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G. M. KILER.

STATION INDICATOR.

,1 No. 512,034. Patented Jan. 2, 1894.

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CHARLES M. KILER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO STEPHEN E. URMSTON, OF SAME PLACE.

STATION-INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 512,034, dated January 2, 1894..

" Application filed August 1, 1893. Serial No. 482,043. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. KILER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Station-Indicators, of which the following is a specification.

My said invention relates to that class of devices, to be located in railway orstreet cars, whereby the name of the next station or street may be shown to the passengers occupying such cars.

While this invention may be, by appropriate mechanical changes, adapted for use upon any variety of such cars, I have designed it especially for electric street cars, and will show and describe it in connection therewith.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is an end elevation of an electric car, with a wire-supportin g pole standing alongside it, said car and pole being equipped with the devices embodying my said invention; Fig. 2 a sectional view on an enlarged scale through so much of the roof of a car as is adjacent to my improved indicator, showing said indicator therein and the mechanism by which it' is operated; Fig. 3 a side elevation as seen from the dotted line 3 3 in Fig. 2, of the mechanism whereby the indicator is operated, and the adjacent structure; Fig. 4 a detail sectional View on a still further enlarged scale of theoperating mechanism separately; Fig. 5 a detail view on the dotted line 5 5 in Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 a central sectional View of the indicator itself.

In said drawings the portions marked A represent one of the poles supporting the electric wire; B the body of the car; C the case of my improved indicator; D the shaft upon which the indicator is mounted and whereby it is operated; E a pivoted lever whereby said shaft is immediately actuated, and F a lever attached to the lever E through which the force is communicated thereto.

The pole A and carB are or may be of any usual or desired character. The pole is shown as of the variety which is usually used in cities where the poles are placed between two lines of a double track. Upon this pole at an appropriate point is secured an arm a which which the car-is to travel.

s projects intothe path of the lever F, and whereby said lever is operated. As is well known, these poles, when used in streets of cities, are placed adjacent to the tracks in the streets over which the cars run at each side of the cross streets, and at as many other points, intermediate of the cross streets, as may be required to properly support the wires. The intermediate poles and those upon the hither side of the crossings in the direction in which the cars are going, will not, under my arrangement, be provided with the arms a, but only those upon the farther side of such crossings. Thus it will be seen that the cars after crossing any given street, will pass under one of these projecting arms a, and the station indicator, if properly arranged, will thereupon be operated to display the name of the next succeeding street, which will thus be Visible for substantially the whole distance between the two streets, enabling passengers to signal for the stopping of the car in ample time. Other poles than the ones specified, not having these projecting arms, will have no effect upon the station indicator.

The indicatorcase C is of a suitable form to contain the construction of indicator desired, and to conceal said structure, except that wing or flap which bears the name of the street or station at the time displayed to view. Said case is cut away in front, leaving an opening through which a flap or wing may be seen, as shown in'Fig. 5, and just'above this opening 'is a shelf 0 upon-which the wings rest and by which they are supported just before they fall down into position to be seen.

The shaft D extends centrally through the indicator structure, which consists, in my preferred form, of two circular heads or disks D, in the outer rim of which are pivoted a number of flaps or wings D equal to the number of stations or streets upon the route over These flaps or wings being pivoted loosely, are adapted to fall over, one by one, as the structure is revolved, and when they reach the proper point will escape from the shelf act the case 0 and fall down into a vertical position, as shown, thus plainly displaying the name of the station or street, or whatever else is inscribed thereon. Upon this shaft D at some convenient point, preferably near the outer end,

is a ratchet wheel R, by which it is actuated, as willlbe presently described. The lever E is mounted upon an appropriate base or bearing E by means of a pivot e,

and is provided at its upper end with a pawl E which engages with and operates the ratchet wheel R, while a' detent E fo'r said and the consequent operation of the indicator arealways thesame. p,

The lever Fis pivoted upon a'i' bearing =f mounted upon, the car top, and projects upwardly ,toapoint where it will come incon-i tact w'ithjth'e [arms aon the posts A, as the carpasses said posts. -A pin -10 e'xtending'out;

from the back side of the lever Eserves as a this lever in its return movement, f e hav ng b en fo ed ov -by o c with; i

arm -Q Surrounding this pin is a spil'algspringconnected at itsends to the'levei'fslEand F, and sufficiently stiff .so that itwill wh en said leverF is forced over'Ibycontactwith an arm a, pull said lever E with it until itslower, end comesin contact withrthe stop ,,s,',when, if said lever F. is movedangadditional distance, the spring will be distended, while saidtlever E ,is of course stopped at thatfp'oint. ,Thussaid lever TE is permittedf tohayea variable movement, whilethe lever; E which itaetuates, and the indicator oper;

ated thereby, have a uniform movement. A

spring Ef connected to saidlever F and tothe top of the car, serves toreturn both'levers to;

their upright position, as will be readil'yunderstood. V

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I'elaim as new, and desire to secure, by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a revolving indicator, of a shaft upon which the same is.

mounted and whereby it is operated, a ratchet wheel'upon said shaft, apivoted' lever having a pawl which engages with said ratchet wheel, stops whereby the movement of said lever is limited in both directions, and means for moving said lever, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a station indicator, of mechanism for operating the same, consisting of a ratchet wheel mounted upon the indicator shaft, a pivoted lever mounted alongside said ratchet wheel, a pawl on said lever engaging with said ratchetwheel, stops wherebythe-movement of said lever is limited in both directions, and a second lever yieldingly attached to the first whereby it may, be operated,substantially as-set forth.

8. The combination;witha'stationorstreet indicator, of;aratchet= wheel mounted on the indicator shaft, a-'- leverpivoted a1ongside saidwheel andhavin'g a pawl which engages th erewith, 'a--se'cond lever "for'zioperating the first,-a yielding or springconnection between the-two,--and*-a.strike or *armlupo'n apole or support alongside the tr'ack, said arr'rtbeing located in the path of sai'd'second raver, substantially as set forth. 4. The combination, w-ithfa' s'tatiolr in'd icator, of p a ratchet wheel "mounted on the shaft thereof, "alever pivoted alongsidesaid ratchet wheel, a pawl on said' lever engaging said ratchet wheel, a detent' pivotedwith said lever and "engagingthe-said ratchet'wheel, a

pin or projectionupon 'thegrea'r sideof 'said "le'ver,-"a spiral "spring surrounding said pin or projection and-connected tosaidl'eve-wa' second le.ver"also-connected to said' spnin'gby which' said' fi rst lever-is operated, and 'a-sprin g F- whereby both 'levers are returned to posi- 'tiona'fter being operated, said several parts being arranged and operating substantially as set forth. I In witnesswhereof I have hereunto setmy hand and"- seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana,'this 27th day of July, A. D. 1893.

. CHARLES. M. KIL'ERA [L. s] Witnesses:

CHESTER BRADFORD,

JAMES A. WALSH.

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