US1719088A - Combined striking casting and carry iron - Google Patents

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lJuly Y2, 1929. H. K. SMITH 1,119,099

COMBINED STRIKING CASTING AND CARRY IRON Filed oct. 21, 1925 1 '7 aulo@ Mui Patented July 2, 1929.

UNITE. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAROLD SMITH, F CHCAGO, ILLINIS, ASSIG-N'OR TO THE SYIVIINGTON COMPANY,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATON 0F MARYLAND.

COMBINED STBIKING' CASTING AND CARRY IRON.

Application filed Getober 21, 1925. Serial No. 64,0737.

The invention relates to railway ears, and more particularly to a combined striking casting and coupler carry-iron by which the coupler is supported and guided in its 1novement, and through which the blows: `from the coupler horn are transmitted to the end sill aiidfrom the latter to the center sills.

The principal object of my invention, generally considered, is to provide a striking casting and-earry-iron so arranged that they are adapted to cooperate with an automatic coupler of the A. R. A. type or with the hook and link type of coupler now in use on many of the foreign railways.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an integral striking casting and cou pler carry-iron support and to combine therewith a reversible carry-iron, the rever-sible carry-iron being adapted to be assembled in either of two positions so as to adapt the construction for use with an automatic or link type of coupler.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a striking casting with a detachable supplemental guiding member which may be used in combination with a carry-iron of the hook type of coupler to prevent .the hook coupler from being elevated out of its proper position. j j n here are other objects of the invention. as will appear from the more detailed description of same, particular-ly taken .in connection with the accompanying dranung wherein I have illustrated a single embodimentl of :i5 the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a view in front elevation'of an embodiment of my invention showing the saine adapted foi use with the hook type fio of coupler, u

Figure 2 is a vert-ical cross sectional view of t-he construction shown in Figure 1, showing in dotted lines a hook type of coupler in position,

Figure 3 is a view partially in plan and partially in section of the construction shown in Figure 1,

Figure fl is a view in side elevation of the construction shown inFigure 1, and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view showing thecarrydron reversed and illustrating in dotted lines the shank of an automatic coupler.

Throughout the specification and draweither type of coupler.

ings like parts are designated by like reference characters.

rlfhe numeral 1 designates, generally, a striking casting, the web 2 of which is preferably of angular formation having a iiange 3 which is adapted to overlie the upper surface or flange of the end sill (not shown) and a flange 4l arranged at right angles to the fla-nge 3 and adapted to overlie the web of the adjacent end sill to which it may be secured by means of a plurality of rivets passing through the rivet openings 5 in the flange l and G in the iiange 3. The flange 3 may be reinforced by an upright web 7 which preferably extends from side to side of this flange. Arranged in alinement with the flange 3, there is provided on the exterior face of the flange i a web 8 which projects outwardly and forms at its central portion the upper edge of the striking portion 9 of the casting. Depending from the edge of the web 8 is a vertical web 10 which is reinforced by a plurality of upright rearwardly extending webs 11 and 12 spaced at substantially uniform distances apart and forming rearwardly opening pockets 13. The web 10, the ribs 11 and 12 and the web 1li form a rigid striking portion which is adapted to receive the blows from the horn of the coupler, illustrated in dotted lines, without deformation and to limit the inward movement of the coupler to prevent injury to the cushioning mechanism and to the car underframing.

Depending from the web 141- and connected at their inner edges to the web lare a plurality of upright webs or fianges 15 which form, in conjunction with the web "14:, the opening for the reception ofthe shank of Adjacent their lower ends, the webs or flanges 15 are provided with offset portions 16, the width of the offset being equal to the width of the adapted, when the carry-ir0n is assembled with this face uppermost, to close the bottom of the opening formed by the flanges 11i and 15 and to provide a substantially rectanguadjacent portions of the carry-iron, desigi wardly from the adjacent face of the carryiron. The exterior surface 18 is formed Awith a flat guiding portion 21 and with a curved portion 22, the contour of vWhich corresponds to the contour of the adjacent surfaceof the coupler hook.

' AItwillv be, of course, understood by those skilled in the art that the coupler hook is 'only adapted for movement in one direction from normal, that is, the bufling shocks of the cars equipped with the hook andlink couplers are taken bythe side buers, While in the case of the automatic coupler the side buffers are omitted and the bufli'ng shocks yt'ransinittedto the coupler and from the lat-k ter to the cushioning mechanism. lith this understanding, it will be evident that by providing the curved contour 22 on the cai'- ry-iron 17 that this curved contour in no way affects thev operation of the coupler hook. a

' The carry-.iron Vis preferably provided with al longitudinally extending opening through vwhich and through corresponding openings in the vve'bs'15 the transverse bolt 23,for maintaining the carry-iron in assembled position, may be inserted.

l As the shank of the hook coupler is much smaller in crosssection than the shankof the'automatic coupler, it is desirable when the carry-iron is assembled, as shown in the drawing, to provide an upper guiding lmemberto prevent thecoupler hook from rising. This'may tbe accomplished by providing a U or channel shaped member 24 which is adapted to fit Within theopening in the striking casting and to be detacliably secured to the Webs 15 by a plurality of bolts 25A. The horizontal portion of the member 24 is adapted to overlie the shank of the hook and forms, in connection with the ver- .tical Webs 20, means for preventing the hook from moving' out offitsproper assembled position.

Having noW described my invention, what Iclaim is:

1. The combination with a striking cast' ing, of areversible carry-iron therefor, said carry-iron having the opposite faces thereof With different contours to adapt it' for coopy,eration with different types of couplers, and Y means for removably connecting said carryir'on to said casting, the said opposite faces of the carry-iron having portions adapted to have sliding engagement with the respecrtive shanksof the couplers, corresponding yparts of said portions being substantially equidistant fromsaid connecting means.

2.v The combination with a striking easting and a reversible carry-iron therefor, means formed on Said striking casting for supporting said carry-iron, the carry-iron having one face flat and the opposite face curved to adapt it for cooperation with different types of coupler shanks, the curved face merging into a substantially flat portion, and removable means for connecting the carry-iron to said casting, corresponding portions of the flat face and the iat portion of the curved face being substantially equidistant from the Said removable connect ing means.

3. The combination with a striking easting, of a carry-iron supported thereby, said carry-'iron having one flat face adapted to cooperate with and support an automatic coupler and having the opposite face provided with means for guiding and supporting the hook type of coupler, and a bolt for removably connecting said carry-iron to said casting, the said opposite faces of the carryiron being arranged with respect to said holt so as to supportingly engage each coupler in substantially the same plane.

4. In combination, a striking casting, a. removable carry-iron therefor, said carryiron having opposite faces thereof formed with different contours to adapt it for snpporting cooperation with a plurality of couplers of different types, means for detachably connecting said carry-iron to said casting, the said opposite faces of the carryiron having portions adapted to have sliding engagement with the shanks of the respec# tive couplers, corresponding parts of said portions being substantially equidistant f rom said connecting means, and a member adapted for connection with the striking casting over the carry-iron for holding one of said couplers in place.

5. In combination, a striking casting. a, removable carry-iron therefor, means provided on said striking castingY for supporting said carry-iron, said carry-iron having one face fiat and having its opposite face fashioned with a curved portion and a flat portion to adapt it, upon reversal, for eooperation with different types of coupler shanks, means for detachahly eonnectinr said carry-iron to said casting, and a shaped member adapted to connection to said striking casting above said carry-iron only when the face of thel carry-iron having curved and fiat portions is in operativel cooperation with a coupler shank` the intermediate portion of said member normally overlying the shank of an associated coupler and limiting the upward movement thereof.

6. In combination, a striking casting. a carry-iron normally supported thereby. said carry-iron having one fiat face adapted to cooperate with and support an automatic coupler and having the opposite faee curved lll) and provided with means for guiding and supporting` a coupler of the hook type, a bolt normally extending transversely between de- Apendinfjl portions of the striking Casting for conneetingg` said Carry-iron thereto corresponding portions of the said opposite faces of the Carry-iron being equidistant from the said bolt to supportingly engage each coupler in substantially the saine plane, and

l0 a Coupler retaining device 'formed with depending portions normally connected to the depending portions of the striking` casting and with an intermediate normally hori- Zontal portion adapted to overlie an associated coupler of the hook type and prevent said coupler from moving out of its proper assembled position.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature.

HAROLD K. SMITH.

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