US543239A - garlick - Google Patents

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. l S. GARLICK.

. GAR FENDER.

No. 543,239. Patented July 23, 1895.

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Patented July 23, 1895.

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SAUL emmen, on BROOKLYN, Naw YORK.

CAR-FENDER'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,239, dated July 23, 18.95'.

Application tiled October 29, 1894i Serial No. 527,186. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

, Be it known that I, SAUL GARLIoK,of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Car- Fender, of which the following is a full, clear,

vand exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in car-fenders such as are supported on cars to serve as guards` to prevent the cars from running over people on the track and the object of my invention is to produce a very simple and comparatively inexpensive car-fender, which may be easily adj usted on the car so as to project forward at the right angle to catch, Without injury, any person with whom it may come in contact; also to produce av fender which,when not in use, may be pushed beneath the car and held up out of the way, and in general to produce a substantial car-fender which is practical and lls the necessary requirements of efficiency and adjustability.

To these ends my invention consists ot' cer` tain features of construct-ion and combinations of parts, which will bel hereinafter described and claimed. v Reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my car-fender as applied to a car and pulled forward ready for use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 4 of the car-fender as applied to a car and in position for use. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but with the fender pushed back out of the way. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan of the car-fender; and Fig. 5 is a cross-section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

The car-fender is provided with similar side frames 10, which are of triangular shape wit-'h the points of the triangles forward, and these frames 10 are covered'with a suitable netting 11, and are preferablymade of iiat metal, having an inner longitudinal rib 12, this construction rendering the frame strong and light.v

The side frames are connected, by a bagging net-work or sack 13, which is adapted to catch contact with the ground, and this projecting extremity of the apron is sufficiently springy to prevent it from injuring a person whom it strikes; and as a further safeguard, the edge is rounded,and may, if desired, be provided with any suitable' cushion. The Vapron has laterally-proj ectin g ends 16, (see Fig. 4,) which overlap the rails 17 of the track so as to throw oft any obstruction, and the car 18, which carries the fender, runs on these railsin the usual way.

The side frames 10 of the fender are provided Wth longitudinal slots 19 near the top,

are supported on opposite sides of the car be- -neath the platform, as presently described, and above the top of each frame' 10 andsecured to the bracketplate 22 is a second guide-liange 23, which prevents the jumping of the fender, the vflanges 21 and 23 0n.each side ot' the fender clasping the upper rail of the frame 10, as shown clearly in Fig. 3, but the flanges are far enough apart to permit the easy longitudinal sliding of the frame.

The ianges 21 are curved downward at their front ends, as shown at 24 in Fig. 3, so that the fender may readily swing into .the inclined position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the iianges 23 are at their rear ends curved, as shown at 25, to receive the rear corners of the frame 10 and so steady the fender in its forward position. The fender is held forwardor backward by pins 25a, which extend,

be seen that the hanger-plates 22 oscillate up and down with the movement of the fender, s0 that the latter may be very easily adj usted.

When the fender is to be used the pins 25 are pulled out and itis drawn forward to the position shown in Figs. l and 2, this being facilitated by the protruding ends 16,01? the apron 14, which ends serve as handles. When the fender is drawn forward itslides between the anges 21 and 23 .and the hangers or bracket-plates 22 tilt to the position shown in Figs. l and 2 and the pins 25 are inserted in the flanges and in the top rails of the frames 10, thus fastening the fender, and il the 1 fender strikes a person it trips him and deposits him in the net or sack 1 3, which is sufficiently baggy to prevent him from bouncing i out and he is thus held in safety till the car can be stopped.

When the fender is on the rear end of the car, the pins 25 are pulled .out andthe fender pushed back beneath the car, .as shown in Fig. 3, whenit drops to the position there shown, the plates or hangers 22 being in a. horizontal position,.and the fender is fastened j by reinserting the pins 25.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire `to secure by Letters g Patentl. In a car fender, the combination of rocking hangers mounted under the car, and a; fender slidingly mounted in said hangers and if adapted when slid in .opposite .directions to? rock said hangers, whereby the fender is su-pported in diiterent positions, substantially as set forth. i

2. In a car fender, the combination of roekl ing hangers pivoted at their forward Aends un- Q der the car, a fender slidingly mounted in the i hangers and adapted when slid in opposite directions to rock the hangers, whereby the l'en- 1 der is supported in dierent positions, and;`

posi-tions, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with the car, of the oscillating hanger plates hung beneath the car and provided with inwardly-projecting guide flanges, and a fender having side frames to slide between lthe guide flanges, and a connecting saek'or net, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the car, of the hanger plates suspended thereon, the inwardly-projecting guide flanges on the hanger plates, and the fender comprising longitudinally slotted side frames, their slotsreceiving the lower guide flanges of the hanger plates, a sack or net connecting the side frames, and a cross apron overlapping the front ends of the side frames, substantially as described.

5. In ancar fender, the combination of `rocking hangers pivoted at their forward ends to the tear, a fender slidingly mounted in the hangers and adapted when slid inopposite directions .to rook the hangers, whereby the fender is supported in dierent positions and means for locking .the fenderto said hangers, substantially as set forth.

6. The `combination, with the car, of the hanger armssecured thereto, the hanger plates pivoted at their front ends to the said arms, the slot-ted guide arms arranged behind the hanger arms, the guide pins secured to the 1 hanger .plates and entering the slotted arms, and the fender slidably supported on the hanger plates, substantially as described.

SAUL AGrARLlCK. Witnesses:

ISAAC PINNER,

ROSE 'KosErL

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