US1475196A - Brass and packing guard for car-axle boxes - Google Patents

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Nov, 27 1923. 1,475,196

H. D. PADGET BRASS AND PACKING GUARD FoR cAR AXLE BOXESY Filed April 4, 19.21 //(V\\\\\\\\K p Patented Nov. 27, 1923.

` inane UNITED Vswf-rias PAIsNr ori-loaf HENRY D. PADGET, or sr. LoUIs,1vIIssoURI.

lJBuAss AND PACKING GUARD non cAn-Axnn Boxns.

f Application filed April 4,

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HENRY D. PADGET, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain newk and-useful Improvements in'Brass and Packing Guards for Car-Axle Boxes, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and

exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a Apart hereof.

My'invention consists in the novel con-v struction and combination ofi parts hereinafter particularly described land distinctly c`laimed.` f

The object of mypinvention is to provide a brass' protector and packing-guard, or at-` K tachrnent for c'ar axle-boxes, which shall so preserve the packing-material, and which shall be so economicalin the use ofoil or other lubricant that it will only be necesi sary to pack the box onceeach year, instead of everyday 'or oftener, as is necessary with to me. f, v

A further object of myk invention is to improve upon the device shown and described inA my United States Patent No. 1,368,880 dated February 15, 1921( I-leretofore, the axle-boxes have operated most satisfactorily inv'hot weather, andhave vbeen least elicient' in cold weather, because the lubricant is kept warm and thin lin hot weather, and soA reaches the surfacesof the asses, while in cold Vweather journals and br the lubricant c instances to prevent the journal fromoverheating, cutting and breaking; causing wrecks Vand damage, to say nothing lof' loss of'life and limb. Y f

A `further, object of my inventionk is to provide a brass protector and packing guard ywhich shall' prevent accidental lateral displacement of the journal and positively lock thepa'ckingin the 'axle-box,Y and thereby prevent itffrom being stolen.

Heretofore, car axle-boxes have been f robbed `by tramps and' boys, and the stolen packing has been used to bu-ildfires by such persons in cold weather; the packing being cold and gummy crowds its way out of the front of the box and ground 'and is lost; while at other times v the packing heaps up against the lid'of the box., leaving the journal and brass bare and prevent y a 'main body of a car axle-box,

the axle-box constructions heretofore known ongeals andfarils in Vmany drops upon 'l the 1921. serial No. 458,451.

devoid of any ing and allowing cutting to take place.

After the journal has been worn Vor cut, vas Just described, repacking after cooling, `has prevented the cut Journal from burning completely off, if discovered kin time;

but in many instances the hot box and cut Journal have not been discovered in time to w-recl'r of the train, killing and vmanning passengers, it. the trainbe a passenger-train'; or, ifthe train be a Vfreight train carrying oil tank-carsrlled with gasolineor other inflammable material, such cars have been blown up by a hot box, causing loss Vof life, and destroying millions of dollars worth of suits.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a sectional side-elevation ofthe having 'my inproperty, entailing costly damagevention in place therein.

Fig. 2 is a front-end elevation of the box, as it appears' before placing my invention therein.

Fig. 3 is a sectional side-elevation of my invention, detached, the section being taken lon line 3-3 of Fig'. 5.

Fig. 4 is a view 'similar to Fig. 3, butV inodiiied by fingers.

`F 5 is atop plan-viewer` my invention on a'smaller scale, detached, and having its innerend slightlytilted upwardly, to the position most convenient for inserting the device inlthe axle-box, and

Fig. 6 is a'detail section Vof a modified base-member. Y I Y The numeral 1 designates the axle-box, having the customary bearing-brass 2 and 'wedgey 3, and carried by thev journal 4 of the car-axle. w Said `brass 2 has theV usual lugs 6 on its opposite edges, onrwhich'the edges of thev said wedge rest. Y y

The base or body ot my improved brassprotector and packing-guard consists oi a lat plate oi'metal 7, which is iixed in a hori-v the omission of the abutment 1, resting upon and pressing down the bodv `of oiled waste or packing 8a thereat,"to hold Asaid packing inplace at all ,times while the par is 1n servicey Formed in the upper surface of the said body 7 are a series ot oil-grooves 8, and formed integral with the ends are opposite vertical end-flanges 9, which are provided with bolt apertures through which are passed the attaching-bolts 10 or vother fastening-devices, used in fixing said body inside of the said box 1.

The said bolts or fastening-devices 10 are suiiiciently long to be passed through apertures 10a formed in the vertical side-walls of the axle-box 1, thence through registering apertures in the outer endsot' inclined lug-rest supporting-arms 11, and then through registering apertures of the said vertical end-flanges 9 of the said body 1,

and the heads of said bolts are rounded and are located upon the exterior of said box, to prevent turning of the bolts vfrom the exterior of the box, the nuts of said bolts being located upon the interior of said box. See Fig. 1. Of course, before the device shown in Fig. 5 is placed inthe axle-box 1 the said bolts 10 should be removed, and the device has been placed in said box) said bolts should be first passed through the bolt-holes of the box, and thence into and through the registering bolt-holes in the adjacent overlapping end-flanges 9 and supporting-arms 11, as shown in Fig. 1.

Lug-rests 12 having a horizont-al support-` ing-flange 14 and an angular vertical vinner wall 15, are Jformed integral with the inner ends of the said lug-rest Vsupporting-arms 11, for the purpose of supporting, and holding in place, the'said brass 2 when the car is jerked and stopped suddenly in switching and coupling operations, and also in Aderailments. A i

In some cases, where there is suicient space in the said box 1 on opposite sides 03Ew 'said journal 4 and the box; said fingersY being made of a solid body of hard metal that Yis practically incompressible; v 'f When a car carrying an axle-box having operations,

which might otherwise occur, and result in breaking the brass 2 and rendering the same worthless.

Furthermore, the brass 2 and the wedge 3 will be securely held against displacement of said vbody invention within it is jerked back and Y forth violently, in switching and couplingor in derailment-s, the abutment fingers 16 will eifectually hold the journal 4 against accidental lateral displacement,

in shocks and accidents, bythe said luglrests 12, in the recesses or pockets of which theL opposite brass-lugs 6 are located. f

Said lug-rests 12 may really Vbe termed Y lug-brasspockets, as the said brass-lugs are enclosed by the Walls or' said pocketson all ksides except the top and Vinner side.

In boxes which have insuiiicient room at the side of thejournal for the insertion of said fingers 16, the modified form of my invention shown in Fig. 4 should be used, as thati'orm has the fingers omitted.

In Figs. 5`and6 I have illustratedy a means for lengthening and shortening the said flat body member 7 of my invention, so that the ldevice may be quickly adjusted to lit wide or narrow boxes. f

In such a case, the said body 7 is made in two sections which slide upon each other longitudinally, and are` fastened together after the width of the box is determined,` by

tightening a screw verholt/17, which operates in a longitudinal slot 18 formed in the lower section, in the present instance.

Said oil-grooves 8 in the upper face or' theV`V horizontal body member 7, prevent some of the oil from running out of the box through the door-opening thereof, in .cases where (as here shown) the top-of said body member is about in the same horizontal 'plane-as that of the bottom of said dooropening; 1

By the use of my invention, they collar, rim, or flange at the outer end of the said journal 4,'can be done away with, as entirelyY` unnecessary The past'and present use o'r said collar, rim, or flange, is principally for the purpose of keeping the brass 2 yinits proper placey in thexbox, and thereorefas my invention eiciently performs such service, in the manner previously described, the

said outer collar or rim will be unnecessary.

- `My invention, as above describedyirmly -holdsthe brass 2 in Vits proper position, and

permits the use or a rimless or collarle'ss journal, which has longbeen needed, because the rim or-collar at the outer enduof the journals heretofore, and now, in use, 0bstructs the view of theinspector, and is great-ly in the way in placing and-removing thebra'ss.l

By omitting said rim or'collar, the inspector will have a f free and clear View of the journal, and he -can therefore more readily rdetect and remedy any 'defect irl-the journal or brass, and besides, (with no end rim on the journal) the placing and removal of the brass would be greatly facilitated. i v The operation of my invention will be readily understood from the above description. K

I claim f 1. An improved journal-brass and pack- `ing-guard for car-axle boxes, comprising a at body-memberhaving at its opposite ends parallel vertical perforated. anges; brasslug supporting pockets; inwardly extending opposite arms having their outer ends attached to the said perforated flanges of said body-member, and supporting said pockets at their inner ends; and fastenings for securing said perforated anges in place upon the interior of a car-axle box.

2. The combina-tion with the elements mentioned in the above claim l, of parallel horizontal solid abutments the outer ends of which are secured to the said flat body-member, and the said abutments extending inwardly in a horizontal position into the spaces at opposite sides of the journal, and

adapted to hold the latter and the vertical.

side walls .of the box in relativel operative positions during shocks and erailments,

3. The combination with the elements mentioned in the above claim l, of said flat body-member constructed in two slidable sections, so that said member may be length-v ened o-r shortened to it in boxes of different widths; and means for fastening said sections in position after they have been adjusted to the desired length.

Intestiniony whereof, I have signed my name to this specication in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY D. PADGET.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. HIGDON, HENRY L. HIGDON.

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