US1363494A - Train-order hoop - Google Patents

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F. E. COFFEEN.

TRAIN ORDER HOOP. APPLICATION FIILED 00127, 1919.

Patented Dec.28,1920.

v INVENTOR J am'sfl @ZWM ATTRNEYS FRANCIS E. GOFFEEN, OF TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

TRAIN-ORDER HOOP.

Application filed October 27, 1919. Serial No. 333,628.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, F RANCIS E. COFFEEN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Tacoma,,county of Pierce, and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Train- Order Hoops, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention comprises improvement in train order hoops of the type which are used in passing orders from despatchers to a pass ing train without stopping the train. My invention relates particularly to devices for holding and securing the order to the hoop.

The object of my invention is to provide means in connection with a train order hoop which will securely and positively hold an order to the hoop, and insure the receipt of the order by the trainman who receives the hoop.

Another object of my invention is to provide means whereby one or more train orders may be secured to a train order hoop, either singly or together, and in a positive and secure manner.

My invention comprises the novel parts and combinations of parts which are shown in the accompanying drawings, described in the specification, and defined by the claims terminating the same.

In the drawings I have shown my inven tion in the forms which are now preferred by me.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a wire hoop showing my attaching means secured thereto.

Fig. 2 is a detail showing one means of attaching an order to the hoop.

Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective of a portion of a wooden hoop showing another means of attaching an order thereto.

Fig. 4* is a detail showing still another manner of attaching an order to the hoop.

Fig. 5 is a detail in perspective of a wooden hoop showing means whereby two or more orders may be attached to the hoop.

Fig. 6 illustrates a means of forming a hoop for use with my device, of wire.

In carrying out my invention I may employ any suitable form of railway train order hoop. The hoop may be made or iron or bent wood, of fiber, or of any combination of these materials, or of any suitable material. My invention lies in the manner of securing orders to a hoop rather than in the hoop or particular material used. The ordinary hoop is composed of a staff of wire or wood formed with a handle 1 at one end, and having its other end bentto form a hoop 2, and secured as at 3 to the handle. This leaves an end 4 of the staff which forms the hoop, projecting laterally from its connection to the handle 1. The connection at 3 between the laterally projecting portio g f the hoop and the handle 1- may be made in any suitable way. As shown herein the connection is formed by a piece of wire which is bent about and secured to the handle 1.

Secured upon and wound about the portion 5 of the hoop which forms an extension of the handle 1, is a helically coiled wire member 6; this fits rather loosely uponthe portion 5 and may be slid thereon longitudinally and rotated thereon. At its end toward the handle 1 this wire coil is provided with a projecting finger 7 which is adapted to engage the portion l oi the hoop and the train order when it is rotated. Atits other end, the coil 6 isbent in such manner, as at. 8, as to prevent its removal past the portion 4 of the hoop.

As the coil 6 is rotated, the finger 7 engages the portion 4 of the hoop, and the coil embraces this portion as is shown in the drawings. The portion 4 in this manner prevents the coil from being moved axially upon the handle 1, or'the extension 5 thereof. It a train order, represented by 9, be laid along the handle, and upon coil 6, the coil will upon rotation include a portion of the order as is shown at 10. The finger 7 engages the order andembraces it. Thus an order may be securely held in the coils of the member 6 simply by rotation of the latter upon the handle. This manner of securing thev order is shown in Fig. 2.

Other means of attaching orders are shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5. In Fig. the order is first bent about the portion 4: of the hoop and the coil 6 is then rotated about this portion and the order. The finger 7 engages the order. This forms a very secure means of holding the order and the order is as rapidly attached by this means as by any other. In Fig. 4. a similar method of attachment is employed, this being a combination of the method shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The order is first secured in the manner shown in Fig. 2, and its free end is then bent over ,and also secured within the coil 6.

This method may be employed if the coil is already partially engaged with the portion 4;.

Fig. 5 illustrates the manner in which two or more orders may be attached to the hoop. It may happen that after one order has been given and is attached to the hoop ready for delivery, a second order modifying or canceling the first order may be received. It is the practice in such a case to deliver both orders to the trainmen. After the first order has been attached as shown at 9, the sec- 0nd order 11 may be attached by laying this along the handle 1 in the same manner as the order 9 was secured, and further rotating the coil 6. Both orders are thereby secured firmly and securely held, and both are delivered to the trainmen.

The ordinary method of securing orders to such hoops has been found defective, in that orders, are often torn from beneath spring clips which are used to secure them to the hoops, owing to the wind created by the passage of the train. lhe present hoops also must be made of or include a portion of wood in order to form a basis for the securing of the spring clips now in use. By

' the use of my invention the order is positively. secured to the hoop and maynot be blown out. The use of such devices as rubber bands is made unnecessary. The order may be very quicklv secured to the hoop, and hoops of many different materials, and of more lasting quality may be employed.

What I claim as my invention is 1. An order holding device for train order hoops comprising a helical coil surrounding and rotative upon a part thereof.

2. An order holding device for train order hoops comprising a helical coil surrounding and rotative upon a part thereof, and means for holding said coil against endwise movement.

3. An order holding device for train order hoops comprising an order holding finger mounted to turn upon a part thereof and spaced slightly away therefrom, and adapted upon turning to secure an order between itself and the hoop.

LA train order hoop having a bar, a member extending laterally therefrom, and a helically coiled wire surrounding and rotatively mounted upon said bar and embracing the said laterally extending member.

5. A train order hoop comprising a staff, one end of said staff forming a handle, and the other end being bent to form the hoop, and being secured to the handle and extending laterally therefrom, and a helicallycoiled wire secured upon said hoop and surrounding the staff, said coil being adapted by rotative motion to embrace the portion of the hoop which extends laterally from the handle.

6. A train order hoop comprising a staff, one end of said staff forming a handle, and the other end being bent to form the hoop, and being secured to the handle and extending laterally therefrom, and a helicallycoiled wire secured upon said hoop and surrounding the staff, said coil being adapted by rotative motion to embrace the portion of the hoop which extends laterally from the handle, and an order-holding finger secured upon the end of the coil nearest the handle.

7. A train order hoop comprising a staff, one end of said stafl forming a handle, and the other end being bentto form the hoop, and being secured to the handle and extending laterally therefrom, and a helically coiled wire secured upon said hoop and surrounding the stafi, said coil being adapted by rotative motion to embrace the portion of the hoop which extends laterally from the handle, said coil being provided with means for preventing its removal from the hoop.

8. An order holding device-for train order hoops comprising a member surrounding and rotative upon a part thereof, and provided with a finger adapted upon turning to secure an order between itself and the hoop.

9. An order holding device for train order hoops comprising a member surrounding and rotative upon a part thereof, and adapted to hold an order, said member being engageable with the hoop upon rotation to prevent lengthwise movement thereon.

Signed at Seattle, Vvashington, this 20th day of October, 1919. I

FRANCIS OOFFEEN.

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