and a sleeve on said shanks, substantially as described and shewn.
5. An attachment for brake rods, comprising a plate provided with a shank and
studs, one of which has a book shaped end, a second plate provided with apertures to
receive the studs and with a shank resting upon the shank of the first named plate,
and a sliding and spring pressed sleeve on the shanks, substantially as described and.
shewn.
6. In a attachment for brake rods, a cylindrical shank having a cut out portion and
comprising a plate provided with studs one of which has a hook at its end, a second
plate provided with apertures, and a half round shank fitting in the cut out portion of
the first named shank, and a spring pressed sleeve on the said shanks, substantially as
described and shewn.
7. An attachment for brake rods, comprising a plate provided with a cylindrical
shank having a cut out portion and with studs, one of which is provided with a hook
at its end, a second plate provided with apertures, and a half round shank fitting in
the cut out portion of the first named shank, a sleeve on the shanks, a coupling nut
on the shank of the first named plate, and a coiled spring on the said shank between
the sleeve and nut, substantially as described and shewn.
8. The combination with a brake rod, of an attachment adjustably secured to
the rod to form an extension therefor, said attachment being provided with two
plates locked together, one plate being provided with studs and the other with.
apertures to receive the studs, substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 28th day of October 1896.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.