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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
MILES C. PRIDDY, OF ENNIS, TEXAS.
CAR-COUPLING.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 672,389, dated April 16, 1901
Application filed December 6, 1900. deual No. 38,886. (No model.)To all whom d may concern:
Be it known that I, MILES C. PRIDDY, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at Ennis, in
the county of Ellis and State of Texas, (whose
5 post-office address is box 215,) have invented
certain new and useful Improvements in Car-
Couplings, of which the following is a full,
clear, and exact specification.
My invention relates to improvements in
10 automatic car-couplings; and it consists in
certain novel features hereinafter described
and claimed.
In the accompanying drawings, which fully
illustrate the invention, Figure 1 is a front
15 elevation of a coupling embodying my im-
provements; and Fig. 2 is a view of two con-
nected couplings, one being shown in plan
view and the other in horizontal section.
The draw-head A is secured to the car-body
20 in the usual manner and is provided near its
rear end with the lateral shoulders B, which
limit the inward movement of the draw-head
by coming into contact with the supporting-
timbers. The body of the draw-head has the
25 general formation of a horizontal fork, present-
ing the bumpers C to receive the impact when
two draw-heads come together One arm of
the horizontal fork has its end projected be-
yond the bumper, and this extended portion
30 enters the space between the arms of the co-
operating draw-head. This longer arm of the
draw-head is also provided with a longitudi-
nal horizontal recess D, in which the coupling
link or lever E is mounted. The coupling-
35 lever is pivoted within the recess at its rear
end, and the recess and the lever are so shaped
as to extend inward at their rear ends, bring-
ing the pivots to the central longitudinal line
of the coupling. The front ends of the levers
40 project through the inner faces of the draw-
heads,at the front ends thereof, and are formed
into hook-shaped coupling-heads F, as clearly
shown. Between the outer edge of the coup-
ling-lever and the wall of the recess is a spring
45 G, which presses the lever toward the central
line of the draw-head and into the coupling
position. In rear of this spring the coupling-
lever is provided with an eye H, to which the
end of the uncoupling-rod I is pivoted. This
5o rod extends through an opening J in the side
of the draw-head and out to the side of the
car, its outer end being pivoted to an operat-ing lever or handle K, which is mounted on
the car-body, as will be readily understood.
Pivoted on the car-body or the edge of the 55
car-platform above the operating-lever is a
locking-lever L, having a short weighted end
and a longer notched or forked end.
Such being the construction and arrange-
ment of the parts of the device its operation 6o
will be readily understood. When the two
draw-heads come together, the ends of the
coupling-levers yield to permit their passage
past each other. After the ends have passed
the springs G throw the levers inward, so that 65
the hook-shaped ends engage, and thereby
couple the cars. When it is desired to un-
couple the cars, the operating-lever is drawn
toward the adjacent side of the car, thereby
drawing the lever outward against the ten- 70
sion of the spring and permitting the cars to
pull apart. Ordinarily the weighted end of
the locking lever is lowered and is above the
uncoupling-rod sufficiently to permit the same
to move freely. Should it be desired to per- 75
mit the cars to come together without coup-
ling, as is frequently the case, the locking-
lever is swung around, so as to cause its
notched end to engage the operating-lever,
and thereby hold it outward against the ten- 8o
sion of the spring.
Having thus described my invention, what
I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-
ent, is-
The combination with the inwardly - pro- 85
jecting coupling - lever, of the horizontally-
movable uncoupling-rod pivoted thereto and
extending outward therefrom, the horizon-
tally-swinging operating-lever fulcrumed on
the car-body and having the end of the un- 90
coupling-rod pivoted thereto, and a vertically-
swinging locking-lever mounted on the car-
body above the operating-lever and having a
long notched arm adapted to engage the op-
erating-lever and a short weighted arm to hold 95
the notched arm in its adjusted position
In testimony whereof I have signed this
specification in the presence of two subscrib-
ing witnesses.
MILES C. PRIDDY.
Witnesses:
J. B. OVERALL,
P. H. ROSE.
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