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and by reference to the drawings that the lon-
gitudinal sills, end sill, end yoke, and draw-
head are all disposed in a common plane, so
that the stress of the draft and that incident
5 to" buffing"is applied directly from the draw-
head to the dead-wood block, end sill, and
end yoke to the longitudinal sills endwise of
the latter, so that the lines of force or stress
are coincident with the axes of the sills and
Ko end yoke, and the same are entirely relieved
of all lateral stress, such as is inevitable when
the draw-head, as is usual in the cars hereto-
fore constructed, is out of the common plane
of the sills. Such lateral stress is exceed-
t5 ingly destructive and is the cause of a very
large percentage of the injury and wear of
railway-car-platform frames and of the ex-
pense incident to repairs. Furthermore, by
our peculiar construction we are enabled to
20 materially reduce the weight and the cost of
the car draft-rigging.
We do not desire to limit ourselves to the
precise construction and combination of de-
vices herein shown and described, as it is evi-
25 dent that modifications may be made therein
without departing from the spirit of our in-
vention.
Having thus described our invention, we
claim-
30 1. In a car draft-rigging, the combination
of an end yoke, longitudinal sills having their
ends secured thereto, a draw-head extending
through an opening in the end yoke, and a
spring applied to the draw-head, said yoke
35 having an opening formed through its wall to
permit the insertion or removal of the spring.
2. In a car draft-rigging, the combination
of an end yoke, longitudinal-sills having their
ends secured thereto and a draw-head extend-
40 ing through.an opening in the end yoke, the
latter, the sills and the draw-head being dis-
posed in a common plane, substantially as de-
scribed.3. An end yoke for cars, having a channel
on its outer side to receive an end sill, later- 45
ally-extending flanges on its inner side to bear
on the upper and lower sides of longitudinal
sills and webs between said laterally-extend-
ing flanges, near the center of the yoke, said
webs and flanges forming a chamber to re- 5o
ceive a member of the draw-head, substan-
tially as described.
4. An end yoke for cars having a channel
on its outer side, laterally-extending flanges
on its inner side, webs between said laterally- 55
extending flanges,near the center of the yoke,
said webs and flanges forming a chamber,
and said yoke being further provided with
pockets on its inner side between the later-
ally-extending flanges and at the inner end 6o
of said chamber, in combination with an end
sill in the channel, longitudinal sills having
their ends in said pockets, a draw-head hav-
ing a member disposed in the chamber and
connected to the yoke, draft-bars having their 65
ends secured to yoke and truss-rods having
their ends extending through the yoke and
end sill and secured to the latter, said end
yoke, the said sills and the said draw-head
being all disposed in a common plane, sub- 70
stantially as described.
In testimony that we claim the foregoing as
our own we have hereto affixed our signatures
in the presence of two witnesses.
SIDNEY W. KIMBROUGH.
WILLIAM E. WATKINS.
JAMES W. McCARLEY.
Witnesses to the signature of S. W. Kim-
brough:
W. C. ARNOLD,
W. J. BOSBOROUGH, Sr.
Witnesses to the signatures of Watkins and
McCarley:
W. A. RICHEY,
JNO. R. JOHNSON.2
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Kimbrough, Sidney W.; Watkins, William E. & McCarley, James W. Metallic End Yoke For Railway Cars, patent, November 17, 1903; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512277/m1/4/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.