US414895A

US414895A - Sanding attachment for cars

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Publication number: US414895A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-11-12
Anticipated expiration: 1906-11-12

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J. W. BATES. sA-NDING ATTAGHMENT SoR GARS.

(No Model.)

NQ.414,895. Patented Nov; 12, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN TV. BATES, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.`

SANDING ATTACHMENT FOR CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414.7895, dated November 12, 1889. Application filed September 2, 1889. Sen'al No. 322,664. (No model.)

Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sanding Attachment for Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved sanding attachment especially adapted for street-cars and enabling the driver to conveniently sand the rail in front of the wheel whenever desired, at the same time preventing all clogging of the sand in the discharge-spotit of the sand-box.

The invention consists of-an agitating-rod passing through the spout of the sand-box and connected with the spout-valve.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the saine, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate Vss corresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure l is a sectional side elevation of the 1 improvement as applied to a car, parts of the latter being broken away, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of the spring and its casing.

The improved sand attachment A is provided with the usual sand-box B, located under the seat of the car and provided with a downwardly-extending spout O, terminating a short distance above the rail in front of the car-wheel. On the lower end of the spout C is hinged a valve D, arranged in an inclined position and adapted to close the lower end of the spout.

The valveA D is pivotally connected with one end of a rod E, passing'through a barrel F, in which is held a spring G, coiled around part of the rod "E, secured by one end on the said rod and resting at its other end on a cap F', screwing on one end of the barrel F. The other end of the latter is also closed by a cap F2, so as to prevent dust from passing into the barrel F. At the same time the two caps F andv F2 form a convenient bearing for the rod E. The barrel F is fastened by suitable clips to the under side of the car-body. The rod E extends under the platform of the car, and is pivotally connected at its outer rying at its outer upper end a knob J', adapted to be pressed on by the foot of the driver standing on the front platform of the car. The spring G presses against the rod E in the direction of the arrow d', sothat the valve D remains seated on the lower endof the spout O until lthe rodE is operated on by the driver pressing his foot on the knob J of the rod I. When the operator does this, the rod E is moved in the inverse direction of the' arrow d against the tension of the spring G, and the valve D is swung downward and forward, so that the lower end of the spout C is opened and the sand contained in the said spout can run down over the inclined valve D onto the track-rail.

In order to prevent clogging of the sand in the spout C and the sand-box B, an agitatingrod K is connected with the inner face of the valve D, said rod projecting through the spout O and partly into the sand-box B. The agitating-rod K'is preferably crooked, as shown in Fig. l, so as to agitate the sand thoroughly when the valve D is opened or closed. As soon as the operator releases his pressure on the-knob J the spring 7G forces the rod E in the direction of the arrow a', so that the valve D is again seated on the lower end of the spout O.

It will be seen that when the valve Disv swung downward and outward and rseated again, as above described, the agitating-'rod K is moved down and up in the said spout C.,

whereby the sand is agitated and prevented from clogging. 4 Y

It is to be understood that such a sanding attachment is arranged on each end of the car under one of the front and rear wheels.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenty l. In a sanding attachment for cars, the combination, with the spout-valve hinged on the sand-box spout, of an agitating-rod held on the said valve and passinginto the said spout, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a sanding attachment for cars, the com- IOO bination, with the spoutvalve hinged on the sand-box spout, of an agitating-rod held on the said spout-valve and passing into the said spout, and means, substantially as described, for opening and closing said valve, as set forth.

3. A sanding attachment for cars,co1npris ing a sand-box and an outlet-spout secured thereto, a valve hinged on the lower end of the said outlet-spout an d adapted to be opened and closed, and an agitating-rod held on the said valve and projecting into the said spout, substantially as shown and described.

Ll. A sanding attachment for cars, comprising a sand-box and outlet-spout secured thereto, a Valve hinged on the lower end of the said outlet-spout and adapted to be opened and closed, an agitating-rod held on the said valve and projecting int-o the Said spout, a rod pivotally connected with the said valve, and

a spring pressing against the said rod to hold the said valve on its seat, substantially as shown and described.

5. A sanding attachment for cars, comprising a sand-box and outletspout secured thereto, a valve hinged on the lower end of the said ontlet-spout and adapted to be opened and closed, an agitating-rod held on the said valve and projecting into the said spout, a rod pivotally connected with the said valve, a spring pressing against the said rod to hold the said valve on its seat, a bell-crank lever pivotally connected with the said rod, and a foot-piece connected with the said bell-crank lever and under the control of the drivel', substantially as' shownand described.

JOHN XV. BATES.

Vitn esses GEORGE 'l1 WEnKns, THOMAS Soorr.