US2319540A - Train order device - Google Patents

Description

May 18, 1943 E. T. FORD TRAIN ORDER DEVICE Filed NOV. 10, 1942 311mm Edward 1 ,Fbrb

Patented May 18, 1943 l ram 01mm DEVICE 7 Edward Tr'Ford, Bed Key, Ind, assignor of oneha'lflto H. F. Rogers, Red Key, Ind.

Application November 10, 1942, Serial No. 465,137 3 Claims. (01. 25s 2s This invention relates to train order delivery and receiving devices especially adapted to permit. orders to be conveniently and safely delivered to moving trains, and has for the primary object the provision of a device of the above stated character which will be extremely simple to adapt orders thereto and to bring said;orders in position of delivery one at a time, and a receiver located on the train whereby a member of the train crew may conveniently move said receiver into and out of position of catching an order with danger of missing or losing the'order eliminated.

With these and other objects in View as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, refence is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, 'partly in section, illustrating a train order device constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure 1.

, ported by a base 6 located adjacent a railroad track. The upper end of the post is shaped readily engaged by a receiving device [9 mounted on a train, a fragmentary portion of which is indicated by the character 20.

Each gripping device l8 is in the form of a coil portion to grip the flexible element and an attaching shank suitably secured to the head 43. The coil portions have sufficient tension to efficiently grip the flexible elements when placed therein but which will permit the flexible elements be disengaged therefrom when the receiving device catches the flexible elements, conseto form an inclined bearing surface 7 on which I is journaled a table 8 including spaced opposed bearings 9 and H] which rotatably support a,

shaft ll equipped at one end with a hand piece I2 for the rotation of the shaft in either direction. The other end of the shaft H is provided with a head It of substantially triangular shape.

Pairs of diverging fingers M are secured to the head B. The free ends of the fingers are notched, as shown at 15, to receive looped flexible elements It to which are secured orders ll. After the flexible elements have been passed through the notched ends of the fingers 14 they are brought into gripping members 18 secured to the head l3 for holding the flexible elements taut and cooperating with the lingers in supporting said flexible elements in substantially triangular shaped formation so that they may be quently permitting the flexible elements to be removed from a pair of fingers without danger of breaking.

To releasably secure the table 8 from rotation on the bearing surface I a pin 2| is provided. This pinmay be inserted in either of the openings 22 of the table to extend into either of the openings 23 of the bearing surface. The withdraw-a1 of the pin from either of the openings of the bearing surface will permit a person to readily rotate the table on the bearing surface to position the device as shown in full lines or in dotted lines in Figure 1. When in the dotted line position, the fingers M are located in close proximity to the ground so that the flexible element bearing the orders I! may be conveniently applied to the fingers and the gripping devices l8.

After the application of the orders to the fingers, they may be readily brought into position, as shown in full lines in Figure 1, ready to be caught by the receiving device l9 by rotating the table on the inclined bearing surface I. To sustain the tableagainst accidental rotation, the pin 2| enters one of the openings 23 of the inclined bearing surface.

Due to the triangular shaped portion I 3, either pair of fingers may be brought into position of supporting an order ready to be caught on the receiving device l9 by rotating the shaft II. To prevent accidental rotation of the shaft l I, a pin 24 is carried by the bearing l0 and is adapted to enter an opening in the shaft H. The pin 24 may be withdrawn from the opening of the shaft I l whenever it is desired to rotate the shaft I I by the hand piece I 2.

To limit the rotation of the shaft H, to onehalf revolution, a pin 25 is secured to the shaft ll and oppositely arranged shoulders 26 are provided on the bearing Ill. The pin 25 when engaged with said shoulders will limit the rotation of the shaft and by the arrangement of the shoulders the shaft may be only rotated one-half revolution in each direction which is sufficient to bring either pair of fingers into position of supporting an order to be taken up by the receiver l9 on the train.

The receiver 19 consists of a mounting 26 which pivotally supports a rod or arm 21 provided on a portion thereof with spaced pins 28. The pivoted end of the arm 27 is enlarged and provided with spaced shoulders 29 either of which may be engaged by a pivoted catch 30 on the mounting 26. A plunger 31 is slidably supported by the mounting 26 for the operation of the catch so that it may be disengaged from either of the shoulders 29 when desired. The pivot of the arm 2'! is in the form of a shaft 32 provided with a finger 'piece 33. The finger piece 33 i employed by a member of the train crew for swinging the arm into and out of the mounting, and when out of the mounting, as shown in Figure 3 in full lines, is in a position to engage a flexible element of an order supported by a pair of the fingers l4. When the arm 21 is either swung into or out of the mounting, as shown in Figure 3, the catch 30 engages with a shoulder 29 thereby locking the arm 21 against accidental movement, requiring that the catch 30 be elevated out of the notch before the arm 21 may be manually moved into either of its positions.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In a train order device, a vertical post including an inclined bearing surface, a table journaled on said bearing surface, means for releasably securing the table to said bearing surface, a shaft journaled on the table, means carried by said shaft for removably supporting train orders, means for securing said shaft against rotation, and means for limiting the rotation of said shaft in either direction when released.

2. In a train order device, a vertical post, a turntable journaled on the upper end of said post and disposed at an inclination thereto, a shaft rotatably supported at an inclination by said turntable and rotatable with the latter for raising and lowering the ends of said shaft, and a pair of order holders secured to one end of the shaft.

3. In a train order device, a vertical post, a turntable journaled on the upper end of said post and disposed at an inclination thereto, a shaft rotatably supported at an inclination by said turntable and rotatable with the latter for raising and lowering the ends of said shaft, a pair of order holders secured to one end of the shaft, means for securing the turntable against rotation, and means for securing the shaft against rotation.

EDWARD T. FORD.

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