Improvements in or in connection with Draw-bar Hooks and Coupling Links of Railway Wagons and similar Vehicles.

摘要

15,162. Eyres, J. July 17. Couplings, n o nautomatic.-Relates to the attachment of coupling- links to draw-bars having hooks of the Gedge type in which transverse slots are provided for receiving a flattened side of the coupling -link. The flattened portion c is made at an angle to the back and front planes of the link d, so that the connexion can only be made when the pin that couples the draw-bar hook to the draw-bar underneath the wagon is withdrawn, and the draw-hook a is drawn forwards as shown.