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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
JOHN M. SLEDGE, OF TARSUALL, TEXAS.
ADJUSTABLE PILOT.1,078,467.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Nov. 11, 1913.
Application filed July 10, 1912. Serial No. 708,675.
T) all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JOHN M. SLEDGE, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at Mar-
shall, in the county of Harrison and State
5 of Texas, have invented new and useful
Improvements in Adjustable Pilots, of
which the following is a specification.
The general object of this invention is
the provision of a pilot for locomotives, the
10 same being adapted for adjustable connec-
tion with the pilot beam and having novel
means, which may quickly and easily be
adjusted thereto whereby the distance be-
tween the base of the pilot and the road bed
15 may be varied whenever desired.
In carrying out the object of the inven-
tion it will be understood, of course, that
the essential features thereof are suscepti-
ble to changes in details and structural ar-
29 rangements, one preferred and practical em-
bodiment being shown in the accompany-
ing drawing, wherein:-
Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sec-
tional view of a pilot and a portion of the
25 locomotive showing the invention applied
thereto. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the
adjusting means. Fig. 3 is a perspective
view of one of the connecting shoes used in
connection with the adjusting means.
30 Referring more particularly to the accom-
panying drawing in which like reference
characters designate similar parts, 5 indicates
generally the forward end of a locomotive
of any construction and 6 the pilot which
35 may be also of any preferred construction,
said pilot being connected to the pilot heani
7 so as to render the same vertically adjust-
able relative thereto.
The pilot 6 is adapted to have secured
40 thereto medially the ends thereof, a shoe 8
which has its securing end cut to provide
an angular recess 9' which is adapted to
snugly engage a portion of the pilot and be
secured thereto by means of a bolt 9 having
45 a nut 10 threaded upon one end thereof.
The outer end of the shoe 8 is bifurcated
as indicated at 11, said bifurcation being
adapted to receive the reduced end 12 of a
connecting rod 13. The bifurcated portion
50 of the shoe and the reduced extension 12
are provided with transverse openings.
which are adapted to register when the parts
are in position, said openings being adapted
to receive the pivot bolt 14, which is de-
55 tachably held in position by means of acotter pin 15.- The other end of the con-
necting rod 13 is screw threaded, as indi-
cated at 16, to receive one of the threaded
openings of a turn buckle 17. The other
opening of the turn buckle 17 is adapted 60
to receive the oppositely threaded end 1.8
of a second connecting rod 19, which is
identical in construction to the connecting
rod previously described. Also threaded
upon the portions 16 and 18 of the two con- 65
nesting rods are the jam nuts 20, which are
adapted to be threaded into engagement
with the extremities of the turn buckle 17
after said rods have been adjusted, whereby
movement thereof will be prevented. The 70
free end of the connecting rod 19 is adapt-
ed to be connected to a suitable support,
such as the pending angular bracket 21,
which is carried by the body of the loco-
motive by means of a shoe 22, having the 75
recess 23 therein, which is similar in con-
struction to the recess formed in the shoe 19,
said shoe 22 being adapted to be secured
to the bracket 21 by means of the bolt 24
and the nut 25. The connecting rod 19 is 80
pivotally connected to the shoe 22 by means
of the detachable pivot bolt 26, which is
held in position by means of the cotter pin
27, it being understood that said shoe 22 is
also provided with a bifurcation adapted to 85
receive a reduced extension of the adjacent
end of the connecting rod 19. It will also
be obvious from the construction of the shoe
just described that the same may be readily
detached from this position and reversed as 90
shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. It will
thus be seen that by turning the turn buckle
17, the pilot 6 will be raised or lowered at
will and, owing to the pivotal connections,
free movement of the parts will be per- 95
mitted.
From the foregoing description taken in
connection with the accompanying drawing
it will be seen that the invention contem-
plates providing means for adjusting the 100
pilot of a locomotive, said means being sim-
ple in construction, thus reducing the cost
of manufacture of the same to a minimum,
and which means is durable and effective in
carrying out the purpose for which it is de- 105
signed.
What is claimed is:-
The combination with a locomotive, of a
pilot connected thereto, a shoe formed with
an angular recess to engage said pilot, a no
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Sledge, John M. Adjustable Pilot., patent, November 11, 1913; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857881/m1/2/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.