melit, ancl heiiee increased life of the runnin(y parts. iA,Ioreover the inei-eased height 9 @ind -wide expanse of bearin- faces throughout the vertical guideways, i-edlices the -wear tind distributes the thrust throLighout a greater area, tlius permittiiig a more rigid mouiiting of the wheel. . I clain-i as ii-iy invei-itioii:- 1. In a ivheeled vehicle, the coi-iibin,,ttion of @t side frame nieiiiber, a journal box moi3.nted in said frqiiae meiuber, and comprising t 3-ol;ze inember 1,1,,tving sliding e-nga(yeiiient between guideways formed in said sici( f raiiie ' and ,t wheel having a journal 1 5 shaft exteiiding transve:rsel3, of said yoke and journ,,tled iii bearincs formed on opposite sides of s,,iid yol,e, ancl a spring interposed betiveei-i said yol@e and s,,tid side frame member. 2. In a -wlieelecl vel-iiele the coinbination 20 of a side fran-ie, a jotirnal box comprising a yol@e moiiiited bet-Nveen vertic-,il giiid6,w,,Lys, in saicl siclefi-aii-ie, and haviiig sliding engagen-ient tlierewitli, a wheel molinted withV5 iD stid yol@e, ,tlid providecl with an axle jotirn,tlled in bearings on opposite sides of s-,tid yol-@e, aii.d a spring iiiterposed betiveen said vol@(, and side frame. , 3. In a wlieeled vehicle the coiiibination "O of spaced side frame mei-iibers, a. jolii-nal box ii,iotinted between s,,Lid side f i-ame members aiid ivithin vertical giiide-%vays tliereiii, said box comprising ,t liollonv yoke iiien-lber provided with gtilde faces engagiiig stid guide35 ivays, ,in(I a ivheel moiinted Avithiii sai-cl yoke and louriiall(,cl in bearings on opposite sides of said yol;@e. 4. Tn a ivheelecl veliiele, the coiiibiliation of transverselv spaced side i'l-ame i-iieiiibers, a 40 nioi-iiiiecl bet-Nve(,ii s,,tid side frame membei-s aiid adipted for vertical sliding moveiiient betweeii gi-iideivays fori-iiecl iii , tid side fi-:im(, members, s@-Lid yoke comprisinu ,t liollo-\N- casing opeii at top and bottom, and pi-o45 vided ivith wlieel beari.iigs on opposite sides tliereof, aiid a -\Nheel moiinted ivithin said 3-ol@e aiicl journallecl in said yoke beai,iiicys. Iii a -\vbeeled vehicle the coii-ibitiation of pli-,il,lel sicle fra@.i-ie meinbers, spacecl apart 50 traii-,ierselv an(I providecl wiili opeii aui.de\vays ai-id 'iiiarginal giiide flan(yes, a, yol@e iiiounted betweei-i said side fraii@e iiiembers, aiid in sai(71 guidewa.),s, aiid provided Nvitli aii(,i,ilar beai-ing faces haviiig slidiiig eii55 gao-ei-iiejit with said ,Ytiide flai-i es, a Nvlle'el 9 I)-iounted iii said yol;@e and joiii-i-ialled ii-i I)eai.-incys stippol@te(I in opposite sides of said -\-Ol@e @ti-id betiveeii ti-ie beai.@ii-ig faces thereof. 6. Tli ,t loconiotive of the chai,acter d(,- 60 scribed the coiaabin,,iti6ii with a frame aiiii ,vheels of a jouriial itioiinting f(-,r sai(I 'siiig ,i yoli:e, coiisistiii t wheels coi-npri 9 of hollo%v casing bai,ing U-si-i,-Lpecl end poi-tioii,-, extending arotiiid the peril)hei-3, of the Nvheel, and supopi-ting ",heel beai-ings ii, Opp6Site 65 sides there6f, said yoke b(,i g slid bly n a inounted iii said fr-,ime through the i-AediLiin of vertical (Yuide-,Yays. 7. Iii a foeomotivp- of the . el-iar,,tct L er describ ed, the combiii,,ttion AVitl-i side fran'le 70 mem bei,s, coiisisting of parallel portioiis spac ed apart transversely, a joui-nal box MOLinted bet-weeii said side fi-,@ime iileiiibers and comprising a yoli:e proi,ided with bearing faces eiigaging vertical guideways in 75 said side frarne members, aiid bearing ret,,iiiii ng n-ieliibers mounted in opposite sides of said yoke, @tild a @vheel n-iounted withiii said yoko, and joiiriialled in sciid,be,,Lrinclrs. 8 . In a lo@o@notive of the cliaracter de8 0 scrib ed, the combinatioia -%vitli a fr,,tme, journal boxes iiiounted for vertical movement relati ve to said fran-ie, a@ ivheel journalled iii e,,Lc h jolirn- il box, the lattei- comprising i yol @e coiisistino, o . f a hollow casiiig h-,tviiig 85 Usha-ped port@ions extendiiig foi-ivardly and rear wardly ,troui-id s,,tid ivheel, ,iiid interniediate bearilig blocks suppoi-ting betrincr 1- neiiibers for said ivheel axle, and spriiigs supp orted iipon stid bearing blocli:s, and 90 coiiii ected with said side frame ii-iembers. 9 . In ,t locomotive of the ch,,tractei- describ ed, the coi:iibiliatioll with a frame, jotir.- nal boxes inouiited foi- -vei-tical movement relati ve to said fraine, a -,@-I-ieel joiii-iitlled ii-i 95 eacl-i jouriial box, the lattei- joiii])i-,ising zi yok e consisting of integrll bearing blocks conn ected by U-shaped portions exte-i-idiiip-, hori zontally around the wheel aiid angul-,t@ 100 bear ina faces exteiidi.n(y vertically on either side of each bearinu -bloe-k aiid eiigagiiig guid e flail-es forined integi-al wi.tli said side fr,,tme rnembers. 1 0. In a locomotive of the character describ ed, the coiilbinttion with a fi-@iine and 105 %- ,,beels of a journal inoulitina for stid Nvheels, com prising a yol<e, coiisistiiig of a hollow casin g having U-sbaped end portioiis e:-@teiiding, @tround the. Nvheel, and Avheel beariii(y sup- 110 poiting blocl,--s in opposite sides tl@ereof, setid yoli:e bein- slidably moiinted iii sai(I fram e throiigli t,he mediiiiii of iiitei-fitting guid eways, aiid flanges extei-idi,i-ig vertictilly on both sides of eac@-L of said blocks. 1 1. In a locomotive of the ch@qracter de11 5 scrib ed, the combinition N,,,ith a friple, jouri-ial boxes inounted for vertical 1-i'lovemeilt reliti ve to sticl frame, a wheel jotirntlled iii each journal box, the lattei- coniprisinc,@ 11 iolze consisting of ,t hollow castino, hal7il-l.y 120 U-sliaped poi-tions exteiading forwardIN, aiid rear wai-dly arotiiicl said wheel, and iiitermedi ate bearing blocks on opposiet sides of said ivheel. and comprising remov,,tble bear125 ing c,,tps an, cl bearin(y retainers inounted iii said bloc@cs 1 2. In a locomotive of the character desci-ibed, the combiiiation Nvith a frame, jotir-

nal boxes mounted for vertic,,tl n-ioven-ient relative to s,,tid fraii'le, a )vl-ieel jouriialle-d in each jourlial box i-,he latter com-DrisinLy yoke coiisist,ing of int'egral beariiio@blocl@s 5 and U-shLped portions extendiiig horizoi-itally around the wheel and anaular bearing faces extendii-ig verticlally throlighout the liei(yht of said 3,olze on eitlier side of each beariiig block aiid havilig sliding engag ement betweeii pairs of gtiidewlays formed in 10 said side fraine meinbei,s, and springs mounted oii top of s,,tid yoke on opposite sides of said wheel and coiiiiected at their free encl,,i with said side frame members. In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe 15 my name,this first day of October, A. D., 191-) 3. OTTO E. SZEKELY.

Patente May 20, 1924, l@494 965 .d UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..,., OTTO E. SZFKELY, OF XOLINE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO DAVENPORT@ LOCOMOTIVE WORKSI OF I)AVFNFORT, IOWA, A CORFORATION, OF IOWA. LOCOXOTIVE. Application illed October 6, 1923. Serial No. 666,873. To allzvhon?, it may concern.- Be it known t@at I, OTTO E. SzF,]iELY, a citizen of the United States, and a resideiit of Moline, in the county of Roeki Island .5 ,tnd State of Illinois, ha-ite in-Vented certiin new and use@ful Improvements in Locomotives, of whicli the following-is a, specification. This invention relates to iiiipi-o-,,einents in 10 locomotives of t-lie t),pe and cliar,,icter disclosed in a prior ,t . @plication foii Letters Patent,, Serial Ntimber 583,198, filed on Au(viist 21, 1922 in the, United States P,,itent bfflce., na-iiiely: internal coinbustion motor 15 di-iven loccmoiive@, design . ed for industria-I ,,tnd constiuction work. The objeot of this invention is to provide in iinpi-cved ti-uck and journal constriietioln for locoiiiotives of the, @enei-al character 20 hereinabove described and rnore especially the locomotive of s,,tid prior application. A further object of the invention is to piovide -,t method cf journal constriietion calculated to ,tfford a.n ihiproved mounting 25 of the wheel journa-Is in t'he truek frame includino, inere@ased giiiding area in the, rela,. tive vei-ticql inovemclnt between the parts, ,tnd otl-ter mwl-ianical advant,azes havin(-r to do with the resistance to thr@ist and c@ther 30 foi,ces to which the driving partq are subjected. In the drawir@gs a genei!al disclosure o,f the locomotive is made, togetlier with a niore dettiled drawing of the parts enibody35 inef the ini,ention. Figure I is a. gene;ral view in side elevation of the locomotive embodying the in. vention, Figui-e 2 is an enla.rged view in horizon4o tal -4ection through the l'otirnal bax and drive as taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, Fi-iii,e 3 is an enlai-oed det.,til view of PD t5@ the joui-nal box assembly as taken on line 3-3 of Fi,-tire 2, 45 Fiatii-e 4 is a vieiv in end elevation of th6 journal box, and F@(,ure 5 is a perspective vienv of the jouri@al box removed and parts disassemb.led. 50 Considering the I locomotive in its general asp ects, it comprises a main frame 1, rigid t,lir otighout an(t synimetrical in shape. The fra nie is supported upon two pairs of wheels 2 located midwa-y between the front and ie,@ir ends of the friiiie, said wi-ieels being 55 jou l.nalled in joiirnal boxes 3 whirh in turn -,iie, stipported betwe,-n vei-tical (ruides in the f I-,i iiie to -,ifford relative moveiiient therebet weeii. Springs 4-4 form the connection bet ,ween t,he joiii@nil boxes and tile@ loco- 60 iiiotive fr,,ime.' Mounted iipon tl-ie fr,-Line. 1, is ,i, lieavy dii @y@intern,,il combtistion motor 5 and occupyi ng the forward portion thereof. A hood or housing 6 covers the motor. At t,.he ex- 65 trei ne front end is a, radiatbr,7, similar in co nstruction ,tnd function to I the radiator of an automobile. -The rear poi-tion of the fra me is occupied by the operator's cib 8, wh i@h is journalled to the rea,r end of the 70 b o 0,,d 6. RPllipwa,rdlv of the motoi- 5, and coupled the reto is ,t tr,,insmission casing. 9 with clu teli and fly -,vheel liotising 10 interposed bet ween. The i-ear portion of the t,rtinsiiiis- 75 siq n casi-n@g extends into the cab, with the se vei-al opei-a.tin levers at hand n,,tmely, t reversi.na lei,ei- o-,eir sliifting or cliange speed le-ver 12, ind a, ellitch ped,,tl 1-3, all Nvlthin i-etich of the, locomotive driver. 8o It will suffice to desci-ibe the loconiotive pon@er plant as co@nfoi-ming zeneri.Ily to standard automotive praetice, @,it,hough owing to the essential diffe@rences between loc@om6tive and road vehicle operation, ceitain s,5 departtii-es ai-e incoi-poi-ated in the transinission inechanism which may be briefly referi-ed to since they are fully described else--vllere. iiiasniucb as a. locomotive, is called upon go to ptisl-i as ivell as pull its loa,d, and from either end it in-List be@ ca,pable of d6live@ring the@saine power at the, wheels regardless of the direction of travel, hence a revei@siiig niecli@,,nism is introduced betivebn the cliange 95 speed gearing and the clutch to t-lie end that equal po-,),er is delivei-ed to the; change speed meel-ianism in either direction 6f rotation of the moving p,,urts.. Tiie po.)@er is tiltiinttel' delivered to the, loo y

1,494,965 wheel axles, which are seen to be considera.bly below the, horizont,,il axis of the motor crank shaft. Thp, power ti,,Lnsmission is aceomplished, through a, series of drive shafts, termed @ primary, secondary, fin,,L.I, and axle drive shafts, witli sprocket wheels and cliains driv,ing f i-oni one to the oth". The cliselosure of th@ drive n-iechai@isi'll is not essentiil other th,,Ln to h,,tve, it Linder-: 10 stood that the power is ultiiii,,ttely trtiismitted, at the desired speed ,tnd direction, to@ the wheel drive sliafts 14, 14 (Figui-e 2) whie-bl project froin tl-ie, transmis'sior housink' 9 in axial'@ alignment witl-i tl-ie wheel 15 alxles. It is to be obsprved that the transmission casing is extended downwardly between tl-ie wheel journ,,tl in@ the for'm of r6unded 0,.XtengionS ga, fron-i whicli extend the axle drive shafts 14, 14. 20 Haviiig considered briefly the dri-ve fro-ill motor to the dri-N7e sl-i,,tfts 14, 141 the construction of these sh,,tfts, jourii,,il boxes, anct spring s-LispEnsioii will now be diselissed Iii gelic-,cal, it inay be said tli,,tt the drive 25 from the sl-i,,tfts 14-14 to the wheels 1 ' s tbroi,ip,,Ii a f orn-i of Liliiversal 16iiit, whicli permits @i-ie free inovemei-it of 'tlie - wheel joi-iri-iils with respect to the traiisiiiissioii casiii@D@ 4. As slionvii iii Figtire 2, ea@li wheel 2:is ke)-ed 30 -Lipon a jolirnal sleei,e 15 , which iii tilril is journalled at its ends. in iiiiier @Liid oiiter be@,rilig boxes 16 aiid 17, throiigli the inediiiiii of r6ller beariiigs 18, 18. s,,tid be@iri.ng boxes formiiig ap,.irt of the coiiiplete joui@nil 35 box 3, supported by the fi-,,tine I @Liid adapted for iiaoveiiiei-it iii vertic,,tl uuide-\vays. As clearly shoivi-i in Fi-iii-e 2, the frai-n(,, ill(-Iiiiber I is iii@ide up of t pair of laterally spaced parallel side fi-aii@ie iiieliibers 4o 20--20, bet-weeii which the jotirlial box aiid -\vhee,l ai-e iiiotinted, said fraiyie itieii:ibers b(,.I , 114@)- pi-oN,id(@d witli opeiiii-io@s 20a, ivitli Nvide slots exteli(iiii(@- to tlieii--lowei-@ edges, @as showii ii-i Fiyui-e 11 to PI-017ide foi, i-tioiii-itii-t'g 45 of the jotiritt@l boxes. On tlie, opl)osed i,ertical ed(yes o.f tl-ic vertical slots in side pl,,ttes 1 9 -ed giiide flaiige,-, 21, 20 - 0 @ive foriiied sqlitii@ 21@ Avhiel-i 1-i,,tve bearing el-ig@Lgeiiient tiid ile'li,t,ic@il slidino, coiit-,Iet wit]-i i@he, iiittin jo-Lir50 iial @i'leiiib(,,r or yoke 22, ivl-tic!li lies I)ei-.Weei-i tl@e side I)Iates ai-icl is exteiid(,,d laterally to. coiiipletely stirround the wlieel. Coiisidei-in@y the strtict,-Lire of 'tlie joui-n,,il bo'x inore iii @detttil tl-io- f6riiiitioii; of the 55 Yoke 2@'-? is clearly showii in Ficriii-e 5 as coiisi stiii of a boxlike casti iig, opeii it t(p ai-id bottojii, and, as bef6re siiggested, floats )]'I the guideNN,,ays of the L side fraiiie mei-iibers, ill-icler the action of the spriiigs. The. eiid uiiite tt the celitral portion of the yoke in 65 bearid.g blocks 24, 24 of inere,.tsed thickness located ilelr the top and extendiiig downwardly a dist,,tnee soinewhat o-retter thtil oiie7h,,tlf tl-ie height of the. yoke. The under f -@ices of the be-,Lring blocks are sen-iieircular, 70 aiid the space belo-w eiitirely open to receive ti rciiiov,@tble 'beariiio, f orniino-, the Lincler hilf of each betriii,, Exte@idiiig vertic,,tlly oii eacli side of the bearing blocks 25 ,ire i@ip;lit angular beariiig sui@f,,tees 26, 26 75 forming the @guide ftees, which engage the giiide flaiig(,s @),I, 21 of the side plates. The asseinbly of the journal box is clearly sliowii in Flo,,ure 3, the beariiig caps,,2" 25 af ter. the beiii@,, bolted iii positioii, _w el@l 2, 50 ,txle-sleeve 1,5 ,tnd beariiig, boxes 16 aiid 17 have been ,issembled. A pair of cLp screws 27@ 27 extend up-wardly through the beariiig cap aiid a@e anchored in the upper half of e,,tch be,@iril-ig bloelr@. 85 ' The beii@iiio@ boxes 16 aiicl,17, are - cylindric iii shape, the , iniier box liavii-ia the forn-i of - a fl@anged sleeve, in @whici-I is retained its roller bearing 1.8, and held ill positioii by means of cap screws 28, p,,tssiiig through 90 the flange 9-9 thereof, and anchored in the face of the beai-ing blocks 24 aiid 25. The oiiter beariiig box 17, is 1-noi-e in the nature 6f ,i. be,,Lriiig retaii-iiii(y pItLte, fitting o-velthe clid of the ixle sle6ve-15,:and provided with 95 an intern,,tl socket iii -which the, outer roller bearing 18 is retained. The o-Liter b6arilig@, box is flanged at 30 aiid a plurality of cap screws 31 anchors the saille in place. The sprili(rs 4, 4, are siipported iiiter- 100 ii-iediate tlleir ell(Ts oi-i the top faces of the @iournal boxes by i-ne@ii-is of I Sprilig - SLipportilicy blocks 3t?@, N-,,Iiieh ,tre si-ipported upon beai@iig blocl@s 24, 24, aitd on either side of the lilheel. The free eiids of the spi-iiigs are 105 coniiected to the fraiiie I tl-irough the iiiediiiiii of shackles 6r othei@ suitable n -ieaiis of coniaection. It is 'to be ftirther iioted thit tl-ie -\vheel axle sleevo is broaclied t6 foi-iii I sqiiat,(@d 110 seat for the outcr eiid @)f the axle sh@ift 14, the latter being sl-ia ed iii tl-ie foi-m@ of a, p head 14-,,, o-eiiei-,,illy scilittro.i.ii er6ss secti6ii, -Niith, its sev6ral faces roiii-ided txi,,illy as well as cii@-eLii-tif(@rei-itially. Tii tl-tis maiiiier the 115 coi-inectioi@ betweeii the sliaf t aiid axle sleeve partakes of the i-i-,Ittire of ali,tiniversal joii-it allo-,vino- for tlie, i-novejiliei-it of the joilirnal boxes ii-i' a vertical dii-ectioi-i, as well as ,tny a:kial i-yiovement that iii@i,y be preseiit. 120 The ,i.dl7aiitt@-ye of t.his coiistrtictioii for jotiriial box a@i'cl wlie,,Il inoiiiiting resides priiiiai,ili, iii the addecl sti,ength aiid resist60 portioiis 23-23 of' the yoke are U-shaped,, iilee ,tga'@iiist straiiis alid -wear that tl-te ordione side being refer,,tbly redticed iii height, ii.-,irv jouriial structure is subjected to. 125 p that is, extencls only part way from the The jotirii,@il N@oke siirrotiiidiii(, the wheel er edg(., of the vok(, in order to allow maitifestly -@oriiis -,t ri,gid support for the UPP cle@,trance for the brolkeg, The. eiicl'portioiis jotirilal beariiigs, iiiqtiring permai-.ieiit ilign-