US567912A - Striker-arm for station-indicators - Google Patents
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- My invention relates to means for contributing motion to automatically-operated station-indicators, and has for its object to provide a device of this nature which may be placed in the proper position relative to a vehicle carrying an indicator and may be manipulated to extend into or out of such operative relation.
- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a post and striker-arm comprising my invention
- Fig. 2 is a vertical section with the striker arm depressed.
- Fig. 3 is an end view of the strikerarm.
- the lever 13 is provided with a projection 16, extending in the plane of the movement of said lever and adapted to enter an opening in a plate 17, secured to an adjacent portion of the post 5.
- This plate 17 is extended vertically throughout the length of the said lever and forms a seat therefor.
- a roller 20 At the upper rear corner of the post 5 is arranged a roller 20, the object of which is to lessen the friction of the flexible section 14, which of necessity engages this portion of the post when the arm 8 is raised or lowered.
- a striker-arm pivoted thereto, a roller, a flexible connection attached to the striker-arm and adapted to work over the roller, a rigid connection attached to the flexible connection, and a lever adapted to operate the arm through the medium of said connections.
- a device of the class described comprising a pole provided with a laterally-extending yoke and a seat at its upper end, a strikerarm pivoted in said yoke out of alinement with the pole, a lever pivoted to the post, connections between the lever and arm, and a roller adapted to lessen friction of said connection when the arm is moved.
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0. J. MERRITT. STRIKER ARM FOR STATION INDIOATORS. No. 567,912. Patented Sept l5, 1896.
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0. J. MERRITT. SIRIKBR ARM FOR STATION INDICATORS. No. 567,912. Patented Sept. 15, 1896!.
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K1: 7,, TiZ/Z F NITED STATES OTIS J. MERRITT, OF SENEAGUOTEEN, IDAHO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN J. COSTELLO, OF OCEUR DALENE, IDAHO.
STRlKER-ARM FOR STATION-INDICATORS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,912, dated September 15, 1896.
Application filed July 16, 1895. Serial No. 556,177. (No model.)
To all whom it may concern.-
Be it known that I, Gris J. MERRITT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Senea guoteen, in the county of Kootenai, State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Striker-Arms for Station- Indicators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable oth- 1o ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.
My invention relates to means for contributing motion to automatically-operated station-indicators, and has for its object to provide a device of this nature which may be placed in the proper position relative to a vehicle carrying an indicator and may be manipulated to extend into or out of such operative relation.
In the drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a post and striker-arm comprising my invention, the
striker-arm being extended; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section with the striker arm depressed. Fig. 3 is an end view of the strikerarm.
Referring now to the drawings, 5 is a post,
0 of wood, metal, or other suitable material, having at its upper end a laterally-extending yoke 6,in which is pivoted at 7 a striker-arm 8, having at its outer end a semicircular or convex block 9, which acts as a weight and 3 5 tends to normally hold the arm 8 in the position shown in Fig. 2. The object of the convex form of the striker-arm extremity is to effect a gradual release of the flexible springlever 11, which it is adapted to operate, the
0 said curvature being in the direction of contact, and which said spring-lever is secured to a shaft 10, forming a portion of the indicating mechanism carried by a car 12.
The upper end of the post 5 is flattened and 5 is adapted to limit the motion of and form a seat for the rear portion of the striker=arm 8, which is drawn from the vertical position shown in Fig, 2 to the horizontal position shown in Fig. 1 by means of a pivoted lever 13, having connection with the rear end of the saidarm through the medium of a flexible section 14:, secured to the arm, and a rigid section 15, pivotally attached to the flexible section and to the lever 13.
The lever 13 is provided with a projection 16, extending in the plane of the movement of said lever and adapted to enter an opening in a plate 17, secured to an adjacent portion of the post 5. This plate 17 is extended vertically throughout the length of the said lever and forms a seat therefor. In the extremity of the projection 16 is an opening 18, through which may be inserted a pin 19 or a padlock to lock the lever in the position shown.
At the upper rear corner of the post 5 is arranged a roller 20, the object of which is to lessen the friction of the flexible section 14, which of necessity engages this portion of the post when the arm 8 is raised or lowered.
It is evident that I may vary the particular construction and arrangement herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of my invention.
Having now fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a device of the class described, a pole,
a striker-arm pivoted thereto, a roller, a flexible connection attached to the striker-arm and adapted to work over the roller, a rigid connection attached to the flexible connection, and a lever adapted to operate the arm through the medium of said connections.
2. A device of the class described, comprising a pole provided with a laterally-extending yoke and a seat at its upper end, a strikerarm pivoted in said yoke out of alinement with the pole, a lever pivoted to the post, connections between the lever and arm, and a roller adapted to lessen friction of said connection when the arm is moved. 9o
In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.
OTIS J. MERRITT. Witnesses:
JOHN W. Pnrnns, T. E. ANDERSON.
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