An Improved Side Coupling for Railway Rolling Stock. FOR RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK
Year: 1886

page_text: An Improved Side Coupling for Railway Rolling Stock.
I, ALBERT PAUL of No. 4 Steglitzer Strasse in the City of Berlin, Prussia,
Germany, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "AN IMPROVED
SIDE COUPLING FOR RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particulary described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
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My invention relates to an improved side coupling for railway rolling stock.
Figure 1 is the elevation of the one half of the coupling.
Figure 2 a side elevation of the coupling in coupled position, under tension.
Figure 3 is a top view of the one half of the coupling.
Figures 4 to 9 are details of the construction.
The cap (Fig. 6) is composed of two parts K1, K2, arranged loosely on the screw
spindle B and the nut A.-The part K³, which is provided with the recess is pressed
on to the nose or projection c on each end of the screws spindle by means of the
spring located between the nut and the angle d on K² so as to prevent the two bows
from turning round and also an upward bending of the coupling.
The loops are connected to one of the nuts A whilst the arms or links are at
the one end connected to the bolt in the hook z and at the other to the nut A, resting
at the same time on the projections a of the cap K².
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The part K' is represented in the Figures 4 and 5 seen from below and the part K²
in Figure 9. The shaft W, the bearings of which are fixed to the buffer cylinders, is
cranked at v and w to pass around the coupling hook and permit the coupling of the
parts and is squared off at both ends to receive the levers H which are connected to
the levers b. These levers & pass through or into a boring in the beam of the car or
carriage against which they rest, said levers being hinged at r so that the same can be
moved in either direction.
If the carriages are to be coupled or uncoupled on a straight line the lever H is
lifted when the crank shaft W will catch under two lugs on the piece K² and in this
manner bring the coupling into a horizonal position.
When the coupling device is not in operation the center piece or part of the same
will occupy a lower position than the ends. When the coupling is raised as afore-
mentioned the outer ends will be brought further apart and the loop can be lifted out
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page_text: of the hook. When the coupling is to be effected and the carriages stand on a
curve the lever H is first moved inwards or outwards so that the connection of the
hooks, which in this case do not stand opposite each other can be effected. The ends /
of the links are curved to allow this lateral movement; in other words, when
the lever H is moved to the one side the lever b which has its bearing in the beam of
the car or carriage or in a bearing attached to the same, will cause the shaft W and
with it the coupling to make a lateral movement, Figure 1, 2 and 3, as aforementioned
and thus permit the coupling to be effected irrespective of the position in which one
carriage stands to the other.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I desire it to be understood that
what I claim is :-
1. The application to or employment of the noses or projections c, the part or
bow K with recess or cavity s, and the part K³, and spring for preventing the
lateral turning of the parts K1, K2, and the coupling from being bent upwards at a,
substantially as described and shown.
2. The combination of the screw spindle B and the noses or projections c to the
same, with the shaft W the crank v, 1. m, of which operates on the lower surface of
the coupling, the squared ends o, pivots or centres r, arranged on the said shaft and
the lever arms H and b by means of which the shaft W can be shifted laterally and a
ready safe coupling or uncoupling of the parts can be attained, substantially as
described and shown.
3. The construction application and employment of the improved coupling,
substantially as described and shown.
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L
1000