US1425092A - Journal-box lid - Google Patents
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- B61F—RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAIL VEHICLES
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- My invention relates to railway-car journal boxes, and consists in novel means for retaining the hinge pin of the box lid.
- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a journal box equipped with my itnproved lid
- Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line 22 of Fig. l
- Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the box shown in Fig. 1.
- the journal box 1 is of any familiar type and mounts an axle 2 in the ordinary manner.
- the journal-box lid 3 is preferably a steel stam ing and has an upper central portion 4 s aped to contain the usual spring (not shown) which keeps the lid closed.
- Upper side portions 5 are bent to form cylindrical bearings for the hinge pin 6.
- each portion 5 is provided with a lug or ear 7 adapted to extend outwardly, as shown at 8, to permit the insertion of the hinge pin 6. or to be bent inwardly at right angles, as shown in full lines, to retain the hinge pin.
- the hinge pin is sim ply a piece of round iron rod of the requisite length. It has no head formed thereon or any hole for a spring cotter or other retaining key. The absence of machining and Specification of Letters Yatent.
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L. W. HOSTETTLER.
JOURNAL BOX LID.
APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1920.
Patented Aug. 8, 1922.
M/VE/VTOR WW WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFF/ICE.
LEIGH W. HOSTETTLER, OF TAREHTUM, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 ALLEGHENY STEEL COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.
JOURNAL-BOX LID.
Application filed November 22, 1920.
T 0 all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, LEIGH \V. Hos'rnrrnna, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Tarentum, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have made a new and useful Improvement in Journal-Box Lids, of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to railway-car journal boxes, and consists in novel means for retaining the hinge pin of the box lid.
The object of my invention is to avoid the use of the usual bolts and cotters. The vibrations of the usual spring cotter in its slot frequently causes the cotter to crystallize, break and fall, thus permitting the bolt to be jarred through the lid and box and drop out, releasing the lid with attending damage to the journal. Workmen, through accident or carelessness, occasionally fail to provide the hinge pin with its cotter and ei her leave the pin free to work out, or substitute a makeshift which is not as satisfactory as the cotter. My device eliminates these objectionable results of present lid-securing means.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a journal box equipped with my itnproved lid; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line 22 of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the box shown in Fig. 1.
The journal box 1 is of any familiar type and mounts an axle 2 in the ordinary manner. The journal-box lid 3 is preferably a steel stam ing and has an upper central portion 4 s aped to contain the usual spring (not shown) which keeps the lid closed. Upper side portions 5 are bent to form cylindrical bearings for the hinge pin 6.
The outer end of each portion 5 is provided with a lug or ear 7 adapted to extend outwardly, as shown at 8, to permit the insertion of the hinge pin 6. or to be bent inwardly at right angles, as shown in full lines, to retain the hinge pin.
It will be noted that the hinge pin is sim ply a piece of round iron rod of the requisite length. It has no head formed thereon or any hole for a spring cotter or other retaining key. The absence of machining and Specification of Letters Yatent.
Patented Aug. 8, 1922.
Serial No. 425,687.
the shorter length materially reduce the cost of the hinge pin. The absence of a spring cotter eliminates another item of expense. The addition of the ears 7 does not materially ihcrease the cost of the lid. \Vhen this difference in cost is multiplied by the quantities of journal boxes in use on a single line, the economy to a railroad company is apparent.
I realize that the ear may be formed and positioned differently and I contemplate modifications in my improved lid without departure from the spirit of the invention disclosed.
I claim as my invention:
1. A journal-box lid provided with a cylindrical portion adapted to receive a hinge pin and having ears at the end thereof adapted to be bent over the ends of said cylindrical portion to retain a hinge pin within same.
2. A hinge comprising a plurality of cooperating members provided with eye portions adapted to receive a hinge pin and an ear portion carried by one of said eye portions adapted to be bent over the end of said pin and to a position flat against the same to retain said pin against displacement.
3. A hinge comprising a plurality of cooperating hinge members provided with coacting eye portions adapted to receive a hinge pin and an extension formed on one of said eye portions adapted to be bent over the end of said pin and into a plane transverse to the axis thereof to retain said pin against displacement.
4. A hinge comprising a plurality of cooperating hinge members provided with coacting eye portions, a hinge pin disposed within said eye portions and terminating flush with the outer edges thereof and ear portions carried by said eye portions adapted to be bent fiat against the extremities of said pin to partially close said eye to prevent the displacement of said pin therefrom.
In testimony whereof. I have hereunto subscribed my name this 31st day of October, 1920.
LEIGH W. HOSTETTLER
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US2523485A (en) * | 1947-05-13 | 1950-09-26 | American Locomotive Co | Articulated closure lid structure for railway journal boxes |
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US2523485A (en) * | 1947-05-13 | 1950-09-26 | American Locomotive Co | Articulated closure lid structure for railway journal boxes |
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