Smoke Stack (Patent No: 214036)

Inventor: Hawker, William

Location: Edmonton

Comments: N/A

Description: William Hawker, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1st November, 1921. Filed 4th December, 1920. Receipt No. 339,548.

Claim.—2. The combination with a supplementary smoke stack including fixed and movable sections: of friction controlled lever and link means for moving said movable section vertically without jamming, and friction means to hold said section operating means in adjusted position.

6. A supplementary smoke stack for application to locomotives including a main truck, means movably supporting said truck, a supplementary carrier supported upon the truck and movable relatively thereto, a rock shaft carried by the supplementary carrier, a sectional smoke stack including am upper section secured to the supplementary carrier, and a vertically movable lower section, means connecting the rock shaft with the lower stack section to permit vertical adjustment of the latter with relation to the upper section, and friction means connected to maintain the vertically adjustable stack section In elevated or depressed position.

7. The combination with a smoke stack comprising fixed and movable sections; of a supporting structure therefore including trucks mounted to move in planes at right angles to each other, arms depending from the upper truck, a depending plate hingedly connected with said upper truck, a rock shaft journalled in plate, arms pivoted at one end on said shaft, links pivotally connecting the other end of said arm to the movable section of the smoke stack, and a friction clutch connection between said first and last-mentioned arms whereby said stack is held in adjusted position.

Claims allowed, 12.