GB191405010A - Improvements in Automobile Fenders. - Google Patents

Abstract

5010. Linquist, W. A. Feb. 26. -Wheel-guards and obstruction-removers of the type in which a. vertically - sliding fender is caused to drop when an obstruction comes into contact with a transverse tripping-bar. The lower transverse bar of the fender frame is utilized as the tripping-bar. The fender is carried by two tubular plungers 16 adapted to slide in vertical tubes 9, which are provided at their upper ends with flanges 10 for bolting to brackets 11 detachably secured to the vehicle frame, and at their lower ends are connected by braces 24 to the axle. A shoe 17 is rigidly secured to the lower end of each plunger, and pins 20 secured within each tube 9 and adapted to work in slots 21 in the corresponding plunger 16 carry a block 19 between which and the shoe 17 is disposed a spring 18 adapted to force the plunger downwardly. Each plunger is held in the raised position by a spring-pressed pawl 27 carried by a rock-shaft 28 mounted in bearings upon the tubes 9, the pawl passing through a slot in the tube 9 and engaging one of a series of holes in the wall of the plunger. The upper transverse bar of the fender frame 35 is mounted for swinging and vertical sliding movements in brackets 37 secured to a bar 38 fixed to the upper ends of the plungers 16. The lower transverse bar of the frame 35 is pivotally or otherwise secured to outwardly spring-pressed bolts 32 mounted to slide in bearings on the shoes 17, and tripping-heads 31 carried by the bolts 32 are adapted to bear upon the pawls 27 to release the plungers 16 when the fender is pressed rearwardly by an obstruction. The pawls 27 may also be operated by the driver from a pedal 45 through a bell-crank 46, a cable 47, and a crank arm 48 on the shaft 28. The fender is raised to normal position from a handlever 50 operating through ratchet gear a windlass shaft 49 connected by a cable 51 to the shoes 17. For operating the brakes, and breaking the sparking circuit of the engine when the fender drops, a branch cable 51<a> fitted with a spring 51<b> connects the cable 51 to the brake lever 54, and carries a contact 55 which normally closes the sparking circuit. A second fender 42, Fig. 4, carried by the brackets 11 is provided to prevent the obstruction from passing over the top of the main fender. The fender 42 is hinged to the brackets 11 so that it can be swung forwardly for access to the starting- handle, and is normally held in position by spring catches 44.