Improvements in Couplings for Railway Carriages and similar Vehicles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 24th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 28th Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Couplings for Railway Carriages and similar
Vehicles.
We JOSEPH HART, Victoria Street, Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, Warper,
and ALBERT MOUNTENEY, Patrick Road, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire,
Stationer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Each of our improved couplings consist of the following parts. At each end
of the carriage framing a hook is secured centrally between the buffer rods, or
buffer beams. Through the stem of the hook or above or below it a rod or bar
rocks in suitable bearings, each end of the rod or bar is provided with a weighted
handle. The ends of a slotted link longer than the hook project from and rock
with the rod or bar, the ends of the link are provided with a cross piece connecting
them, and resting on the stem of the hook when the link is engaged with the hook
of the next adjacent carriage. By turning either handle towards the end of
the carriage the rod or bar will be rocked to raise the link and uncouple the
carriages.
Dated this Twenty-eighth day of April 1893.
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Agent.
Improvements in Couplings for Railway Carriages and similar
Vehicles.
We JOSEPH HART, Victoria Street Stapleford Nottinghamshire, Warper and
ALBERT MOUNTENEY Patrick Road, West Bridgford Nottinghamshire Stationer
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:-
Each of our improved couplings consist of the following parts. At each end
of the carriage framing a hook is secured centrally between the buffer rods, or
buffer beams. Through the stem of the hook or above or below it a rod or bar
rocks in suitable bearings, each end of the rod or bar is provided with a weighted
handle. The ends of a slotted link longer than the hook project from and rock
with the rod or bar, the ends of the link are provided with a cross piece connecting
them and rests on the stem of the hook when the link is engaged with the hook of
the next adjacent carriage.
By turning either handle towards the end of the carriage, the rod or bar will be
rocked to raise the link and uncouple the carriages.
Figure 1 shews a side view of two trucks with our improvements applied
thereto.
Figure 2 shews a sectional view of the same trucks showing coupling in detail.
Figure 3 shews an end view of one truck with our improvements applied
thereto.
Figure 4 shews a plan of two trucks with our improvements applied thereto.
Each set of apparatus consists of the following parts shown on Figures 1, 2, 3,
and 4

page_text: To each end of each truck a projecting hook 1 with an eye 2 and rest 3 is secured
to the spring of the drawbar in the ordinary way. The draw-pin 4 to which is
affixed the draw link 5 passes through and is carried by the eye 2 and extending
each side forms the rocking shaft 6 which is carried by the slot blocks 7 and
has affixed near each extreme end the actuating lever handles 8 with the balance
weights 9.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-When the trucks are uncoupled the
drawlink 5 and lever handle 8 are in the position shewn on truck No. 1 and when
it is desired to couple up the trucks they are brought in the position over the
hook by means of the lever handles 8 as shewn on truck No. 2 the balance
weights 9 keeping them in the desired positions in each case.
Should the drawlinks 5 be left down in the position shewn on truck No. 2 before
coupling up by neglect or other causes and the trucks come together the draw
link 5 will slide up over the curved edge of the hook 1 and drop into the same
position as when coupling is performed by means of the actuating hand levers-
the rest pins 3 taking the weight of the drawlink 5 previous to its passing over the
hook 1.
.
The uncoupling of the trucks is carried out by reversing the lever handles 8 and
bringing them and the drawlink 5 back to the position shewn on truck No. 1.
Having now particularly described the nature of our invention, and in what"
manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is
An improved coupling arrangement for railway carriages and other vehicles as
fully described by accompanying drawings and Specification.
Dated this Twenty-third day of January 1894.
JOSEPH HART.
ALBERT MOUNTENEY.