N. W.

STORER,
ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE,
APPLICATION FIEED JAN. 3, 190,
991,038. Patented May 2, 191
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NORMAN W. STORER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNoR. To WESTINGHouse
ELECTRIC AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.
ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE.

991,038. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 2, 1911.

Application filed January 3, 1910. Serial No. 536,165.
To all whom it may concern: of axles 3, 4, 5 and 6 to which driving
Beit known that I, NoRMAN W. STORER, wheels are secured, each driving axle with ,
a citizen of the United States, and a resi its wheels being hereinafter referred to, for 55
dent of Pittsburg, in the county of Alle convenience, as a “driving wheel-axle”, and
5 gheny and State of Pennsylvania, have in two pony-truck axles 7 and 8 having wheels
vented a new and useful.Improvement in of relatively small size attached to them.
Electric Locomotives, of which the follow The pony-truck axles with their wheels are 80
designated as “truck wheel-axles”.
?ing is a specification. . . . .
My invention relates to electrically pro . A pair of driving motors 9 and 10 are
10 pelled vehicles and particularly to electric supported directly from the body frame 2
locomotives having driving motors of rela of the locomotive and are disposed above
tively large size. s - . and between the driving wheel-axles 3, 4 65
The object of my invention is to provide and 5. Jack shafts 11 and 12 are rotatably
supported in suitable bearings 13 which are
a. relatively simple and economical driving Secured
15 connection between two or more electric to the frame 2 and they are located
motors which are mounted on the body at approximately equal distances on oppo
frame of a locomotive or other vehicle, and site sides of the intermediate driving wheel 70
the driving wheels thereof. . . axle 4 and slightly above it, their center
lines being almost directly below and par
When only a small number of very large allel to the shafts of the motors 9 and 10.
20 and heavy driving motors are employed for The rotating parts of the motors are pro
powerful electric locomotives, it is particu vided with shafts 14 which are supported in 75
larly desirable to place the motors near the bearings 15 and are operatively connected
center of the locomotive, in order to avoid, to the jack shafts 11 and
as far as possible, oscillation of the cab. ions 16 secured upon the12endsby means of pin
25. It is also desirable to provide such an op shafts, and gears 17 that are of the motor
similarly at
erative driving connection between the tached to the outer ends of the jack shafts.
motors and the axles that a relative adjust The jack shafts 11 and 12 are connected to 80
ment between the connected parts is per
mitted in order that the motors may be the driving wheel-axle 4 by means of scotch
30 rigidly secured to the vehicle body frame yokes 18, and the driving connection is car
which is resiliently supported on the truck ried to the driving wheel-axles 3 and 5 by
axles. means of side rods 19 and 20. Each of the 85
According to my present invention, I pro scotch-yokes 18 comprises a connecting rod
vide a driving connection which is specially 21 having a downwardly extending projec
35 adapted for connecting two large driving tion 26 that is provided with a rectangular
motors to several driving axles that are be recess 27 in which a bearing block 28 is ad
low, and one of which is between, the two justably supported. The ends of the rods. 90
motors. 21 are respectively pivoted upon pins 22 and
My, novel connection involves the use of 23 of cranks 24 and 25 which are integral
40 two jack shafts which are rotatably sup with the gears 17. The blocks 28 are rota
ported almost directly below the motor axles tably supported upon pins 29 which project
to which they are respectively gear-con outwardly from cranks 30 of the wheel axle
4, and the scotch-yokes are further provided 95
nected. . . with ears 31 and 32 to which the adjacent
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is
45 an elevation of an electric locomotive hav ends of the side rods 19 and 20 are pivotally
connected. The driving wheel centers are
ing a driving connection arranged and con formed to constitute cranks 30, 85 and 86,
structed in accordance with my invention, the opposite ends of the side rods being con 00
and Fig. 2 is a partially sectional end eleva nected to the cranks 35 and 36.
tion of the vehicle shown in Fig. i.
Referring to the drawings, the locomotive The side rods 20 extend slightly beyond
here shown comprises a cab 1, a body frame. the cranks 36 and are pivotally connected to
2 on which the cab is mounted, a plurality side rods 37, which are, in turn, connect
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ed to cranks 38 of the driving wheel-axle 6. fications may be effected within the spirit 60
The cranks in opposite sides of the locomo and scope of my invention.
tive preferably bear a quadrature relation in I claim as my invention:
order to permit the locomotive to be started 1. In an electric locomotive, the combina
readily from any position of rest. tion with a body frame having a driving
The locomotive cab 1 and the body frame 2 wheel-axle and a pair of jack-shafts rotata 65
on which the motors are mounted are resili bly mounted on the frame and disposed at
ently supported upon the pony-truck and the the respective sides of the driving-axle and
driving wheel axles in the usual manner, slightly above it, of a driving-motor geared
O and, consequently, it is essential to provide to one of the jack-shafts, and Scotch-yoke
such a driving connection between the mo connections between the jack-shafts and the 70
tors and the wheels that a relative adjust driving wheel-axle.
ment is permitted. In the arrangement 2. In an electric locomotive, the combina
shown, the adjustable connection between tion with a body frame and a truck having
5 the bearing block 28 and the projection 23 a plurality of driving wheel-axles and a pair
of the Scotch-yoke is well adapted to permit of jack-shafts rotatably supported by the 75
the adjustment desired, while, at the same frame and disposed at opposite sides of an
time, the weight of the motors can be advan intermediate driving wheel-axle. and above
tageously thedriving
distributed. In order to permit of plane ofmotors
said wheel-axles, of a plurality.
geared to the jack-shafts,
20 of the use of very large motors, I have lo
cated the gears 17 outside of the planes of and a connection between the jack-shafts 80
the driving wheels instead of following the and the driving wheel-axles, whereby the
usual practice of placing them inside of the frame may be resiliently supported on the
wheels. This arrangement has the addi axles.
25 tional advantage that the gear widths may 3. In an electric locomotive, the combina
easily be made adequate for the transmissiontion with a body frame and a truck having a 85
plurality of driving wheel-axles and a pair
of very large forces. It is also apparent that
the relative position of the jack shafts andof jack-shafts disposed parallel to, and at
the motor axles may readily be adjusted to substantially equal distances at opposite
30 accommodate pinions of relatively large di sides of a driving wheel-axle and in a plane
ameters which operate more satisfactorily substantially parallel to and above the plane 90,
than Small pinions, which are often neces of the driving wheel-axles, of a pair of
sary when the space is restricted, in order driving motors respectively. geared to the
to obtain the desired gear ratio. jack-shafts and a scotch yoke connection be
35 My driving connection may be employed tween the jack-shafts and the intermediate
with one or more driving axles, but the ar driving wheel-axles, the body frame being
rangement shown in which there are four resiliently supported on the truck.
driving axles is particularly well adapted 4. In an electric locomotive, the combina
for alternating current driving motors of tion with a body frame and a truck having
40 large size, since the transformer 39 which is a plurality of driving wheel-axles and a pair
usually carried on the vehicle may be located of jack-shafts disposed parallel to, and at
almost directly over one of the axles while substantially equal distances on opposite.
the weight of the motors may be distributed sides of an intermediate driving wheel-axle
over the other three driving axles, the pony and above the plane of the wheel-axle, of a
45 trucks taking a relatively small percentage pair of driving motors respectively geared
of the loadasis usual in railway vehicles of to the jack-shafts and a scotch-yoke connec 05
this type...' . tion between the jack-shafts and the inter
By connecting the rods 19 and 20 to the being
mediate driving wheel-axle, the body frame
resiliently supported on the truck and
rod 21, as shown in the drawings, the forces
50 transmitted through the sliding blocks 28 said gears being located entirely outside of
are confined to those required for the driv the planes of the wheels. 110
ing wheel-axle 30 alone. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
As shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, com subscribed my name this 24th day of Dec.
plete driving connections are established on 1909.
55 each side of the vehicle, but, in some cases,
it may be found desirable to provide driving
gears and pinions only at one end of the Witnesses:
NORMAN W. STORER.
mot REx H. NEw'EoN,
it is evident that various structural modi B. B. HINEs.