US356987A - Elevated railway - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES f PATENT ()EEIoEo WILLIAM E., OOLE AND` JOHN WYMAN, OE DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

ELEVATED RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.356,9`3'7, dated February l, 1887. i Application meti October 2s, Isae. semi No. 21m-i1. (No meer.)

To all whom t'may concern,.-

, Beit known that we, WILLIAM R. COLE and JOHN E. WYMAN, of Detroit, in the county of .Wayne and Staterof Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Elevated Railways; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact'description thereof, reference being had to the accompany' form a part of this speci in the peculiar construction of a car especially adapted for ruiming upon such railway, and provided With Ineans for engaging with the necessary parts of the railway structure to prevent the aforesaid precipitation.

Figure lis an endview, partly in section, of the improved railway with car in place. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a standard, of which there are a series iirmly set upon or in the ground and adapted to carry the superstructure, secured to and projecting from each standard or post in the i, series, and, as nearly as can be, on Vlthesame horizontal plane, is an arm, B, and upon suitable stringers secured to the series of arms' at or near their ou`ter extremities the single-rail track C is fastened. To the same standards A, vand a suitable distance above the track C, there is secured a box, D, made of iron and extending the whole length ofthe structure, and having a continuous slot, a, oraperture centrally located in the bottom, as shown. It would be preferable, although not absolutely necessary, that this continuous slot be directly over the rail; and this box or any equivalent means for securing a like result may besecured to the' standard in any known or con-v 'venient manner.

E represents a car having two or more whee1s,F, in line, fore and a'ft, and so arranged upon stub-axles journaled in proper bearings attached to the bottomof the car,'in a wellknown manner, as to support the car and enable it to run upon the track. To support this car in an upright position strong arms G are secured to the car and project above the same vertically, so as to enter theV box D through its continuous slot. -Upou the upper ends of these arm-supports G there are suitablyjour naled and strongly secured against any accidental displacement the wheels H, the diameter of which is nearly, though not quite, equal to the distance between they two sides of the box, so that whenrevolving or resting against one side of such box there will be no contact with the opposite side thereof.

7e will illustrate more 4fully the operation by saying that the car is three feet wide, and the seats are arranged `along the side of the car which is nearest to the standards. The fore and aft supporting-wheels are placed one foot, or thereabout, from this inner side;

hence the arms B need never be more thanl eighteen inches long to obtain a clearance of six inches between the sides of the car and the standards. When the car is not loaded with passengers in their seais, the tendency of the car would be to tip outwardly from the standards and be precipitated to the ground; but this is prevented by the wheels H resting against the inner side of the Outer wall of the box D. When the seats are lled with pas sengers,the tendency of the car is to tip-in the opposite direction; but this is arrested by suchV wheels H resting against the opposite side of the box. If the car-wheels become derailed, itis prevented from falling to the ground by the wheels H arresting the fall by coming in contact with the bottom of the box and suspending' the car by means of the arm-supports Gr.v

Of course, to reduce the danger of derailment to the minimum, guard-rails may be employed, in a well-known manner, secured on one or both sides of the track-rail.

The cars may be propelled by cable, or by electricity, if desired, the structure being peculiarly well adapted to carry the cable or conducting-wire.

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Of course in the construction of the car care must be taken to have it strong enough to lill the requisites above mentioned.

XVe are aware of Patent No. 121,538, and

5 make no clailn to the construction shown therein as forming partof ourinvention. XVe attach importanceto our box D, the two sides of which effectnally prevent the tilting of the car in either direction, as above set forth.

1o What we claim as our invention isl. In a railway system, and in combination with a single-rail track, and a box having a continuous slot in the bottoni thereof, a car having an arm or arms projecting above its 15 roof and a horizontally rotating wheel or wheelsjournaled on said arm or arms, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination, with the standards and brackets supported thereby, of a rail on said bracket, car E, wheels F, journaled vbeneath 2o said carsubstantially in the center ofits width,

a seat or seats overhanging said wheels, the box D, having two depending sides and slot a, the arms G, and the wheels H, carried by said arms 'and working in said box, substantially 25 as described, and for the purpose specified.

VJILLIAM R. COLE. Vitnesses: JOHN E. W YMAN. A

E. SCULLY, H. S. SPRAGUE.

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