US3812444A - Hose connector having means for operating electrical contacts - Google Patents
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- ABSTRACT This invention relates to an automatic-type air hose connector for use on tandem-coupled vehicles.
- This 'hose connector has a mating head which is provided with a removable hose nipple, that has a hose coupling formed on one end, and a removable fluid-pressureoperated springreleased mechanism for effecting movement of a plurality of electrical contact elements into and out of circuit-closing relationship with corresponding contact elements carried by another automatic type air hose connector coupled thereto in response to the passage of fluid under pressure therethrough subsequent to the coupling of two alike automatic-type air hose connectors and thereafter the release of fluid under pressure therefrom 'upon the uncoupling of these air hose connectors.
- this invention provides for use on tandem-coupled vehicles an automatic-type air hose connector that has a mating head having an easily removable hose nipple, at one end of which is formed a hose coupling, and also a removable multiple-contact unit for establishing a multiple of continuous electrical circuits that extend from one vehicle to another when two such automatic-type air hose connectors at the adjacent ends of two vehicles provided with these air hose connectors are coupled.
- the mating head of an automatic-type air hose connector is provided with both a removable hose nipple having a hose coupling at one end, and a removable multiple-contact unit that is automatically operable upon the supply of fluid under pressure through a pair of coupled automatictype air hose connectors into circuit-closing relationship with a like multiple-contact unit carried by the other hose connector, or out of circuit-closing relationship-therewith when fluid under pressure is released therefrom upon the subsequent uncoupling of this pair of hose connectors.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view, taken along the line 3-3 of FIG. I and looking in the direction of the arrows, showing certain structural details of the multiplecontact unit not made apparent in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a special hose nipple used in the hose end of a brakepipe angle cock to provide for the supply of fluid under pressure from the train brake pipe to the valve device shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
- FIG. I of the drawings shows an automatic-type air hose connector 1 having a removable multiple-contact unit 2 and a guard arm 3, shown in phantom, of a second automatic-type air hose connector in the position they occupy while the adjacent ends of two vehicles provided with these air hose connectors are coupled, it being understood that these hose connectors are secured to the shank (not shown) of the vehicle couplers at the adjacent ends of the two coupled vehicles.
- the automatic-type air hose connector 1 comprises a mating head 4 which is in the form of a U-shaped channel member that at one end has formed integral therewith a pair of spaced-apart wing-like guide members 5 and 6.
- the opposite end of the U-shaped channel member is closed by a web 7 through which extends a bore 8 in which is received one end of a support pin (not shown).
- the other end of this support pin has formedintegral therewith a ball (not shown) which is embedded in a resilient cushion member (not shown) that is carried in the lower end of a hanger (not shown).
- the construction of this cushion member and hanger, the upper end of which'is secured to a car coupler head may be the same as that shown and describedin US. Pat. No. 3,476,407, issued Nov. 4, I969 to Fred Temple et al, andassigned to the assignee of the present application.
- the opposite sides of the U-shaped channel member comprising the mating head 4 have formed integral therewith a pair of oppositely-arranged and inwardlyfacing bosses 9 and 10. Each of these bosses is provided with a bore 11 that is coaxial with the bore in the other boss.
- the bottom of the U-shaped channel constituting the mating head 4 is provided with an opening 12, the left-hand end of which is rectangular and the right-hand end of which issubstantially circular.
- a flange 13 formed integral with each of the opposite sides of the U-shaped channel member and extending outward therefom at an angle of therewith is a flange 13 each of which is provided with a smooth bore 14.
- One purpose of these bores 14 is to receive a pair of bolts 15 by which a flange (not shown) formed at one end of a third wing-like guide member or guard arm, that corresponds to the guard arm 3 of the other automatic-type air hose connector, is secured to the lower side of the flanges 13, it being understood that a nut is screw-threaded onto the threaded end of each of these bolts to force the flange on the end of this guard arm against the flanges 13 when these bolts are tightened.
- each flange l3 and extending outward from one side thereof is an L shaped stiffening rib 16, one purpose of which is to impart rigidly to a mating surface (not shown) formed on the lower side of the two flanges 13.
- One end of each L-shaped stiffening rib 16 is integral with one side of the U-shaped channel member and the other end,
- a removable hose nipple 18 is disposed between the parallel spaced-apart sides of the U-shaped channel member constituting the mating head 4.
- the structure and use of this removable hose nipple 18, and the means by which it is removably secured to the mating head 4 is identical to the removable hose nipple 20 shown and described in the abovementioned US. Pat. No. 3,731,953 to Fred Temple,
- the multicontact unit 2 comprises a hollow cylinder 19 that has formed integral therewith. a flange 20 that may be secured to the upper side of either of the flanges 13 of the U-shaped channel member by one of the hereinbeforementioned bolts 15., it being understood that this flange 20 is provided with a bore having the same diameter as the bore 14. As shown in FIG. 1 of the drawings, the multi-contact unit 2' is shown secured to the lower flange 13. However, when the automatic-type air hose connector 1 is used on vehicles that operate in climates having a high degree of snowfall and extremely low temperatures, it may be desirable to secure the multicontact unit 2 to the upper flange 13, as viewed in FIG.
- the hollow cylinder 19 has formedtherein, as, for example, by a boring operation, a smooth bore 21 into which is press-fitted a sleeve 22.
- the left-hand end of this sleeve 22 has an outside and inside diameter that is substantially less than the outside and inside diameter of the right-hand end thereof.
- a hollow cylindrical member 23 Slidably mounted in that part of the sleeve 22 having the smaller inside diameter is a hollow cylindrical member 23, the length of which is greater than the length of the hollow cylinder 19.
- a collar or piston 24 Formed integral with the hollow cylindrical member 23 intermediate the ends thereof is a collar or piston 24 the diameter of which is such as to provide for slidably mounting this piston in that portion of the sleeve 22 having the larger inside diameter.
- This piston 24 is provided with a peripheral annular groove in which is disposed an O-ring seal 25 that forms a seal with the wall surface of that portion of the sleeve 22 having the larger inside diameter.
- this cylindrical member 23 is provided with a peripheral annular groove in which is disposed an O-ring seal 26 which, in cooperation with the O-ring seal 25, forms a chamber 27 into which opens one end of a passageway 28 that extends through the sleeve 22 and the flange 20.
- the cylindrical member 23 is provided with a second peripheral annular groove that is disposed on the lefthand side of and in spaced-apart relation to the groove that carries the O-ring 26. Disposed in this second peripheral annular groove is a snap ring 29 against which an annular spring seat 30 is biased by a spring 31 that is disposed about that portion of the sleeve 22 having the smaller outside diameter and interposed between this spring seat 30 and a shoulder 32 at the right-hand end, as viewed in FIGS. 1 and 3, of this portion of the sleeve 22.
- the cylindrical member 23 and the piston 24 integral therewith may be, for example, a plastic moulding having a square opening 33 extending from'end to end thereof.
- a weatherproof sealing element 34 that may be constructed of, for example, rubber. This sealing element serves to prevent the entrance of water, snow, ice and other contaminants into the interior of the square opening 33 via the left-hand end thereof, as viewed in FIGS. 1 and 3.
- a stop member 36 Disposed about the cylindrical member 23 adjacent 7 its left-hand end and retained in the bore 21 by a snap ring 35 that is inserted in an annular groove provided therefor in the wall surface of this bore 21 is a stop member 36 that limits movement of the snap ring 29, spring seat 30 and cylindrical member 23 by the spring 31 in the direction of the left hand.
- the interior of the bore 21 between the shoulder 32 and the right-hand side of the stop member 36 is constantly open to atmosphere via a passageway 36a inthe flange 20.
- each of the four wires is secured to the one end of its respective contact element by, for example, soldering.
- the four train wires are encased in an insulation covering 43 that extends through a bore 44 in the sealing element'34. These four insulation covered wires extend to the opposite end of the vehicle where their respective other ends are secured, as by soldering, to form contact elements of a multiple-contact unit identical to the multiple-contact unit 2
- Each contact element and the end of the wire secured thereto are encased in a hollow casing, square in cross section and formed of, for example, plastic.
- any two contact elements can be assembled together in side-by-side relation by inserting one of the tongues on the casing of one contact element into one of the grooves on the casing of the other contact eleof which is substantially the same as that of the semi- .circular groove in the rectangular plastic casing of the contact elements 37 and 38, it being understood that a coaxial bore extends from each end of each semicircular groove through the wall of the cylindrical member 23 to the peripheral surface thereof, the diameter of these coaxial bores being twice the radius of the semi-circular grooves.
- this member is provided with another bore the axis of which is parallel to the axesof these two parallel spaced-apart bores and equidistant from these axes.
- the three contact elements 37, 38 and 39 and the fourth contact element not shown in the drawings are assembled togetherbythe tongues and grooves on the adjacent sides of their casings which are square in cross section, as hereinbefore stated. It will be understood, of course, that as many contact elements as desired can thus be assembled together to form a module.
- the four-contactmodule described above and shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 of the drawings is placed in the position shown in the right-hand end of the square opening those not defective.
- the respective train wire is then severed from each defective contact element and thereafter soldered to a new contact element.
- the four contact elements are then reconnected by means of their tongues and grooves to form the module which is replaced in the square opening 33 and secured to the cylindrical member 23 by the three rods 45, 46 and 47 in the-manner hereinbefore explained.
- each contact element has encased therein a spring-like metal element or finger 48.
- One end of each finger 48 has a train wire soldered thereto and the other end extends slightly outside the casing, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3.
- This other end of the fing'er 48 has sliding frictional contact with a corresponding finger of a contact element carried by a multiple-contact unit of another automatic-type air hose connector when two automatic-type air hose connectors are moved into the coupled position.
- the right-hand end of the cylindrical member 23 is provided with an annular groove in which is disposed a sealing ring 49 that, while two automatic-type air hose connectors occupy the coupled position, forms a seal with a like sealing ring carried in the adjacent end of the cylindrical memberof the other air hose connector to'protect the fingers 48 of the contactelements from water, snow, ice and other contaminants.
- the valve device 50 is shown in section in FIG. 2 and comprises a casing 51 that has a boss 52 provided with 33 in the hollow cylindrical member 23 and then secured to this member 23 by three rods 45, 46 and 47.
- the-opposite ends of this rod 46 are anchored in a pair of coaxial spaced-apart bores that extend through the wall of the cylindrical member 23, as shown in FIG. 3.
- the rods 45, '46 and 47 may be easily removed by the use of a hammer and a small drift, after which the module may be withdrawn from the square opening 33 in the cylindrical member 23. Thereafter, by means of the tongue and grooveconnections between the casings of I the several contact elementscomprising the module,
- the guide member 6 of the mating head 4 is provided with a bore 53 having internal screw threads to enable the valve device .50 to be secured to this guide member 6, thebore 53 being so located, as shown in FIG. I, that the valve device.50 carried by one automatic-type air hose connector is operated by the guide arm 3 of another automatic-type air hose connector upon movement of either airhose connector into the coupled position other air hose connector.
- the casing 51 is provided with a stepped bottomed bore 54 that is coaxial with-the boss with respect to the 52 and with four passageways 55, 56, 57 and 58 that at to the opposite endof which is secured one end of a flexible hose 6].
- the otherend of the hose 61 is secured by a hose clamp 62 to a hollow boss 63 that is integral with a hose nipple 64, the right-hand end'of which is provided with external screw threads by which this hose nipple is attached to the hose end of an angle cock 65,' only a part of r 7 shown) of the brake pipe angle cock 65 (FIG.
- the screw-threaded end of a tubing connector 68 is screw threaded into the screwthreaded end of the passageway 55.
- One end of a piece of tubing 69 such as for example, Nylon tubing, is secured to the other end of the tubing connector 68 and the opposite end of this tubing 69 is secured to one end of a second tubing connector 70 (FIG. 1), the screwthreaded end of which has screw-threaded engagement with internal screw threads provided in the other end of the hereinbefore-mentioned passageway 28 in the flange 20.
- the passageway 55 is open to the passageway 56 through two sets of spaced-apart radial ports 71 and 72 that open from the periphery of a bushing'73 press-fitted into the lower end of the stepped bottomed bore 54 into the interior of this bushing.
- a hollow plunger 74 is slidably mounted in the bushing 73 and a second bushing 75 that is disposed in the upper end of the stepped bottomed bore 54 and retained therein in abutting relationship with the upper end of the bushing 73 by a snap ring 76 that is inserted in a groove provided therefor in the wall surface of the stepped bottom bore 54.
- the guard arm 3 of one air hose connector is effective to move the hollow plunger 74 of the valve device 50 carried by the other air hose connector downward against the yielding resistance of a spring 77 interposed between a spring seat 78 integral with the interior wall of the bushing 73 and a collar 79 on the plunger 74 untl the lower end of this hollow plunger 74 contacts a rubber-covered flat disc valve 80 that is normally biased into contact with an annular valve seat 81 that is formed on the lower side of the spring seat 78 by a spring 82 that is interposed between the valve 80 and a spring seat. 83 that is in the form of a snap ring carried in a groove provided therefor in the bushing'73. Further downward OPERATION While the automatic-type air hose connector 1 is not coupled to a like automatic-type air hose connector,
- the spring 31 is effective to bias the piston 24 against a shoulder 85 on the sleeve 22 at the lefthand end of the chamber 27. While the piston 24 is biased against the shoulder 85, the fingers 48 of the four contact elements carried in the right-hand end of the hollow cylindrical member 23 are disposed entirely within the sleeve 22. Therefore, the sleeve 22 serves to protect the fingers 48 somewhat from rain, snow, ice and other contaminants.
- the manner of operation of the two automatic-type air hose connectors 1 at the adjacent ends of the two vehicles being coupled is identical to that described for the automatic-type air hose connectors desclosed in the hereinbefore-mentioned U.S. Pat. No. 3,73l,953 to Fred Temple. Consequently, if it be assumed that one of the two vehicles is stationary and the other vehicle is moved toward the stationary vehicle to be coupled thereto, the matingheads 4 of the automatic-type air hose connectors l on the two vehicles will be automatically coupled one to the other in the manner described in the above-mentioned U.S. Pat. No. 3,731,953.
- each vehicle As the moving vehicle approaches the stationary vehicle, the guard arm 3 of the automatic-type air hose connector on each vehicle is effective to strike the plunger 74 of the valve device 50 on the other vehicle and move it downward to the position shown in FIG. 2. Since the operation of each valve device 50 is identical to that of the other, a description of one will suffice for both.
- angle cocks 65 (FIG. 4), if closed, at the adjacent ends of the two coupled vehicles. It will be understood that the brake pipe on one of the vehicles is charged with fluid under pressure. Consequently, when the angle cock 65 on this vehicle is opened, fluid under pressure will flow to the chamber 27 on this vehicle via the hose nipple 64, hose 61, hose fitting 60, passageway 56, radial ports 72 in bushing 73, past now open valve 80, the interior of bushing 73, radial ports 71 in this bushing, passageway 55, tubing connector 68, tubing 69, tubing connector 70, and passageway 28.
- Fluid under pressure will also flow to the chamber 27 on the other vehicle via the hose nipple 64, hose 66, the removable hose nipple 18 of each of the now coupled automatic-type air hose connectors l, the hose 66, hose nipple 64, hose 61 and hose nipple 60 to the passageway 56 in the valve device 50 on the other vehicle, ports 72, thence past the now open valve 80 of this valve device 50, and through ports 71, passageway 55, tubing connector 68, tubing 69, tubing connector 70 and passageway 28.
- the supply of fluid under pressure to the chamber 27 increases the pressure in this chamber and on the lefthand side, as viewed in FIG. 1, of the piston 24.
- each multi-contact unit 2 As fluid under pressure is released'from the chamber 27 in each multi-contact unit 2, the corresponding spring 31 is rendered effective to quickly return the hollow cylindrical member 23 and the four contact elements carried in the end thereof from the position shown in FIG. 1 to a position in which piston 24 abuts the shoulder 85.
- the finger 48 of each respective contact element of each multi-contact unit is quickly moved out of circuit-closing relationship with the finger 48 of the corresponding contact element of the other multicontact unit to open the circuits between the train wires on the two vehicles.
- each of a pair of vehicles each of which has extending from end to end thereof a fluid pressure conduit and a plurality of electrical conduits and at each end has an automatic vehicle coupler head and an air hose connected to said fluid pressure conduit, an automatic-type air hose connector operable upon coupling of said automatic vehicle coupler heads to connect said air hoses at the adjacent ends of said vehicles, wherein, for each of said automatic-type air hose connectors operable to establish a continuous fluid pressure conduit between said vehicles, the improvement comprises:
- a multiple-contact unit comprising:
- biasing means for moving said plurality of contact elements in a circuit-opening direction
- fluid motor means operable by fluid under pressure for moving said plurality of contact elements against the yielding resistance of said biasing means into circuit-closing relationship with the corresponding plurality of contact elements con nected respectively to the plurality of electrical conduits on the other of the pair of vehicles, and
- valve means carried by the automatic-type air hose connector for each of the pair of vehicles and operable by the automatic-type air hose connector carried by the other of the pair of vehicles, upon coupling of the coupler heads at the adjacent ends of the pair of vehicles, to effect the supply of fluid under pressure from the fluid pressure conduit on either of the vehicles to said fluid motor means.
- An automatic-type air hose connector as recited in claim 1, further characterized in that said fluid motor means of said multiple-contact unit comprises an abutment means to which said contact elements of said multiple-contact unit are removably secured for movement therewith.
- An automatic-type air hose connector as recited in claim 1, further characterized in that said fluid motor in claim 1, further characterized in that said valve means carried by the automatic-type air hose connector for each of the pair of vehicles is removable therefrom.
- said means of said multiple-contact unit comprises an abutment means subject to fluid under pressure, said abutment means being an annular member disposed about and secured to a hollow member in which said plurality of contact elements are disposed and removably secured thereto.
- An automatic-type air hose connector as recited in claim 1, further characterized in that said fluid motor means of said multiple-contact unit comprises:
- a hollow cylinder having integral therewith a flange by which said cylinder may be removably secured to the automatic-type air hose connector
- an abutment carrying said plurality of contactelements movable in a circuit-closing direction with respect to said hollow'cylinder when subject to fluid under pressure and movable in a circuitopening direction by said biasing means upon the release of fluid under pressure from said abutment.
- An automatic-type air hose connector as recited in claim 1, further characterized in that said fluid motor means of said multiple-contact unit comprises:
- a hollow cylinder having integral therewith a flange by which said cylinder may be removably secured to the automatic-type air hose connector
- a sleeve having a pair of unequal inside and outside diameters, the larger of said outside diameters being such as to provide for a press-fit between said sleeve and said hollow cylinder, v
- a hollow cylindrical member carrying in'one end thereof said plurality of contact elements the length of which member is substantially greater than the length of said hollow cylinder and the outside diameter of which is such as to provide for a sliding fit within the smaller inside diameter of said sleeve, said hollow cylindrical member having secured to its periphery a collar the diameter of which is such as to provide for a sliding tit within the larger inside diameter of said sleeve, and
- a pair of spaced-apart sealing elements one of 40 which is carried by said hollow cylindrical member and forms a slidable seal with the smaller inside diameter of said sleeve and the other of which is carried by said collar and forms a slidable seat with the larger inside diameter of said sleeve, said sealing elements cooperating with said sleeve to form a fluid pressurechamber to which fluid under pressure is supplied upon operation of said valve means carried on said automatic-type air hose connector for one vehicle by the automatic-type air hose connector for the other of the pair of vehicles upon coupling of the coupler heads at the adjacent ends of the pairof vehicles.
- An automatic-type air hose connector as recited 7.
- An automatic-type air hose connector as recited in the absence of the supply of fluid under pressure to said chamber, biasing said collar against the junction of the smaller and larger inside diameters of said sleeve whereby said one end of said hollow cylindrical memher is disposed entirely within said sleeve to protect said plurality of contact elements carried in said one end from exposure to contaminants.
- An automatic-type air hose connector as recited in claim 5, further characterized in that the construction of one end of each of said plurality of contact elements carried in the one end of the hollow cylindrical member is such that it protrudes from said one end of the hollow cylindrical member for effecting a circuit closing relationship with a correspondingly constructed contact element carried in the one end of the hollow cylindrical member of the multiple-contact unit forthe automatic-type air hose connector for the other vehicle prior to movement of the one end of one cylindrical member into abutting relationship with the one end of the other cylindrical member.
- An automatic-type air hose connector as recited in claim 5, further characterized in that said hollow cylindrical member is provided in said one end thereof with a sealing element that forms a seal with a sealing element carried in the one end of a corresponding hollow cylindrical element while two automatic-type air hose connectors at the adjacent ends of the pair of vehicles connect said air hoses and establish said continuous electrical conduits between said vehicles to protect said plurality of contact elements carried in the one end of each of said hollow cylindrical members from exposure to contaminants.
- An automatic-type air hose connector as recited in claim 5, further characterized in that the construction of one end of each of said plurality of contact elements carried in the one end of the hollow cylindrical member is such that it protrudes from said one end and said one end is provided with a sealing element whereby each of said plurality of contact elements of the multiple-contact unit for the automatic-type air hose connector at one end of one vehicle is moved into circuit-closing relationship with the corresponding contact element of the other multiple-contact unit at the adjacent end of the other vehicle prior to movement of the sealing elements carried in the one end of the hollow cylindrical members into sealing relation one with the other to protect said plurality of contact elements carried in the one end of each of said hollow cylindrical members from exposure to contaminants.
- a multiple-contact unit comprising:
- biasing means for moving said plurality of contact elements in a circuit-opening direction
- fluid motor means operable by fluid under pressure for moving said plurality of contact elements against the yielding resistance of said .biasing means into circuit-closing relationship with the cone spending contact elements of another multiplecontact unit.
- Claim 1 line 3, after "duit” insert at each end of which may be a manually operable angle cock for controlling the flow of fluid under pressure therethrough; erase “and”, second occurrence, and insert each vehicle-; line 4,
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