. Railroad digest . nstruction of a car truck with as fewparts as possible, and where feasiblethose parts are to be made of commercialshapes of iron, so as to avoid the neces-sity of expensive machinery in the con-struction of the parts, and, further, toprovide a truck which may be readilyand economically made and assembledand which may be kept in repair at acomparatively small expense, at the sametime providing a simple and efficient Car-Truck Xo. 080, S. WOODS, of Chicago, 111. The combination with a car-truck, andan axle-box, of a supporting-spring, aspring-bearing cap, a crown-pie
. Railroad digest . nstruction of a car truck with as fewparts as possible, and where feasiblethose parts are to be made of commercialshapes of iron, so as to avoid the neces-sity of expensive machinery in the con-struction of the parts, and, further, toprovide a truck which may be readilyand economically made and assembledand which may be kept in repair at acomparatively small expense, at the sametime providing a simple and efficient Car-Truck Xo. 080, S. WOODS, of Chicago, 111. The combination with a car-truck, andan axle-box, of a supporting-spring, aspring-bearing cap, a crown-piece attach-ed to the truck-frame, and a pair of twinrollers interposed between the bearing-cap and the crown-piece and adapted toafford independent lateral movement tothe axle-box, the opposed faces of thebearing-cap and crown-piece being form-ed with curved or dished recesses form-ing tracks for the rollers, and having endstop flanges or ribs. The combination with a car-truck, and Vol. XL, x\o. 9 RAILROAD DIGEST 353. an axle-box, ui a , aspring-bearing cap, a crown-piece attach-ed to the truck-frame, and a pair of twinrollers interposed between the bearing-capand the crown-piece in a central zone of aless area than the supporting-spring, theopposed faces of the bearing-cap andcrown-piece being forcoed with curved ordished recesses forming tracks for therollers and having end stop flanges or Automatic Car-Coupling No. (;70, C. LEIDl, of Galesburg, 111. The invention has for its main object ■to prolong the life of couplers as to thewearing away or impairment of the coup-ling hook or knuckle or latch-block. It is well known that by long and con-tinued use the coupling hook or knuckleor latch-block in automatic car-couplerswear away on the acting or engagingface, requiring in time the replacement ofthe knuckle by a new one in order to
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