US1632552A - Journal box - Google Patents

Description

June 14,1927.

A. T. KUEHNER JOURNAL BOX Original Filed Jan.l 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 3mm 1 1 foz June' 14, 1927.

A. T. KUEHNER JOURNAL BOX Original Filed Jan-.18, 1921 2 Sheota-Shoet 2 jwbanloi J1 'TKu e/vner.

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Patented June 14, 1927.

UNITED STATES] PATIENT, OFFICE.

ARTHUR- r. xunnnna, orsr, AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA. y

JOURNAL BOX.

Original application filed January is, 1921, Serial No. 478,646. Divided andithis application filed Juiy 20, 1922, Serial No. 576,343.

This invention relates to an improved.

journal box for locomotives, being a division of. my co-pending application for journal box, filed January 18, 1921, Serial'No. 478,- I 646, now Patent N0.l,547,657, granted on July 28,1925. p

T he invention seeks. as one of itsprinci 'ml objects, to providea journal box employing a shelf between the legs thereof for supporting a'grease cellar. while acting to rigidly brace the legs with respect to each other and wherein the'cellar may be readily renuwed without the necessity for displacing the shelf.

The invention has as a further object to providea journal box wherein the cellar will be provided with an opening in the bottom wall thereof to accommodate a spring hearing between the shelf and a follower within 29 the cellar and wherein the shelf will be pro vided with meansfor directing said spring 'onto the shelf when the cellar is shifted to position between the box legs. 7

A still further objectof the invention is F to provide a journal box wherein the shelf and, the cellar will be formed with mating I lugs whereby the cellar may be secured in position' v v And the invention has as a still further oh- 8. ject to provide a journal box wherein the shelf and cellar will be formed with coacting means for limiting the cellar in its inward movement between the box legs.

Other and incidental objects will appear 86 hereinafter.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a journal box embodying the present invention,

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken Renewed September 10, 1925.

formed on the legs of the box body the inner side thereof are depending lugs 13 while at the outer side of the box body said legs are provided with lugs 14. At its upper end. the box body is provided with spring saddle recesses 15 and 16, in the former of which is seated a liner 17 while, as shown in Figure 2, the latter recess opens through the outer side "of the box body. Removably seated against the outer side of the box body is a face plate 18 fitting the crown brass and provided at its lower ends with lugs 19 mating with the lugs 14 ot' the box body. As shown in Figure 1, the face plate overhangs the box body toprovide pedestal flanges 20 to cooperate with similar pedestal flanges 21 at the inner end of the'box body and, as will be observed, the face plate is formed of companion sections at the upper ends of" which are lugs 22 through whichis engaged.

a bolt 23 connecting the upper ends of the sections. the plate are lugs 24 lying within the recess 16 to provide a liner for said recess simi lar to the liner 17, the recesses 15 and 16 being adapted to receive the legs of a spring saddle as conventionally illustrated at 25. Thus, the weight of the load upon the spring saddle will hold the face plate against upward movement. All of the structure so far described forms a part of the subject matter of my parent case and further description of such structure in the present case is accordingly believed unnecessary.

Coming now more particularly to the subject of the present improvements, I employ a shelf 26 which fits snugly between the legs of the box body to abut shoulders 27 on said legs and depending from'the shelf are pairs of lugs 28 and 29 mating withthe lugs 13 and 14 respectivelyof the box body. Ex tending through the lugs 13 and 28 is a tie bolt 30 and extending through the lugs 14 and 29, as well as through-the lugs 19 of the face plate 18, is a tie bolt 31. Formed in the inner end margin of the shelf medially thereof. is, as particularly shown in Fig ure 4, an inclined guideway 32' and extend- Extending from the sections of ing from the rear end edge of the shelf are spaced ears 33. I

Removably fitting between the'legs of the box body, upon the shelf 26, isa grease cellar 34, the side walls of which are provided at their lower margins with ribs 35 coacting' with the shoulders 27 of the box 1e s while upon the upper margins of said si e walls are formed similar ribs 36 coacting with shoulders 37 upon. the inner sides of the box legs. These ribs and shoulders will serve to space the side walls of the cellar from the legs of the box body so that any tendency toward sticking of the cellar will be minimized. At its outer end, the cellar is provided with spaced ears 38 mating with the cars 33 of the shelf and extending through said ears are bolts 39 looking the cellar in position. The bottom wall of the cellar is provided with a medial opening 40 therethrough and freely mounted within the cellar is a follower 41, to which is connected at one end a coil spring 42, freely received through said opening to coact with the shelf so that the spring will thus operate to urge the follower upwardly within the cellar for pressing a grease cake within the cellar against the journal of the axle.

It is now to be observed that the cellar may, by simply removing the bolts 39, be withdrawn from between the legs of the box body and may thus be removed without either liftin or lowering the cellar or melesting the s ielf 26. The shelf, being positioned between the legs of the box body, will rigidly space the legs apart while the tie bolts 30 and 31 will rigidly hold the legs against spreading movement. Thus, cramping of the cellar by the box legs will be prevented so that the cellar may be easily recharged and, in this connection, the purpose of the inclined guideway 32 becomes apparent. As will be seen, after the cellar has been removed and a grease cake is arranged therein, the spring 42 will project through the openin 40 in the bottom wall of the .cellar there eneath. Accordingly, when replacing the cellar, it becomes necessary, be fore the cellar can be slida-bly shifted into place upon the shelf, to snide the lower end of the spring onto the shelf. This is done by engaging the lower end of the spring, after the cellar has been advanced Suficiently, with the guideway 32 when the eellar may then be further shifted into position, the guideway serving to ride the lower end of the spring up onto the shelf. At the inner ends of the ears 33, the shelf is provided with shoulders 3 while at the inner ends of the ears 38 of the cellar are, formed shoulders 44 to 'coact. as shown in Figure 2, with the shoulders 4:3 for limiting the cellar in its movement between the-legs of the box body to the left in Thus, the cellar cannot accidentally shift'outwardly of the truck to bear against a wheel hub, when ap-i plied to a locomotive truck, in which case the cellar is inserted from; the inner side of the journal box.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A journal box including a box body having legs, a shelf secured betweeii said legs, a cellar supported by said shelf, a follower disposed within the cellar, and yieldable means extending through the bottom wall of the cellar to project therebeneath and coacting between the follower and the shelf, the cellar being ins'ertable between the le s by sliding the cellar inwardly upon the she f and the shelf being provided with means to 'coact with the lower end of said yieldable means for directing said yieldable means onto the shelf when the cellar is shifted inwardly.

2. A journal box including a box body having legs, a shelf secured between said legs, a cellar supported by said shelf, a follower disposed within the cellar, and yieldable means extending through the bottom wall of the cellar to project therebeneath and co-acting between the follower and the shelf, the cellar being insertable between the logs by sliding the cellar inwardly upon the shelf and the shelf being provided with an inclined guidcway for directing said yieldable means onto the shelf when the cellar is shifted inwardly.

3. A journal box including a box body having legs, a shelf secured between said legs, a cellar shiftable inwardly between the legs to a position resting upon said shelf, the cellar and shelf being provided with mating ears and being formed at the inner ends of-said ears w-ith'shoulders coacting for limiting the shelf in its inward movement, and fastening means extending through said ears securing the cellar in osition.

4.1L journal box inclu ing a box body having legs, a shelf secured between said legs, a cellar shift-able inwardly between the legs to a position resting upon said shelf, the cellar and shelf being provided with stops co-acting for limiting the shelf in its inward movement, means spacing the cellar from the legs whereby the cellar may be freely removed, and means for securing the cellar in position.

5. In a journal box, the combination of a box body having legs, a shelf secured between said legs rigidly spacing the legs apart, a cellar mounted upon the shelf to contain and hold grease independently of the shelf, the cellar and shelf be ng provided with mating ears, fastening means coaeting with said ears securing the cellar in position, and means spacing the cellar from the legs whereby the cellar may be freely removed.

in testimony whereof I allix my signature.

ARTHUR- T. KUEHNER: [11.11]

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