US540476A

US540476A - Street-indicator

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Publication number: US540476A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-06-04
Anticipated expiration: 1912-06-04

Description

(No Model.)

J. P. WIOK. STREET INDICATOR.

Patented June 4, 1895.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT fission,

JOHN P. w1oK,or,PAnMA, AssIenoR OF ONE-FOURTH TO CLARA s. LEAR,

OF CLEVELAN oHIo.

STR EET-eINDICATOR,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,476, dated June 4, 1895.

Application filed September 29, 1894. Serial No. 24,432- (No model-l To all whom it may concern.- box or case D a suitable distance above Be it known that I, JOHN 1?. WIOK, of Parma, sprocket-wheel g. in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, Chain 9', and consequently thestreet-indihave invented certain new and useful Imcating-belt E, is actuated by a pawl or dog H, 5 provements in Street-Indicators for 'Streetsaid dog or pawl being adapted to engage the Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to links of the chain and actuate the chain as be a full, clear, and exact description of the required to propel the street-indicating belt. invention,'such as will enable others skilled in Pawl or dog H, at its upper end, is operthe art to which it pertains to make and use atively connected with the lower end of an [O the same. upwardly-extending rod or link I, that, at its My invention relates to improvements in upper end, is operatively connected with the street-indicators for streetcars, more espeshort/arm of a bell-crank-lever K that is fulcially designed for electric street-railways crumed at K, to any suitable support,such, wherein theoverhead trolley-wireis employed, for instance as a post or standard L on top of 15 and wherein said trolley-wire is supported the car.

from cross-wires traversing'the street or high- By the construction just described, it will Way at suitable intervals. be observed thatthe street-indicating-belt will In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is be actuated to indicate the next cross street a side elevation of astreet-indicator embody: by actuating leverKin the one direction, and 2o ingmy invention,the topofthe street-carand in the case illustrated this actuation of the a trolley-Wire supporting cross-wire overhead belt takes place by moving the lever ina di being shown in section. Fig. 2 is atransverse rection to lift or elevate the actuating dog or elevation relative to Fig. 1, the top of the car pawl. After the actuation of the belt to inand trolley-wire being in section. Fig. 3 is a dicate the next street the gravity of dog or 7 25 top plan of a portion of the means employed pawl H and link I will return said parts to for operating the street-indicator belt of the their lower or normal position, and a spring street-indicator. M, engaging the long arm of the bell-crank- Referring to the drawings,Adesignates the lever and acting in a direction to retain said trolley-wire or power-conductor of an electric lever and connected parts in their normal poo railway wherein the overhead trolley-wire or sition, is preferably provided.

conductor is employed. Dog or pawl H is preferably removably se- B represents one of the cross-wires from cured to link I by means of a removable pin which the trolley-wire is suspended. O, as required, in order to enable the reversal O designates a street-car and D represents of the pawl or dog when the car is propelled 8 5 a box or case suitably supported within the in the opposite direction upon reaching either car preferably next to the ceiling and at or terminus of the electric-railway. near the front end of the car. One or more blocks P are pivotally secured A traveling-belt E, that engages a roller G to and at or near the outer end of the long suitably supported within the lower portion arm of lever K. In the case illustrated two 40 of box or case D, leads over any suitable numblocks Pare employed, the same being located ber of guide rollers e and has printed or otherat opposite sides of the lever, respectively, wise marked thereon the names of the streets and ontheir under or lower side engage segto be indicated, said belt being adapted to mental ways or guides R rigid with post or move by the inner side of a window clwith standard L, said under sides of blocks P be- 45 which box or case D is provided, and at which ing shaped to conform to the ways or guides window the name of the street to be indicated upon which the blocks are adapted to move is exhibited. during the operation of the street-indicating- Asprocket-wheel g is operatively connected belt. Blocks P, at their forward sides, are conwith roller G and is also operatively concave, as at P, and said concave surfaces of ICC 5o nected, by means of a chain g, with another the blocks are adapted to be engaged by a sprocket-wheel g suitably supported from roller S suitably suspended from the crossconsists preferably of a pin T rigid with guides 1 R. Guides or ways R, at their forward ends, preferably terminate in inclines U the trend whereof is downwardly and forwardly, and rollers S suspended from the cross-wires (wires that support the trolley-wire) are preferably arranged in line with the path of inclines U, so that in case rollers S are swayed to and fro, during a severe wind or storm, said movement of the rollers shall be arrested by inclines U before coming into engagement with members P.

What I claim is- 1. In a street-indicator for street-cars, the combination with the car, a traveling-belt suitably supported within the car and bearing the names of the streets to be indicated, of a segmental way or guide located outside of and suitably supported from the car, a block movable upon said way or guide and operatively connected with the aforesaid belt, said block being. provided with a concavity upon its forward side, and any suitable object or device suspended a suitable distance above the street and adapted to be engaged by the aforesaid block during the forward propulsion of the car, substantially as set forth.

2. In a street-indicator for street-cars, the combination with the car, a traveling-belt suitably supported within the car and bearing the names of the streets to be indicated, of a post or standard on top of the car, a segmental way or guide borne by said post or standard, a block engaging said way or guide and operatively connecting with the aforesaid belt, said block being provided with a concavity upon its forward side, and a roller suspended overhead and adapted to be engaged by the concavity in the aforesaid block, the arrangement of parts being substantially as indicated, whereby the concave block is actuated rearwardly upon its engagement with the suspended roller during the forward movement of the car, substantially as set forth.

3. In a street-indicator for street-cars, the combination of the car, a box or case suitably supported in the car and provided with a window, a roller supported within said case or box, a sprocket-wheel operatively connected with said roller, another sprocket-wheel supported a suitable distance from the roller, a chain operatively connecting the sprocketwheels with each other, a traveling-belt bearing the names of the streets to be indicated, and operatively connected with the aforesaid roller, a pawl or dog adapted to engage the aforesaid chain and thereby operate the streetindicating-belt, and post or standard on top of the car, a bell-crank-lever suitably supported at the upper end of said post and having a long arm and a short arm, a link operatively connecting the belt-actuating dog or pawl with the short arm of the lever, a block pivoted to and at or near the outer end of the long arm of the lever and provided with a concavity at its forward side, a segmental way or guide for said block, the under side of the block being shaped to conform to said guide or way, a wire crossing the street a suitable distance overhead, a bar suitably suspended from said wire and adapted to be engaged by the concave side of the aforesaid block during the forward movement of the car, and a stop or limiting the rearward movement of the aforesaid lever, all arranged as shown, for the purpose specified.

4:. In a street-indicator for street-cars, the combination with the car, a traveling-belt suitably supported within the car and bearing the names of the streets to be indicated, a segmental way or guide R borne by and above the car, said guide or way terminating at its forward end in an incline U, a block engaging and movable upon said guide or way and operatively connected with the aforesaid belt, and any suitable object or device suspended a suitable distance above the street in the line of the path of the aforesaid incline and adapted to be engaged by the aforesaid block during the forward propulsion of the car, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of two witnesses, this 21st day of August, 1894.

JOHN P. WIGK. Witnesses:

G. H. Deana, L. WARD HOOVER.