. The railroad and engineering journal . The coupling being made between two cars, equipped asabove, the faces of the side buffers AA are brought in con-tact with those upon the opposite car, and the thrust is■communicated through the equalizing bar B to the bufferspring C, which is secured by means of a T-bolt, D, to theyoke E, which yoke is pivoted by means of a pivot bolt,F, passing through the platform knees GG. The action of the yoke E, is peculiar, as, by its means, the thrust of lower end of horn H; but when the coupler /,mo-vts forward the T-bolt Acomes into action and drawsupper end o
. The railroad and engineering journal . The coupling being made between two cars, equipped asabove, the faces of the side buffers AA are brought in con-tact with those upon the opposite car, and the thrust is■communicated through the equalizing bar B to the bufferspring C, which is secured by means of a T-bolt, D, to theyoke E, which yoke is pivoted by means of a pivot bolt,F, passing through the platform knees GG. The action of the yoke E, is peculiar, as, by its means, the thrust of lower end of horn H; but when the coupler /,mo-vts forward the T-bolt Acomes into action and drawsupper end of yoke E forward, with the result as described,and which may be followed out by anyone who will givethe above cut a little study. The essential features of the coupling will be under-stood by reference to figs, i, 3, 3 and 4, which representthe Janney freight coupler. Fig. i is a top view of the. buffers are thrust toward the pair upon the opposite car,whether in the operation of coupling, or -while the train is \in draft. In the act of coupling, the natural tendency is to drivethe coupling inward ; when this inward movement takesplace, the lower end of horn H, which passes verticallythrough the body of the coupler /, engages with the lowerend of the yoke-lever £■, and in throwing that tnA backwardthrows the upper end forward, hinging upon the pivotbolt F; the yoke carries forward with it, by means of the T-bolt /), the spring C, which, in turn, through the equal- freight cojpler, and represents the pair in proper positionto effect the coupling, viz.: one hook closed and lockedand one opened (both hooks may be open, but this is notnecessary). Fig. 2 shows the coupling effected, and bothhooks are locked as shown in fig. 3, which presents a sectionof the freight coupler when cut longitudinally, to show themethod of locking the hooks by means of the gravity pinwhich drops in f
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