US2363214A - Train order holding device - Google Patents

Description

Nov. 2l,` 1944.

W. L. WHITE ETAL TRAIN O RDER HOLDING DEVICE Filed Oct. 14,` 1941 s` sheets-sheet 1A A TT ORNEYS.

NOV- 21, 1944 w. L. WHITE ETAL 2,363,214

TRAIN ORDER HOLDING DEVICE Filed Oct. 14, 1941 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEYS; J

Nov. 21, 1944. w, L WHITE ErAL 2,363,214

TRAIN ORDER HOLDING DEVICE Filed oct. 14, 1941 3 sheets-sheets )ma @m/Wm BY @ya/LM ATTORNEY.

hold lock 35 normally in an engaged relation with post 24. Handle 34, shown in Fig.3is adapted to` be grasped to easily raise`or''1ower sliding member 23. v

Means for holding the Writtenumessageor order l is shown as assembly A. It consists of va main support 2,8 which is preferably attached to sliding member 23 by means of catches 39A attached to assembly A, whichcatches are adapted to engage lugs 33 attached to sliding member 23, To main support 28 is. pivotally attached tubular sockets 26 and 21, the` pivotal `connection adapting the tubular'sockets to'assume the position of a continuous verticalrline, and to be moved at K angular relation with each other. Springs A3| and 3|A are adapted to hold said sockets in the'open relation described, and to move them to such open relation. y 1 v Arms 26A and. 21A, which are. adapted to hold the written orders to be delivered, are fastened within sockets 26 and 21, so they can be easily replaced if necessary. These arms are made of light wood or similar material so that if they accidentally strike the opera-tor when he is grasping the written orders, the arms will break and not violently-strike the operator.` `It is not contemplated that such strikingwill occur, but this provision has been made in-our construction to overcome accidental occurrences. i

On main support 28 `we have attached a spring clamp 32. An endless string'is shown as 33. The outside ends 26B and 21B of arms 26A and '21A are bifurcated. Endless string Y33 is yieldingly held by clamp 32, and is passed over the ends of arms v26A and 21A, being held in the bifurcations described, and the string33 isof such length that when thus threaded from spring clamp 32 to ends 26B and 21B it is in a triangular shape, and the arms 26A and 21A are angularly extended from supporting pole 23 and held taut 4by `springs 3| and 3|A. `TThe written orders sought to be delivered is attached to string 33 between the ends of arms 26A and 21A.` As this deviceis positioned` near the track carrying the train, the engineer,

conductor ,or operator of the train, andV on the train, can extend his arm` as his train is passing this device and catch the string to whichthe orders are attached and thus get the orders.

. It will be noted that when the string is removed from the arm assembly with 4the written orders attached thereto, the tension of springs 3| and 3|A will function to pull arms 26A and 21A to th vertical position heretofore described. Y When'a plurality of order holders or assemblies Fig, 1, after the engineer first passing vthe device has taken the orders from `assembly A, andthe er, A or B are attached to the device as shown in.

arms of that lassembly have. automatically asi sumed the vertical position,` the engineer following in the second engine,` or the conductor, or other ofcial on the train who should receive va duplicate of the'rst order mentioned, can take copies of suchv orders from assemblies B orC `in consecutiveorder.

Stops 4| and 4 IA, shown in Fig. 5 are intended to limit the radial movement of arms 26A and 21A when placed at angular relation with each other. Rod 44 is anchorage for springs 3| and 3|A. Clamp 43 is adapted to hold a flash light which can be positioned to direct its rays at night on the orders to be delivered.

Prongs 64 and 65 at the bifurcated ends of arms 26A and 21A are of diierent lengths, so that when string 33 is pulled 01T of the assembly A, the string will slide off of the short prongs 65 first.

, It is also noted that the arms 26A and v21A can be made of wood, or springy material, `such as rubber.

In Figs. 9, l() and 11 are shown a modified form for the delivery of a plurality of written messages or orders to a plurality of persons, either all on different sections of one moving train, or to persons on different trains. The base, the supporting post andthe arm assembly A are the same as hereinbefore described. At the. elevation desired on the supportinggpost 23 we have attached a thimble 50, which is adapted as a bearing for the use hereinafter described, which thimble can be .held lrigid with the supporting post by a set screw 5|, screwed through the thimble and into the post on which it is carried. A drum 52 is adapted to. rotate on thimble 50. A coil spring 53 within the drum provides the power to rotate the drum, On the outside periphery of the drum 52 are attached lugs 3S, similar in all respects to lugs 39 shown in Fig. 5. The arm assembly A hereinbefore described is attached to lug 33. The object of thev .wpresently described device .is to carry a plurality of arm assemblies A, which in this connection are designated arm assemblies A, B, C and D, as four such assemblies are shown inthe drawings, a1- thoughva less number or a greater number may be used. Y

A plurality of` lugs 54, and a similar number of auxiliary lugs 54A `are attached to theunder face of the drum in such position that when each arm assembly, of whichy arm assembly A is a specimen, is positioned for the operator of the train to receive orders, a sliding stop 55 will be between lugs 54 and 54A and engaged therewith so that the drum cannot move in either direction. Holding the drum rigid in this manner is necessary by reason of the fact that the arms should be positively positioned on the drum when Vthe delivery of the message is made. -The positions of the lugs and sliding stop is shown more clearly in Fig. 11. i

The sliding stop is tripped from engagement with lugs 54 and 54A in the following manner. Sliding stop 55 is attached to a plunger 56, which plunger 56 is adapted to be moved back and forth in a tube 60, said tube 60 having parts cut away to permit stop 55 to be moved. It is noted that sliding stop 55 is positioned normally directly under arm assembly A when said stop is engaged with lugs 54 and 54A. When the ,message and string attached is removed from the arms, the arms 26A and 21A, and the connected sockets 26 and 21 assume a vertical position. In assuming said vertical position 'the lower socket 21 will `be forced against plunger 56 and move it, together with stop 55 attached thereto, out ofengagement with lugs 54 and 54A,.thus permitting the drum to rotate. Immediately on the rotation of the drum the plunger 56 is freed from the pressure from socket 21 as the rotation of the drum carriesthe socket away from the plunger,

t and plunger 56 is restored to its normal position by means of plunger spring 51, and is thus adapted to engage the next succeeding stop in its path 0f travel, `designated 54A. As lug 54A has a sloping face for engagement with stop 55, the power of coiledspring 53 in rotating drum`52 will force stop 55 downward to engagement with lug 54, thus locking the drum` in the position desired.

Arrow 62 in Fig. 11 shows the direction of travel of sliding stop 55. Arrow 6I shows the direction of travel`of the drum. The message to be dei,

livered is indicated on the drawings as 66.

In Fig. 10 areshown stops `58 and 58A which A lug or screw head struction which can be substituted `:for those' claimed.

Having described our invention, we claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising a support, a drum rotatingly attached to said support, means for rotating said drum consisting of a coiled spring, a plurality of message `holder assemblies, each assembly consisting of two light wooden arms, a bracket support or plate, said arms being pivotallyhinged` at `one end to said bracket support or plate,` said pivotal connection adapting the arms to be moved to angular relation with each other, and on an approximately straight line with each other, spring means adapted to normally return` said arms from the angular position to said straight line position, an endless string yieldingly held adjacent said bracket support, and.oi such length that `said string will engage `the ends of the arms when said message holder assemblies being attached to the periphery of the drum by means of a lug extending outwardly `from the periphery of the drum, the bracket support or plate to which the `arms are attached, having thereon a catch adapted to cooperate and engage with the lug so that the arm assembly can be easily attached to the drum and `easily removed therefrom, means for intermittently stopping the rotation of the drum and locking it in selected positions.

2. A device of the character described comprising a support, a drum rotatingly attached to the support, spring means for rotating the drum, a plurality of message `holder assemblies, each assembly consisting of two arms pivotally hinged at one end to` `a plate, the two arms being adapted to be moved on the pivotal connection 'to angular relation with each other and on an approximately straight line with relation to each other, spring means adapted to normally return said i "arms from the angular position to the straight` line position, means for attaching the plate and l assembly tothe periphery of the drum, a string yieldingly attachedto the ends ofthe arms, the i string being of such length that it is taut when the arms are at angular relation with `each other, l

means for attaching a message to said string,`

means for locking the drum at selective positions during rotation consisting of lugs attached to the drum spaced distances apart and concentric with the drum, a sliding stop attached to the support l and adapted to slide Within the path of. travel said arms are at angular relation with each other,

means for attaching a message to said string,

of the lugs, said sliding stop being adapted to engage any one of said lugs, springmeans adapted for holding thesliding stop in engagement with the lugs, means for disengaging the sliding stop with the lugs consisting of a plunger attached to the sliding stop, onearm of each message holder assembly being adapted to engage the;` plunger when the arms of said assembly assume a straight line relationship. l

` WILEY L. WHITE.

WALTER L. WHITE.

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