IMPROVED COUPLING FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: We RICHARD MORRIS of Doncaster in the County of York and JAMES WOOD
of West Stock with in the County of Nottingham Engineers do hereby declare the
nature of our said Invention for "IMPROVED COUPLING FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES "
to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object to provide a coupling for railway Vehicles which
can be operated both for coupling and uncoupling from the side of the Vehicles
without the necessity for the operator going underneath or between the vehicles
In constructing a coupling .according to the said Invention the ordinary drawbar
and book is attached to each vehicle and a loop is jointed to a connecting link or
piece or bars fastened at one end to a pin passing through the hook or the draw
bar the said pin projecting towards the side of the Vehicle where it is provided with
a lever or handle or an end for the reception of a lever'or handle the said connecting
piece or link or bars at the other end being formed with lifting. pieces which bear
on the underside of the rear end of the loop. By this construction the 'coupling
and uncoupling can be effected by operating the lever at the side of the Vehicle.
In coupling the Vehicles the lever or handle is turned and the connecting link or
piece or bars thereby raised 'lifting also the loop' until it is in a position to drop
over the hook on the opposite vehicle. In uncoupling the lever or handle is
similarly operated so as to raise the loop. from the hook when' the vehicles can be
drawn apart.
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A joint or equivalent device will be provided in the shank of the lever or handle
or in the pin to which it is attached or between the two to allow of the longitudinal
movement of the draw bar If desired the pin may be provided with a lever or
handle at both sides of the Vehicle.
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page_text: We RICHARD MORRIS of Doncaster in the County of York and JAMES WOOD
of West Stockwith in the County of Nottingham Engineers do hereby declare
the nature of said invention for "IMPROVED COUPLING FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES"
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This Invention has for its object to provide a coupling for Railway Vehicles
which can be operated both for coupling and uncoupling from the side of the
Vehicle without the necessity for the operator going underneath or between the
Vehicles.
In constructing a coupling according to this Invention the ordinary draw bar and
hook is attached to each Vehicle and a loop is jointed to a connecting link piece or
bars fastened at one end to a pin passing through the hook or the draw bar the
said pin projecting towards the side of the Vehicle where it is provided with a lever
or handle or an end for the reception of a lever or handle the said connecting piece
or link or bars at the other end being formed with lifting pieces which bear on the
underside-of-the-rear end of the loop. By this construction the coupling and
uncoupling can be effected by operating the lever at the side of the Vehicle.
A joint or equivalent device will be provided in the shank of the lever or handle,
in the pin to which it is attached, or between the two, to allow of the longitudinal
movement of the draw bar. If desired the pin may be provided with a lever or
handle at both sides of the Vehicle.
And in order that the said Invention may be fully understood We shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to
the several figures on the annexed sheet of Drawings the same letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 of the Drawings represents in longitudinal section portions of two
railway vehicles connected together with our improved coupling and Figure 2 is a
plan corresponding to Figure 1.
The
The frames A of the vehicles are provided with ordinary draw bars B, and hooks C,
and to each of the draw bars B, pieces or bars D are connected by a pin a.
outer ends of the bars D are splayed or widened out at b so as to engage with the
sides of a coupling link or loop E hinged to the said bars D, at c. The pin a is
fitted to turn in the draw bar B and its ends project beyond the bars D, upon
which projecting ends are fixed rigid links, bars, or levers F, connected by a rod Fi
to other links bars or levers G, fast on a rocking shaft H. This shaft extends
across the vehicles and is fitted at each end with a handle I by means of which
the coupling and uncoupling of the vehicles is effected without the necessity for
going between the vehicles.
When it is desired to connect two vehicles the handle I of one of the vehicles is
turned in the direction of the arrows in Figure 1 thereby causing the corresponding
rocking shaft H to turn in its bearings and through the links or bars F and G, and
the connecting rod F¹, raise the bars D and loop E, into position to engage the
hook C¹ of the vehicle to be connected; the pin a upon which the bars D are fixed,
turning in the bar B so that when the handle is released, the loop E will fall
onto and engage the said hook C. In order to uncouple the vehicles it is simply
necessary to turn the handle so as to raise the loop above the hook C¹, to admit of
the vehicles being parted, and then upon releasing the handle, the coupling will
assume the position shewn at K in Figure 1.

page_text: In order to facilitate the connecting of railway vehicles by our improved
coupling when the buffers of the adjacent vehicles to be coupled are in contact, a
chain or rope L is connected to the loop E which rope or chain is carried over
friction guide pulleys M situated above the coupling, and the free end thereof
arranged to hang at the side of the vehicle in a convenient position to be operated
when required. By hauling the free end of the rope L, the loop Ę will be caused
to turn upon its axis c, and enable it and the bars D to be raised above the hook C¹
of the vehicle to be coupled, by turning the handle I in the manner hereinbefore
described, which having been done, by releasing the chain or rope L, the loop E will
engage the hook C¹ and the coupling of the vehicles be effected.
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:-
First
Couplings for railway vehicles consisting of a loop connected to rods bars
or links, fast on a pin or shaft fitted to turn in the draw bar of the vehicle the said
pin or shaft being directly operated substantially in the manner and for the purpose
hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Second-The general combination and arrangement of parts constituting a
coupling for railway vehicles as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.