US288644A - Station ludicatoe - Google Patents

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(Model)- G. M. LANE. STATION INDICATOR.

Patented 'Nov. 20, 1883 a Z642. x 5

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I UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICLEO eEoneE M. LANE, E ASBURY. PARK, NEW JEnsEY,

. STATION-INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,644, dated November 20, 1883. Applicntionfilcd December 23,1882. (Moan) zen of the United States, residing at Asbury feed-rollers.

Park, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Station -Indicators; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

referencebeinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has relation toiniprovements in station-indicators, and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

I11 the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection, of a carhc ving my improved indicator and Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are detail views on an enlarged scale, as will be described.

The top of a car is usuallyset back somewhat, as shown inFig. 1, and when the indicator is to be applied to cars of this description, I use the guide-pulleys a a, arranged substantially as shown. I I

I) b are the side boards, which support the rollers which carry the station-list and the b are slots in the ends of these boards, which slots are open at the end, as shown.

b b are rollers having their ends provided with gudgeons, which are rested in the inner ends of the slots b and are securely held therein by the bearing-bars c, which are pivoted 011 one side of the slot 1) and extended to the opposite side of the slot, and have their free ends connected by the coil-spring c, as shown, so thatthe bars 0 will hold the rollers b and b" in place in the slots and yet provide a yielding bearing, so as to allow the adjustment of the rollers up or down as the paper station-list is wound off the one onto the other, and also to provide a construction whereby the rollers b I) may be readily removed when it is desired to change the stat-ionlist.

cl d are the feed-rollers journaled in the boards I) 12 between the rollers b b. These rollers are covered with rubber or some other suitable yielding material, and are arranged to bear against eachother and against the rollers b b", the feed-rollerd bearing against the former or the paper wound thereon, and the roller (1 bearing against thelatter, as shown in Fig. 3, and dotted lines, Fig. 6.

e isthe station-list having the names. of the stations printed thereon, and having the names of stations printed on alternate spaces wlth the names of one station, and the one next following connected bythe word to, as shown in Fig. 3for instance, Asbury Park is the next station to Elberon. So in between these stations I print Asbury Park to Elberon and it is read from the end to which the arrow points. Thus in Fig. 3 it will be understood it should be read from Asbury Park to Elberon but if the arrow were reversed and pointed to Elberon, the printing should be read Elberon to Asbury Park, indicating which station has just been passed and which is next to come. This sheet has one end secured to and .end carried up in front of rollers d d, and

wound around roller U in the opposite direc tion from which it is wound around roller b*, so that the station-list will be wound up from roller b* onto roller b or vice versa, according as the rollers (l or d are turned by the suitable mechanism, as will be hereinafter de scribed.

The gudgeon of roller (1 is extended through board I), and has the gear-wheel f placed thereon and connected with the gudgeou by means of ratchet-wheel f and pawl f as shown, forming a ratchet-clutch, so that the roller d will be revolved as the rack-bar meshed with wheel f is pulled down, but will not be affected by the upward movement of the said rack-bar. The gudgeon of roller (1. is made longer than roller (1, and is extended farther out, so that when the gear-wheel and clutch mechanism is secured on its end it will not interfere with that on roller (1. This roller is also provided with gear-wheel g, ratchet g, and pawl g, as is roller (1.

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h h are rack-bars constructed alike, and one arranged to mesh with wheel f and the other with wheel 9, as shown. These rackbars are provided, at their opposite ends, with eyes it, to which cords or wires are attached, as shown. The rack portion of these bars is set in slightly from the sides, so as to provide the plain face of the sides of the bar for the flanges Z of the guide-way 'Zin which the rackbars slide, as shown.

j j are wires or cords secured to the upper ends of bars h h, and carried up over pulleys j 1' and connected with coil-springs j" 7' as shown, whereby the rackbars h h arebrought back to place after they are drawn down, as will be described.

70 is a gong having its hammer-arm 70 connected by cords k '70 to the cords j j, so that as either of these cords is pulled down and released by the rack-bar h h, the bell l1a1n1ner arm is drawn back and released, ringing the bell with each depression of either of the rackbars, calling the attention of the passengers to each change in the indicator.

Z, is abar mounted on the side board, I) b, and extended acrossin frontof the stationlist'e.

Z is an arrow or pointersecured on ashank, Z passed through bar Z, and provided with pulley Z arranged on the under side of bar Z, as shown in Fig. 6.

Z" is a cord passed around the pulley Z", and having its opposite ends secured to the rackbars h h, as shown, so that as these bars are depressed the arrow is drawn to indicate which way the intermediate stations are to be read; This arrow only changes its position as the direction in which the train moves is reversed. Thus as is shown in Fig. 3 it is indicated as having been drawn around by rackbar 7p, and pointing to Asbury Park,indicating that the train is passing from Asbury Park to Elberon, and each subsequent depression of bar h will not affect the position of the arrow; but should the direction of the train be reversed and the bar It depressed, it will turn the arrow, and it will point toward Elberon, indicating that the train is passing from Elberon to Asbury Park.

m m are wires or cords, secured relatively to the lower ends of the bars h h and extended down through holes in the bottom of the car, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

n a are L-shaped levers pivoted on brackets n extended from bottom of the car and having one arm connected with the wires or cords m m and the other hanging down in position to engage the trip 0, as shown. These levers hang in opposite direction, as shown, so that when the car is going in the direction indicated by the arrow the lever Z will be raised by the trip, but it will not affect the cord or from one tothe one next below; and it will be observed that in going in the opposite direction an operation the reverse of this will be had.

The arrangement of levers shown and before described is frequently inconvenient, owing to the trucks of some cars being arranged near the end of the car, and I prefer to use the arrangcment shown in Fig. 5, where the leveris arranged some distance from the hole through which the cord or wire passes, and the latter is carried under pulley p and over pulley p, and then connected to the lever, as shown.

a represents the frame, whichis piovided with opening a through which the matter on i the station-list may be seen and placed over bury Park station and going toward Elberon:

On leaving the station the trip will engage lever a, draw the bar h down, turning the rollers, &o., so as to bring Asbury Park to Elberon in view through opening a, and the arrow in dicating which way the intermediate stations are to be read. \Vhen nearing Elberon, the trip will engage lever it again, bringing EL beron to view.

The arrow or pointer Z only turns at the end of route, or when the direction of motion is elsewhere reversed.

Having; thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The combination of the removable station-list rollers, the feed-rollers journaled in stationary bearings between and bearing against the said station-list rollers, and provided with pinions f g and clutches f g, and the movable racks h h, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with the station-list, the feed-rollers (Z (Z, provided with pinions f g and clutches f g, and the racks h h, engaging said pinions and operating the feed-rollers, of the indicator Z, provided with pulley Z and a cord passed around the pulley Z, and having its opposite ends secured the one to rack h and the other to rack h, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination of rollers bib, stationlist 6, wound around the rollers b b in opposite directions, the feed-rollers (Z d, covered with a suitable yielding material, and means for revolving the said feed-rollers, as set forth.

4. In a station-indicator, the combination of the rollers ZN), supported in yielding bearings, the station-list having its opposite ends secured to the said rollers and wound thereon in opposite directions, the feed-rollers journaled in fixed bearings, and bearing the one against roller 1) and the other against roller 1), and means for revolving the rollers (Z at,

substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. The combination, substantially as described and shown, of the rollers b b, supported in yielding bearings, the feed-rollers, arranged between the rollers b b, and provided with gear-wheels and clutch mechanism, the rack-bars h 71/, having their upper ends connected with springs, arrow or pointer l, pulley l, and cord F, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of the station-list rollers, the feed-rollers provided with gearwheels and clutch mechanism, the rack-bars, the cords m m, having one end secured to the rack-bars and their lower ends extended through the bottom of the car, and the pivoted levers n 01/, made L shape, and having one arm connected to the lower ends of the cords 'm m, and their other arms arranged in position to engage a trip secured on the track, as set forth.

7. In a station-indicator, the combination of the indicating mechanism, the cords m m,

connecting the same with the operating-levers, the operatinglevers made I'-shaped and piv oted on the under side of the car, on opposite sides of theconneeting-cord passage, and'a series of trips secured on the track, the said operating-levers being arranged in opposite directions, as described, whereby only one thereof is operatively engaged by the trips with each direction of motion of the car, substantially as set forth.

8. In a station-indicator, the combination, with the indicating mechanism, and the lshaped. operating-lever pivoted on the, under side of the car, out of line with the indicating mechanism, of the guide-pulleysp p, j ournaled in suitable supports on the under side of the car between the operating-lever and the connecting-cord opening, the pulley 19 being arranged close to the cord-opening, and the pulley 1) near the upper end of the operatinglever, and the connecting-cord having one end made fast to the indicating mechanism, and its opposite end passed down through an opening in the end of the car, thence under the pulley 1), over the pulley p, and made fast to the operating-lever, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE M. LANE.

W'itnesses G. S. DYE, MILAN Ross.

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