US280924A

US280924A - William s

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Publication number: US280924A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-07-10
Anticipated expiration: 1900-07-10

Description

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GONG BELL.

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gong-bells in use in situations where the con- -tion the bell can be operated by a connection to either arm I) or c, the ropes or wires pass UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

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Patent No. 280,924, dated July 10, 1883.

Application filed April 9, 1883. (ModeLl .To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. Fosrnn, of Richford, in the county of Franklin and State of Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Gong-Bell, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists in a double pull for nections extend in opposite directions or at right angles to each other, so that the bell may be operated from separate places.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

, Figure '1 is a front elevation of my improved gong-bell, with the bell partially broken away, andFig. 2 is a face view of the mechanism.

A is a suitable base-plate, provided with a stud or post, a, that receives the pull B and the gong O. The pull B is formed with three arms, I) c d, projecting from a hub, 6, two of the arms, b c, projecting at opposite sides, having holes in their ends. for connection of the ropes or wires, and the other arm, d, which projects at right angles to arms b c, is pro vided at its outer-end with a pivoted latch, f, for operating the hammer.

g is the hammer, hung on a stud, h, and. having its tail portion i bent into the path of lug f. 7c is a spring extending from the connection on the hammer-arm tothe arm I), that is pro vided with a slot, Z, having a notched side for connection of the spring. The spring may be connected in either of the notches to give more or less tension, as required. By this construcing off in opposite direction, and there may be a third arm, as shown in dotted lines in Fig.

2, for a connection at right angles. The one spring serves to return both the hammer and "will break first and prevent injury to the bell in case a train separates.

In order to exclude dust from the bearings, the plate A is formed with side flanges to receive a cap, m, which is held in place by a pin through stud 71, so that the cap can be easily removed to allow of oiling.

This gong-bell is of very simple and inexpensive as well as durable construction.

, Having thus described myinvention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Ina gong-bell, the rocking pull B, formed with two or more arms for connection of a rope or wire, and a third arm for operating the hammer, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of pull 13, formed with arms I) c d, the pivoted hammer g, and spring k, connecting the hammer to one of the arms of the pull, substantially-as described.

3. The combination of pull B, having an arm slotted and notched at Z, and the spring k, connected to the hammer-arm, substantially as described. 7

' WILLIAM STUART FOSTER.

Witnesses J. H. Gnoss, J OHN H. CARPENTER.