US511604A - Fender for street-cars - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

D. PLANDERS. FENDER FOR STREET CARS.

Patented Dec. 26, 1893 wivzesa es ELI/87126071 I ML'CZWYS,

NITE STATES ATENT @rrroa.

DAVID FLANDERS, OF WVATERTOlVN, MASSAOHUSE' S.

FENDER FOR STREET-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iletters Patent No. 511,604, dated December 26, 1893.

Application filed June 80, 1893. serial No. 479,213. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID FLANDERS, of \Vatertown, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Fenders for Street-Cars, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters and figures on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a cheap, simple and efficient fender for street cars, it being adapted particularly to electric cars, the construction of the fender being such that it may be readily turned up out of the way when not in use, the fender being under the control of the motorman whereby it can be put in operative position instantly.

In accordance therewith myinvention consists, in a fender for street cars, ofa tilting two-part frame hinged together and to the car, and means to hold the parts in extended position, combined with a spring adapted to tilttheframeintooperative position,anotched bolt secured to the frame, and a locking dog to normally engage said bolt and hold the frame in inoperative position against the action of the spring, substantially as will be described.

Other features of my invention will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure l in side elevation represents one end of a car with my invention applied thereto, the fender being shown in different positions by full and dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the fender taken below the line as, Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a detail of the locking and releasing mechanism to be described; and Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line a), Fig. 3.

The side frames a, platform a and dasher a are and may be of usual and well known construction. To the underside of the frames a I have secured, as herein shown, ears a to support a cross rod or shaft 1) upon-which the fender is pivotally supported, said fender consisting of side arms I) connected by ties c and (Z, the upper side of each arm b being notched near its outer end as at 0 to receive lugs or projections c on arms I) pivotally supported on the cross tie c and connected at their outer ends by a cross bar 12 A net b of strong twine, wire or other suitable material is stretched between the arms 19 and when the fender is in operative position the net acts to receive and hold any obstacle, human or otherwise, which may be on the track.

It is desirable to have the leading end of the fender approach the track as closely as possible, and I have provided the outer ends of the arms 17 with wheels or rollers to adapted to rest and roll upon the tracks T when the fender is in use.

Strong springs s are placed between the tops of the arms 5 and a cross bar 0 of the platform frame-work, said springs tending to move the fender into the lowermost dotted line position shown in Fig. 1.

It is neither desirable nor necessary to have the fender in the lowest position at all times, and in order to maintain it in the position shown in full lines Fig. 1 I have provided a locking and releasing device for the fender, herein shown as a bolt d loosely secured at its lower end to the cross-tie e of the fender and extended upwardly through a casing d provided with an offset or flange 1 resting upon and secured to the platform a by suitable screws 2. The casingis cut away at one side to admit the end of a locking dog d pivoted to the platform at 3 and pressed inward by the spring 5'. The bolt (1' is provided with a notch d adapted to be entered by said dog when the fender and bolt are raised to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the dog then maintaining the fender in such position against the action of the springs 8. Should the motorman notice an obstruction on the track it is only necessary for him to move the dog d against the action of the spring 8', thereby releasing the bolt d, and the springs s will immediately force the fender down into its dotted line position Fig. 1 with the wheels to resting upon the track ready to receive the obstacle and prevent the car from passing over it.

In order to limit the downward movement of the fender I have provided guards g, herein shown as hook-shaped bars, secured to the platform frame, the arms I) of the fender resting upon said guards when in their lowest positions.

It is supposed that both ends of the car will be equipped with fenders, and in order that the fenders may take up as little room as possible when not in use I have made it in two parts, the two parts being hinged together at the cross tie c, and,as is apparent, the lugs or projections on the front or folding portion of the fender rest in the notches c of the arms I) when said folding portion is extended, to maintain it in proper position.

When the fender is not in use the folding portion thereof may be turned up against the dasher, as shown by dotted lines Fig. 1.

This invention is not limited to the exact construction or arrangement of parts, as herein shown and described, as it is obvious that the locking and releasing device may be changed, or the particular construction and arrangement of the fender itself may be altered without departing from my invention, or canvas or other material may be substituted for netting.

I claim- 1. In a fender for street cars,a tilting twopart frame hinged together and to the car, and means to hold the parts in extended position, combined with a spring adapted to tilt the frame into operative position, a notched bolt secured to the frame, and a locking dog to normally engage said bolt and hold the frame in inoperative position against the action of the spring, substantially as described.

2. A tender for streetcars composed of connected side arms having notches at their front ends and pivotally connected at their rear ends to the car, a folding frame provided with a flexible bottom and hinged to said side arms, and projections to enter said notches, combined with a bolt secured to said fender, and a locking dog to engage and normally maintain the fender in inoperative position, substantially as described.

3. In a fender forstreet cars, a spring controlled tilting frame secured to the car, and supporting rolls or wheels upon the front of said frame, combined with a notched bolt secured thereto, and aco-operating locking dog to enter the notch and maintain the frame in inoperative position, the release of said bolt permitting the spring controlled frame to assume its operative position, substantially as described. 7

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID FLANDERS.

WVitnesses:

THOMAS E. NACKETT, LOUIS H. SHATTUOK.

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