Methods of Attaching and Detaching the same.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 6th May, 1886.
Complete Left, 3rd Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 1st Apr., 1887.
Methods of Attaching and Detaching the same.
We, FREDRICK BROUGHTON, Engineer and GEORGE HENRY HALL, Brewer, both of
Elmers End, Beckenham in the County of Kent, do hereby declaro the nature of this
invention to be as follows :—
Our invention is designed to enable vehicles used on railways to be coupled or
uncoupled from the side of the vehicles, so that the operator does not require to place
himself between the vehicles, thereby avoiding entirely any risk of injury to himself
and also effecting a great saving of time when several vehicles have to be coupled or
uncoupled.
For this purpose, we pass a rocking shaft through the existing drawbar and
support the same at each end, on, through, over, under or alongside the buffers, or
when dead buffers are used, we pass the rod through them. In all cases we arrange
the supports for carrying the ends of the rod so that a horizontal play equivalent to
the movement of the drawbar when in action, is provided for. We fix on convenient
parts of the said rocking bar two or more lever handles for actuating the same. Also,
on the said rocking bar, at each side of the draw-hook, we attach an arm or lever and
between, or at the sides of these arms or levers, we pivot a shackle or link, allowing
sufficient play for the said shackle or link to rise and fall to embrace the drawhook on
the next vehicle.
Sometimes we retain the shackle in a vertical position by a draw rod or sliding bar
which can be operated either side of the vehicle, the said rod having two or more
clins for holding the shackle.

page_text: Sometimes we shorten the rocking shaft and do not support it at its ends, and we
use any convenient lever for raising and depressing the shackle when coupling and
uncoupling.
We also contemplate raising two or more coupling links by the movement of the
rocking bar by stops or lugs fitted on the links.

page_text: Methods of Attaching and Detaching the same.
We FREDRICK BROUGHTON of 7 Langley Place Elmers End Beckenham Kent and
GEORGE HENRY HALL of Homehurst Beckenham Kent do hereby declare the nature
of our invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Our invention is designed to enable vehicles used on railways to be coupled or
uncoupled from the side of the vehicles, so that the operator does not require to place
himself between the vehicles, thereby avoiding entirely any risk of injury and also
effecting a great saving of time when several vehicles have to be coupled or
uncoupled.
For this purpose we pass a rocking shaft through the existing draw bur and
support the same at each end, on, through, over, under, or alongside the buffers or
when dead buffers are used pass the rod through them; in all cases we arrange the
supports for carrying the rod so that a horizontal play equivalent to the movement of
the draw bar when in action is provided for. We fix on convenient parts of the said
rocking bar or its equivalent a sliding plate, two or more lever handles for actuating
same also on the said rocking bar at each side of the draw hook we attach an arm
or lever and between or at the sides of these arms or levers we pivot one or more
shackles or links allowing sufficient play for same to rise and fall to embrace the
draw hook on the next vehicle.
Sometimes we shorten the rocking shaft and do not support it at its ends and we
use any convenient lever for raising and depressing the shackles or links when
coupling and uncoupling. We also raise two or more coupling links by the
movement of the rocking bar or sliding plate by stops or lugs fitted on the links.
The drawing hereunto annexed, will illustrate the mode of performing our invention
but we do not limit ourselves to the precise details shown, Fig. 1 being sectional side
view of coupling in gear and Fig. 2 of coupling out of. gear. Fig. 3 end view of
Fig. 2, coupling out of gear. Fig. 4 plan of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 sectional side view
of link system and Fig. 6 end view of same. In all the figures like letters represent
or refer to like parts-A is the wagon body-B draw hook-C dead buffers-
D spring buffers. E E links of our improved system and F link of usual pattern
Figs. 5 and 6-G hand lever for operating links E E by means of the sliding plate H.
L actuating rod or rocking bar for operating the link for our improved link Figs. 5
and 6 by means of curved lever M fitted with studs or forks Pimpinging on the
link For the equivalent link E.
The links may be used with dead or with spring buffers and in the former case the
draw hook B is slotted as shown in Fig. 5 to allow the actuating rod L to
accommodate itself to the horizontal movement of the draw hook B.

page_text: For coupling or uncoupling in one system the lever G is raised or depressed and in
the other the rod L which passes through or under the buffers, and is fitted with
any convenient lever and handle is moved thereby and so brings up and depresses
the improved double link E E¹ or the usual single link F in position for coupling or
uncoupling.
The link E is fitted with a stop X or is slotted out to receive one or more lugs V
which are formed on the link E and serve to keep it in proper position for coupling.
The side plate A is fitted at its base with four pins or slotted jaws Z which serve as
guides for and hold the lugs O-fitted to the link E, whereby the said link E and its
companion link E' is raised or lowered.
In lieu of shackles E E-links may be used fitted same as the shackles.
:-
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 :-
In a coupling device:
1. The shackles or links E E' with stop or equivalent X and lugs V.
2. The rocking shaft L or its equivalent, the plate H, fitted with convenient. levers
and handles for operating the shackles or links For E E', combined with said
shackles and links.