US63600A - John b - Google Patents

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y ,iifrh tetes @anni @ffice JOHN E. WOOTTEN AND HENRY HAZEL, 0F GRESSONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

' Leto@ 11mm No. 63,600, and April 2, 1867.

IMrRovsD toconorrvs ATTACHMENT.

To ALL wHoM 1r MAY concessi.

v'Beit known we, JOHN E. WOOTTEN and HENRY HAZEL, both of Cressona, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, have invented an Attachment for Locomotives; and-we do hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and Vexact description of the saine, reference being had to the-accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Our invention consists oi' a device, fully described hereafter, to be attached to a locomotive used in pushing oars alonga track adjacent. to that traversed by the locomotive.v

In order to enable others to make and use our inventionme will now proceed to describe its construction and operation. On reference to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this speciiication Figure 1 represents an 4end-view' of part of a locomotive, with our improved ramand appliances connected therewith. V

Figure 2, a side view of iig. 1; :and

Figure 3, a plan view.

Similar letters` refer to similar parts throughout the several views. y

Afrepresents the bumper-beam of4 a locomotive, and, to the front, near one end of this beam, is secured-a braclilet, a, to which is hinged, by a pin, b, the beam B, which we denominate the ram To one side, near the outer end of this ram, a rod, C,{.is connected by adouble joint, d, as best observed on reference to Figure 4, and this rod isconnectd'toanother rod, C', by a coupling, e, in such a inanner that-the two rods may be readily disconnected ''r'onVeaclother."` The outer' end of therod C is jointed to a lever, if, securedtoa'f'ertical shaft,"

D,which turns in the bumper-beam B, 'and thev upper end -of which i's furnished with a hand-wheel, h.' To the vertical shaft is also secured a ratchet-wheel, i, tothe teeth of which is adapted the point of'a pawl, j, hinged to a pin on the top of the bumper-beam, and to the rear of the lutter is connected a spring seat, E, for the operator.

' The pin b, by which the `rain is jointed to the bumper-bear n, is continued below the latter, and on the pin, near its lower end, turns one end of'a bracejF, theupper end of which is jointed to a spring, m, secured to the under side of the rain Bpnear the outer end of the same. brace,- G, serves to connect the lowerend of the pin' b to theframe 4or other permanent part of the locomotive.

At rail-road stations, where there` are-several'tracks, tnrnouts, switches, and frogs, itis usual to employ a v locomotive for the especial purpose of transferring carsfromfone track to another, different appliances being used in connection with the locomotive forpushing and pullingV the cars. In using our invention, the operator occupies the seat E, the wheeih being within reach of his hands, and the pawlj within reach of his foot, so that the-position and retentionvot` the v'ram B are under his control. 'supposing it be necessary to use the locomotive traversing one truck topush n car or cars along :1u-adjacenttrack or turnout,the operator, by means of the handnvheel L, turns the ram outwards, as shown'in iig. 4,'until the outer forked end of thereinis in position to he brought in Contact with-the bumper-beam 'or other permanent part of the carv to be pushed; hefthen secures the yrain in this position by pushingthepawlj into gear with 4the ratchet-wheel z', and the locomotive, continuingi'tscoursefalong one track, .will push l-the car along the other. When the use of` the ram isnot required, therods C and Care disconnected from eachother, lthe former being folded against the 'ram and connected to a hook,

, andA thevrodGZ.beiu'gl-iold'ed Beneath `the,bumper-beam, and connected toa hook or hooks on the same, after 'irliichTh'Z-ranri 'eltisl folded'against thebumper-beai'n, and connected thereto by any'suitable appliances. The hooker, at one end of thehumper-beam, is brought into-use when cars have to be'drawn `along a track adjacent to that "traversed bv the locomotive-,the hoolc'rleceivingthe rope or chain connected to the car. Asv the `ram is subjected to somewhat violontshocks, itis important that-thelatter should not be transferred in their full fierce either tothe rodsQCfhnd appliances'for 'operati-ng the same,vo`r toithe'brace F. ",E'helutter is relieved from the violence oi'th'e shocks by connecting it tothe spring m secured to the ram,"insteadof directly to the same,

. andthe rods-O and C boing connected together' by a yielding coupling, theviolence of the shock is in a measure absorbed. A'lhiscoupling is unide'by a'tulers'ecured by a detachable pirylto the rod Cif, and arranged to-slide 4on the rod C, thelntter having'va collar-between which and,thefcouplipgihtervenes ,aspiral spring.

We claim asour ihver'itiomfanddosre tofsecure' byLetters Patent- `Il. The ram B, hinged to the bumper-beam of a locomotive, for the purpose herein set forth. 4 A

2. The combination of the ram. B, connecting-rods C Of, lever f, and ver arranged on a. locomotive, substantially in. the mannerand for 3. The said connecting-rod y 4. The combination ofthe r In testimony whereof w Witnesses.

and arranged to operate substantially as and fioul shaft D, thc whole being the purpose described.

:md connected together' by a yielding coupling, all as set forth. am B and-brace F with the pin '11, by whch'vthe said ram is hinged to the locornotivc. e have signed our names to this' specification in the presence of two' subscribing J. E. WOOTTEN. H. HAZEL.

Witnesses W. H. BINES,

CHAS. U. DENGLER.

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