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US118330A
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  • FIG. 1 is a side elevation of elevated railway.
  • Fig. 2 is an end View of same.
  • Fig. 3 is the form of rope or band used.
  • Fig. 4 are grooved pulleys with rope between.
  • Fig. 5 is an end view of wheels and rails.
  • F F g is a frame, braced by .fr a: on top, and supporting track L, onwhieh the wheels a a rest, and to their axles is suspended the car A A.
  • the rope d d is attached and suspended by the flaps T T, and passes through grooves in the pulleys o c.
  • the pulleys c 'c a-re made to revolve inwardly on one another by the application of power on board of car A A, when, by the pressure given, as well by a set-screw as by the shape of the grooves on the pulleys c cactin g upon the rope or band, a suflicient degree of traction power is obtained to move the car forward.
  • the traction power may be increased by increasing' the number of pulleys and ropes, and shape of grooves, combined with pressure.
  • the rope or band is intended to be of wire or other elastic material, to obviate the objections to the use of a third rail as in vogue in Europe. It is intended to extend the whole length of the railway, and mayk be placed at the top, bottom, or sides ofthe-ear.
  • a cog-wheel is fixed upon the shaft of each. pulley and works into its opposite,
  • the dri vin g-wheels o c having grooved periplreries acting upon fixed rope or band, being in relation substantially as described to the track and locomotive of a railway, as set forth.
  • the driving-wheels 0 c acting on the snspended rope or band, and having cogged wheels fixed upon them, as shown, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

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UNITED STAT-Es PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM O. BIBB, OF MADISON., GEORGIA.
IMPROVEMENT IN RAILWAVS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,330, dated August 22, 1871.
track is preserved, and the cars, being guided by a xed rope, are in less danger ofbeing thrown from the track.
My plan is illustrated as applied to elevated railways by the accompanying drawing, to wit: Figure 1 is a side elevation of elevated railway. Fig. 2 is an end View of same. Fig. 3 is the form of rope or band used. Fig. 4 are grooved pulleys with rope between. Fig. 5 is an end view of wheels and rails.
F F g is a frame, braced by .fr a: on top, and supporting track L, onwhieh the wheels a a rest, and to their axles is suspended the car A A. To the beam L the rope d d is attached and suspended by the flaps T T, and passes through grooves in the pulleys o c. When it is desired to move the car A A the pulleys c 'c a-re made to revolve inwardly on one another by the application of power on board of car A A, when, by the pressure given, as well by a set-screw as by the shape of the grooves on the pulleys c cactin g upon the rope or band, a suflicient degree of traction power is obtained to move the car forward. The traction power may be increased by increasing' the number of pulleys and ropes, and shape of grooves, combined with pressure. The rope or band is intended to be of wire or other elastic material, to obviate the objections to the use of a third rail as in vogue in Europe. It is intended to extend the whole length of the railway, and mayk be placed at the top, bottom, or sides ofthe-ear. To revolve the pulleys a cog-wheel is fixed upon the shaft of each. pulley and works into its opposite,
andthe whole actuated byadriving-wheel geared or connected with the engine on board.
I claim as my inventionl. The dri vin g-wheels o c, having grooved periplreries acting upon fixed rope or band, being in relation substantially as described to the track and locomotive of a railway, as set forth.
2. The rope or band suspended by iiaps to a beam, or an equivalent, the iiange of one or both wheels, outwardly, being turned down to permit the iiap to pass between, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. The driving-wheels 0 c, acting on the snspended rope or band, and having cogged wheels fixed upon them, as shown, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
, VILLIAM C. BIBB. lVitnesses CHARLES H. ANDREws, ALBERT E. ANDREWS.
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