US539265A - Sixth to louis bash - Google Patents

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C. R. HALL. FENDER FOR STREBTRAILWAY GARS. No. 539,265. Patented Maly 14, 1895. HES! l l A A /Qwg Zl/zesses MMM eqfnrelzian ig. Q m

NITED STA-TES PATENT GEErcE cHAELEs E.HALL, or,` PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNoE on ONE- SIXTH TO LOUIS BASH,- OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECFICATION forming part of Letters `Patent No. 539,265, dated May 14, 1895. t

\ Application filed September Z9, 1894. Serial No. 524.470. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ,CHARLES R. HALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fenders for Street-Railway Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a fender for'street railway cars, by means of which a body, or obstructing'mass of matter lying `upon the surface of the roadway, or upon the rails of the track, is caused to be lifted therefrom and moved on to the surface of a bed suspended pivotally at its sides between the forward ends of two arms, whose rear ends are bolted securely to the sides of the frame ofthe car truck, said bed being overthe surface of the road upon which the car traverses. The forward swinging frame work beneath the extreme forward end of the car platform, is constructed ofa frame surrounding its exterior, and the inner areais composed of wire netting or strong canvas, said frame being suspended in bearings at its lupperedge to the under surface of the platform, where the frame is capable of oscillating, or swinging backward and forward in the longitudinal direction of the car. The swinging frame, and suspended bed'are connected together by thein.- termediates'consisting of an arm, having rigid connection at its lower end with'the upper edge of said swinging frame, andv is pivoted at itsupper end by means of a pin with a hori-V zontal rod, adjacent to, and parallel lon gitudinally with the under surface of the platform,

the rear end of said horizontal rod being piv-` oted to the upper end of a bell crank lever, also hung ina bearing on the under face of the platform, the lowergend of the bell-crank lever, being connected` with a pivotal pin to an upright that passes through the arm of the free flap of a hinge, whose opposing flap is -bolted to the under side'of thebed frame at its rear edge. This upright rod issurrounded at its lower portion by a helical spring, lwhich` has play between the arm of the flap of said hingeand a foot upon the lower end of said rod, the object of the spring being to lessen the force of the concussion imparted to a body suddenly thrown upon the surface of the bed.

This movement will also permit of more eX- .tended opening between the swinging frame and the surface of the receiver, when the front edge of the latter has reached in its descent the surface of the road bed. y A means is provided to prevent a body when taken upon the receiver, from injury by contact with the devices for operating the mechanism for the propulsion of the car, and'also from that controlling the fender, which are situated beneath the platform at the forward end of the car, and also to prevent that' which may be take-n upon a receiver from the surface of the I'roadway from passing backward to the wheels of the car; and consists of a sheet, or webbing vof cloth which is 'stretched over the area of jsurface between the operating mechanism suspended from the l'loor of the car body and the surfaceof the receiver or bed, which sheet, vor webbing extends parallel longitudinally fwith said Iioor of the car, lto and over a rod,

`or bar supported at its extremities in brackiets bolted to said floor, thence downward and attached to the rear edge of the bed.

In the accompanying drawings, which make a part of this specification, Figure l represents a side View of my improved fender upon a car arrangedin the normal position ready for propulsion. Fig. 2 represents a like lgview, showing the fender as it appears when swungl inward by reason of .having been brought intocontact with an obstacle. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the car-bodywith -the fender in same position as shown in Fig. 1. Jiig.` 4 represents an end view with a por- .tion of the wire-cloth-of the swinging-frame ffender broken away to more clearly illusltrate a face View of the operating mechanism.

,'Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view, taken through the dottedline a; :v of Fig.`2, showing a portion of the platform A, with a face view of the bell-crank lever G, in connection with the upper flap of the hingeK and inclined platform or bedl L. Fig. 6 is a face View of the receiver Like letters of reference in all the figures indicate the same parts. A, is the platform of. the car-body, vframed together of timber, in the customary method of construction, and to the under surface of which the hangers, or bearings, with the frame IOO B, and the operating mechanism of the fenders are connected.

The frame B, is constructed of metallic pipe, to give strength and rigidity thereto, and the space contained within its inner area, is covered with strong canvas, or wire netting, as seen clearly in Fig. 4, and has bearings inthe hangers G, which are secured to the under side of the platform by means of screw bolts a. This frame hangs downward, and in a curvilinear form transversely from said bearings, andhas projected upward from the top bar the arm D, which has a pivotal connection with the horizontal bar, or rod E, upon its forward end by means of the pin c,which permits of oscillatory motion being imparted thereto. The rod E, that extends horizontally toward the rear of the platform, and parallel therewith, is

connected at the inner end to the upper end of the bell crank lever G, h u ngen the fulcrum pin c', in the bearing H, bolted uponthe under surface of platform A. To the lower end of saidA bell crank lever is attached the upper end of the vertical rod J, by means of the pin c2, passing through the cheeks thereof. This rod passes through an orifice in arm d, of the free flap of the hinge K, and is provided with a foot e, upon its extremity.`

Surrounding the lower portion of the rod J, is thehelical spring g, which has play between the inner surfaces of said arm d, and foot e,`

of the free flap of the hinge, to permit vibratorymotion to the bed L,-the opposite flap of the hinge being bolted to the under surface of said bed. l

M, shows apair of side bars, rigidly boltedat their rear ends tothe side of the brace P, of the truck of the car. At the forward ends of said bars are the eyes ft', into which the pins` le, pass, that protrude laterally from the sides of the bed L, and upon which they have pivotal action.

R,is a sheet of cloth whose front end is attached to the forward end of the car and eX- tends rearward over the pulley S, thence downward to the rear end of the bed, which serves to prevent a body from contact Withthe operating mechanism.

The method of operation, is detailed in the following description; the swinging fender frame B, being in the position represented in Figs. l and 3, the car is ready for propulsion forward in the direction indicated by the arrow S, see Fig. 1, of the sheet of drawings, with the bed L, supported in its bearings, and nearly level upon its surface sufficient space being permitted between its under surface, and that of the road bed, to permit of the free traverse of said bed, and with the edge of the lower bar of, the frame B, resting upon the upper edge of the forward end of the receiver L, which securely retains both parts in the position shown in Figs. l and 8. Upon the car in its forward passage meeting with an obstruction, striking the lower surface of the swinging frame B, it causes said frame to ascend from its lower edge, thereby moving thearm in an arc of a` circle, which in turn 'draws-forward; thehorizontal rod E, and therewith the connected upper arm of the bell crank lever G, which causes an elevation of the lower end of the latter, thereby elevating Athe rear end of the bed, or receiver L, and a consequent depression of its forward end to a point approaching the surface of the road bed, when the obstruction is lifted thereon,

and by virtue of its pivotal connection when the weight is shifted to theback portion, said bed rises and engages with the lower edge of the swinging frame B, thereby securely retaining the occupant.

The bed, 'or receiver L, has a series of ropes stretched laterally across its front end so that when an obstacle upon the track is struck by it, they yield somewhat, and prevent injurious eects being directed thereon, which would be otherwise severe when infiicted by an unyielding edge of a receiver. The face of the frame B, may also be covered in like manner.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The swinging frame B, having its upper bar hung in bearings of the hangers C, upon the under surface of the platform A, the bearings being arranged in any suitable position beneath the platform, said upper bar having the arm D, extended vertically from its surface, and the horizontal rod E, connected thereto by the pin c, the bell crank lever G, suspended on the pin c', iu bearing d, rod J, spring gsurrounding said rod, hinge K, and bed, or receiver L,supported upon the pivotal pins, or journals K, in the side bars M, substantially in the manner herein shown and described for the purpose'set forth.

2. In a fender for street cars, the swinging frame B, supported from its upper bar in bearings arranged in any convenient position upon the underside of the platform, the pivotal receiver, or bed L,constructed and actuated as described, for simultaneous movement with said frame B, and the protecting sheet of cloth extending between said receiver; and the bracket C and the operating mechanism upon the under surface of the platform, substantially in the manner herein shown and described for the purpose set forth. A

CHARLES R. HALL.

Witnesses:

THOMAS J. BEWLEY, HARRY J. FRANZ.

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