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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
THIIOMAS ANDERSON McBRIDE, OF SEGUIN, TEXAS.
CAR-COUPLING.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,035, dated October 13, 1891.
Application filed May 18, 1891. Serial No. 393,191, (No model.)To cll whonb it 7n~ay concern:
Bie it known that I, THOMAS ANDERSON MC-
BRIDE, a citizen of the United States, residing
at Seguin, in the county of Guadalupe and
State of Texas, have invented a new and use-
ful Car-Coupling, of which the following is a
specification.
The invention relates to improvements in
car-couplings.
The object of the present invention is to
provide simple and inexpensive means adapt-
ed to be conveniently applied to box-cars and
the like and capable of enabling the cars to
be coupled and uncoupled without necessi-
tating a person passing between the cars.
The invention consists of the construction
and novel combination and arrangement of
parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated
in the accompanying drawings, and pointed
out in the claims hereto appended.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective
view of a car-coupling constructed in accord-
ance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a central
vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a reverse
plan view. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse
sectional view.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1
designates a car having a coupler-head 2,
which is provided with a vertical opening 3,
adapted for the reception of a coupling-pin
4, operating in connection with a link in the
ordinary manner.
Theoperating mechanism hereinafter to be
described is designed to be employed with
the ordinary pin-and-link car-couplings in
common use. The coupling-pin 3isconnected
by a chain 4 with the outer end of a lever 5,
which is fulcrumned intermediate its ends be-
tween L-shaped plates 6, and has its rear end
connected by a link-bar 7 with the inner end
of a pin-operating lever 8. The L-shaped
plates are secured to the upper face of a head-
block 9 and have their vertical portions ar-
ranged parallel with each other and provided
with series of perforations, whereby the lever
5 is adapted to be adjusted vertically. The
pin-operating lever is provided with adjust-
ing-perforations 10, and is fulcrumed be-
tween arch plates 11, which are arranged par-
allel with each other and extend transversely
of the car and are provided in their sides withseries of perforations 13 and 14, and have
formed integral with them foot-plates 12,
which are secured to the upper face of the
head-block. Between the intermediate and 55
rear arch plates is fulcrumed a link-operat-
ing lever 15, which is provided with perfora-
tions 16, and is adjustable similarly to the
pin-operating lever 8 by means of the perfora-
tions 14, and has its inner end connected with 6o
the upper end of an approximately Y-shaped
wire frame 17, the arms of which are arranged
in recesses of the head-block. The lower ends
of the arms of the Y-shaped frame are se-
cured to the inner end of a U-shaped link- 65
lifter 18, which has its sides provided with
openings 19 and pivoted to depending hang-
er-plates 20. The link-lifter is provided at
its outer end with a projection 21 to prevent
a link slipping laterally from it, and its sides 70
may be pivoted to the depending hanger-
plates by a continuous bolt or rod 22, or small
bolts (not shown) may, if desired, be em-
ployed; and I desire it to be understood that
I do not limit myself to the precise details of 75
construction herein shown and described, as
I may, without departing from the spirit of
the invention, make minor changes therein.
The outer ends of the operating-levers are
provided with bars extending to the top of 80
the car and enabling the coupling and un-
coupling to be performed from the top, and
the inner ends of the levers are connected
with the top of the arch plates by spiral
springs 24, which raise the inner ends of the 85
levers and depress the link-lifter and carry
the same out of the way of the bumpers, and
also hold the coupling-pin in operative posi-
tion.
It will be seen that simple and inexpensive 90
means are provided, whereby the operation of
coupling and uncoupling may be performed
without necessitating a person passing be-
tween the cars.
What I claim is- 95
1. The combination of a car having a coup-
ler-head, the depending plates arranged at
the sides of the coupler-head, the link-lifter
pivoted to the depending plates, the arch
plates provided with adjusting-perforations, oo
the operating-lever 15, fulcrumed on the arch
plates and provided with perforations, and
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McBride, Thomas Anderson. Car-Coupling., patent, October 13, 1891; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172816/m1/3/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.