US642258A - Journal-box and lid. - Google Patents

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1N0. 642,258. Patented Ian. 30, I900.

C RUBKEN JOURNAL BOX AND LID.

(Application filed Apr. 18, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNi'rnn STATES PATENT OFF-ICE.

(,li-IARLES ROBKEN,-OF ARGENLPA, ARKANSAS.

JOURNAL-BOX AND LID.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,258, dated January 30, 1900.

Application filed Apr'il 13,1899.

T0 (LZZ 10700772 it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES ROBKEN, of Argenta, in the county of Pulaski, State of Arkansas, haveiuvented certain new and useful Improvements in Journal-Boxes and Lids, of which the following is a complete specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to produce improvements in journal-boxes for railwaycars, which consist, essentially, in an improved lid for the same and in a box adapted to accommodate such improved lid.

In car journal'boxes in ordinary use the axle is made to revolve within asupply of lubricating material contained in the box, usually consisting of a mass of oil-soaked waste,

whichis adapted under most favorable conditions to prevent heating of the bearings. It has been diffieult, however, with the boxes in ordinary use to exclude dust, which, accu-v mulatin g in the lubricating material, speedily occasions heating, with its attendant inconveniences and losses. It is proposed by the employment of my journal-box and lid to practically exclude all dust from the interior of the box, and thereby to eliminate the chief cause of hot boxes or bearings.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a perspective viewof my box and lid .complete, showing the lid closed and one corner thereof broken away. Fig. II is a longitudinal vertical section of the same, showing in full lines the lid closed and in dotted lines two other positions of the lid, the upper of said positions being that of the lid fully open and the lower being that position in which the lid is disengaged from its fastening in the box preparatory to lifting it. Fig. III is a per-. spective view of the lid detached. Fig. IV is a sectional view of a portion of my box illustrative of the grooved ear thereof.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, 1 indicates a car-axle box which may be of any suitable, ordinary, o'r preferred construc- Within this rotates an axle 2 in the usual way. At its mouth, upon opposite sides, are provided ears or oblong plates 3, the opposite inner faces of each of which is provided with an upwardly-flared groove 4,

Serial N0. 713,477. on an.)

Within'the opposite grooves 4 slides my gate, consisting, essentially, of a shutter 6 and shutter-closing member. The shutter is designed to extend across or substantially across the upper and lower walls 7 and 8 of the mouth of the box and may be provided along its upper edge with a flange 9, adapted, by engagement with the wall'7, to limit the downward movement of the shutter through the grooves &. The shutter-closing member consists, preferably, of a spring actuated plate 10, bent upwardly from the lower edge 11 of the shutter G and disposed at a wider angle to the shutter 6 than the angle of the flare of the grooves 4. The plate 10 is resiliently carried upon the shutter 6 by the bend 11,, through which the plate is resiliently actuated, the shutter and plate being preferably made of spring sheet metal. The plate 10 is provided upon opposite sides with notches or recesses 12, adapted to engage the shoulders 5 in the grooves 4. The lateral edges 13 and 14 of the plate 10 engage with the front wall of each of grooves 4 and bear against them throughout their, extent. In consequence of the resilient action of the plate 10 with respect to the shutter 6 not only is the engagement of the notches 12 with the shoulders 5 secured and the retention of the shutter within the grooves 4 thereby insured,

but also a constant and sufficient pressure is I exerted upon the shutter to force it snugly against the walls 7 and 8 and the inner Walls 16, in order to adapt the parts to be construct- 9 5 ed of required weight without rendering the spring action between the plate 10 and the shutter 6 too stifi and diiiicult of manipulation.

In order ordinarily to prevent tits entire IOO shutter 6 and plate 10, so that the lid may be the lid from the box, it is only necessary for of its month,of a shutter sliding in the grooves,

there being shoulders in theupper ends of the grooves, and notches on the plate adapted to engage therewith, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with a journal-box prowithdrawal of the shutter 6 when the box is to be -opened,I pref'erto employ on the outside of the shutter 6 a pin 17, passing through apertures in the ears 3. This pin,'as shown in Fig. II, engages the bend at 11 between the of its mouth, of a shutter provided with a flange at its upper end, and aresiliently-carried plate, the shutter and the plate working within the grooves in the ears, substantially as setforth. 45

6. The combination with a journal-bog; provided with grooved ears upon opposite'sides of its mouth, of a flanged shutter and resili-' ently-carried plate, provided with a handle working in the grooves of the ears, substan- 5o tially as set forth. Y 1 p 7 The combination with a journal-box provided with grooved'ears upon opposite sides of its'mouth, of a shutter and resiliently-carried plate working within the grooves, anda 55 pin connecting the ears between the shutter and plate, substantially'as set forth. I 8. A railway -journal-box lid consisting of a shutter and plate united thereto at an angle by a resilientbend, substantially as set forth. 6o 9. A journal-box lid consisting of a flanged shutter, and a plate united thereto by a resilient'bend, said plate being provided with a handle, substantially as set forth.

manipulated to fully uncover the mouth of the box without being entirely removed from the box.

If atany time an operator wishes to detach that'purpose to remove the pin 17.

What I claim is- 1. The combination with a journal-box provided with grooved ears upon opposite sides and resilient shutter-closing member upon the shutter, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a journal-box provided with grooved ears upon opposite sides of its mouth, of a shutter sliding in said grooves, and resiliently-carried plate thereon, workingin said grooves, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a journal-box provided wit'hgrooved ears upon opposite sides of its mouth, of a shutter and resiliently-carried plate working in the grooves, and means for. limiting the movement in either direction of the shutter when closed, substantially as set forth. I

subscribed my name. 4. The combination with a journal-box pro- CHARLES ROBKEN.

vided with flaringly-gr'ooved ears upon oppo- Witnesses: 7 site sides of its mouth, of a shutter-and resili- JOHN K. MURTA, ently-carried plate working in the grooves, F. M. OLIVER.

vided with grooved cars upon. opposite sides 0 In testimony of all which I have hereunto 6 5

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