US681539A - Station-indicator. - Google Patents

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No. 531,539. A

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No. 681,539. Patented Aug. 27, l90l.

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STATION INDICATOR;

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P. P. I. FYFE. STATION INIIIIIATIIII.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL PHILIA IOAVILLE FYFE, OF CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA.

STATION-INDICATOR.

sPEcrrIcA'rI'oN forming part of Letters patent No. 681,539, dated August 27, 1eo1. Application filed February 23, 1901. Serial No. 48,459. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PAUL PHILIA ICAVILLE FYFE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Concord, in the county of Cabarrus and State of North Carolina, have invent ed a new and Improved Station-Indicator, of

which the followingis'a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a station-indicating device for steam, trolley, or cable cars, or cars otherwisepropelled, so constructed that in conjunction with trips or stops located upon a track cards bearing the names of streets, crossings, avenues, or stations will be automaticallydisplayed within the vehicle proper at or upon the vehicle arriving at such streets, crossings, avenues, or stations.

A further purpose of the invention is to accomplish the above results by means of mech anism attached to any car and which will be durable, economic, and comparatively simple in construction.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts,as will be hereinafter fully set forth',and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car having the improvement applied, a part being illustrated broken away on the line 1 l of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the trucks of the car, the section being taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. at is a sectional plan view of the trip-shoe of the mechanism of the station-indicator and a plan view of a section of the track, illustrating one of the contact-pins of the track with which the trip-shoe is to engage. Fig. 5 is an outer side view of the tripshoe. Fig. 6 is an enlarged end view of a portion of the mechanism for operating the signs. Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion of the mechanism for displaying the signs, the section being taken practically on the line 7 7 of Fig. 8. Fig. 8 is a front elevation of a portion of the mechanism for displaying the signs. Fig. 9 is a horizontal section on the line 9 9 of Fig. 8, and Fig. 10 is an inner face View of one of the actuating-arms for the carrying-lever of a sign.

A represents the body of the car, and B and O axles therefor. These axles are suitably mounted in pedestals 10 and are provided with the usual track-wheels 11. One of the axlesthe axle O, for example-is provided with a series of friction or gear wheels 12, arranged a suitable distance apart between the track-wheels 11 on the axle, one of which gear or friction wheels is shown in Fig. 1. Each gear or friction wheel 12 of the axles O is adapted to be engaged from above by a friction-wheel 13. These friction-wheels correspond in number and position to the gear or friction Wheels 12 on the axles O. The upper friction-wheels 13 may have a periphery of leather, rubber, or the like substance; but the lower gear or friction wheels 12 are toothed at their peripheries or the peripheries are roughened. The upper set of friction-wheels 13 is secured upon a shaft 14, and this shaft is jonrualed in the head 15 of a lever 16, which is fulcrumed upon a bracket 17, extending down from the bottom of the car, as is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3.

At the inner end of the lever 16, at one side, a small friction-wheel 18 is mounted, and an opening 19 is made in the head 15, and within this opening the central upper friction-wheel 13 is located, as is best shown in Fig. 3. Normally the upper friction-wheels 13 are held out of engagement with the friction or gear wheels 12 on the axle 0 by a mechanism to be shortly described.

A beveled pinion 20 is secured on theshaft 14. This pinion meshes with a like pinion 21, which is attached to a shaft 23, running parallel with the length of the lever16 and journaled at one end in an extension 22 from said lever near its head, as shown in Fig. 3, the opposite end of the shaft 23 being journaled in a hanger 24, which is attached in any suitable manner to the bottom portion of the car. The

shaft 23 at its inner end has a bevel-pinion 25 secured thereon, and this pinion meshes with a bevel-gear 26, secured upon a shaft 27, which shaft is below the inner end of the lever 16, operating the upper set of frictionwheels. The shaft 27 is journaled at one end in the aforesaid hanger 24, the opposite end being journaled in a hanger 28, (shown in Figs. 2 and 3,) located at one side of the car,

7 and said shaft 27'extends through and beyond Ill the hanger 28, as is particularly shown in Fig. 2. A disk 29 is connected by a suitable hub with the bevel-gear 26, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and in the periphery of this disk a recess 30 is made, (shown particularly in Fig. 1,) and when the lever 16 is in its normal positionnamel v, holding the upper frictionwheels from engagement with the lower friction or gear wheels 12the friction-roller 18 at the inner end of the lever 16 will be seated in the said recess 30. When the frictionroller 18 is out of the recess 30 and while the said roller travels on the plain peripheral surface of the disk 29, the inner end of the lever 16 will be raised to such an extent that the friction wheels 13 carried thereby will be placed in engagement with the friction or gear wheels 12 on the axles O, and consequently motion will be imparted to the shaft 23, which in turn will communicate motion to the display mechanism at the upper portion of the car, and to be hereinafter described. The friction-roller 18 is moved out of the recess 30 in the disk 29 at the proper moment, and the lever 16 is brought in position to effeet a connection between the upper and lower sets of friction-Wheels through the medium of an angle-lever 32. (Shown best in Figs. 2 and This lever 32 at the junction of its members is fulcrumed upon a hanger 33 extending down from the bottom of the car. The upper member 32 of the lever 32 is shorter than the lower member and stands immediately beneath the inner end of the opcrating-lever 16 for the upper set of frictionwheels 13, as is also shown in Figs. 2 and 3. When the lower end of the angle-lever 32 is forced inward, its upper end or member is raised and serves to raise the inner end of the lever 16, operating the upper set of frictionwheels 13. Such an action on the part of the lever 32 is brought about when the car reaches a certain point or points in the line of track on which it travels, and the action of the lever 32 is brought about in the following manner:

A short block 34 is usually pivoted to the lower end of the angle-lever 32, the block extending horizontally in an outward direction, as illustrated in Fig. 2. Links 35 are pivotally connected, usually one above the other, on the upper face of the block 34. These links extend outward in opposite directions, as shown in Fig. 3, and are connected with springs 36, which have sliding and interlocking engagement at their meeting ends, and the outer faces of these springs are normally outwardly arched, as shown in Fig. 3. These springs constitute a trip-shoe D. At the outer end of each spring 36 of the trip'shoe D an eye 37 is formed, and these eyes loosely receive uprights or rods 38, which, as shown in Fig. 2, are attached at their upper ends to the bottom of the car and at their lower ends are secured to a plate 39, upon which plate the springs of the trip-shoe D operate. The springs of the trip-shoe are limited in their outward movement by being brought in engagement with projections 39, formed upon the upper face of the plate 39. The outer face of the trip-shoe D is adapted to be engaged by contact-pins 44, which are located alongside a rail of the track, as shown in Fig. 4, and extend above the tread of the rail. These contact-pins 44 are usually attached to a sleeper, as illustrated in Fig. 4, by means of suitable base-plates. As a train approaches a contact-pin 44 the trip-pin engages with the outer face of the trip-shoe D and forces the said shoe inward, thus carrying the lower end of the angle-lever 32 in the same direction and causing its upper member 32 to raise the free end of the lever 16, and consequently depress the opposite end of the said lever 16, bringing the ugper set of frictionwheels in engagement with those on the axle 0, thus setting in motion the shafts 23 and 27. Motion is then communicated from the shaft 27 to an indicating mechanism within the car, the power being communicated by securing a bevel-gear 41 to the outer end of the shaft 27, which gear meshes with a similar gear 42, secured on the lower end of a shaft 43, which is journaled in suitable bearings on the outside of the car-body, the shaft 43 extending to the upper portion of the car. The lifting-lever 32 for the lever 16, while restored to its normal position by the action of the outward movement of the springs of the trip-shoe D, is assisted in such return by a spring 45, secured to the block 34 and to the plate 39, as shown in Fig. 2.

At the upper portion of the outside vertical shaft 43 a disk 46 is mounted, and this disk carries an upwardly-extending eccentrically-located pin 47. This pin is adapted to enter a slot 48, as shown in Fig. 9, which slot is made longitudinally in an extension 49 from a slide 50. This slide 50 is adapted to be supported by and to have movement upon a plate 51, located longitudinally at the upper portion of the clear story of the car, as shown in Figs. 2 and 7. The slide 50 is provided with a tongue 52, which extends to the opposite side of the car at the top and has sliding movement upon a horizontal supporting-plate 53, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and, as shown in Fig. 9, the slide 50 is provided with longitudinal slots, through which bolts cX- tend into the support for the slide, and the same regulation is preserved with reference to the tongue 52 and support 53. The slide 50 is provided near its inner longitudinal edge with a rib 54 upon its upper face, as shown in Figs. 2 and 9, and in front of this rib 54 a series of teeth 55 is attached to or is projected from the upper face of said slide 50, the teeth being at regular intervals apart, as shown in Fig. 8. An arched frame is erected upon the supporting-plates 51 and 53. This arched frame consists of two side bars IIO 56, which are provided at what may betermed their forward inner portions with anglebars 57, (best shown in Fig. 2,) and at the front portion of the side bars 56 said bars are connected by a plate 58, extending from one side bar to the other, as is illustrated in Figs. 2 and 9. A bar 52 connects the brace-bars 57 of the arched frame, and on this bar 58 a series of angle-levers 59 is pivoted or fulcrumed. These levers comprise each an inwardlyextending long member 59 and a downwardly-extending front short member 59 as is shown in Figs. 2 and 7. Signs 60, bearing the names of streets, stations, crossings, or other matter, are attached to the inner members 59 of the an gle-levers 59 by means of cords, wires, or chains 60, as shown in Fig. 2, and when the inner longer member 59 of an angle-lever 59 is dropped downward the sign carried by that member will be lowered to such an extent that it may be read by the occupants of the car; but when the inner or longer member of the angle-lever 59 is carried to a horizontal position (shown in both Figs. 2 and 7) the sign will be carried up out of the range of vision of the occupants of the car. Normally all of the signs carried by all of the angle-levers 59 are in such upper position. The various angle-levers 59 are spaced by means of suitable washers 60 which are located on the shaft or rod 58, as is best shown in Fig. 9. A spring 61 is attached to the inner or longer member 59 of each anglelever 59, and these springs extend upward and are also secured to a bar 62, which extends from one brace 57 of the upper arched frame to the other, as shown in Fig. 2. Another bar 63 is located below the bar 62 and likewise extends from one brace 57 of the arched frame to the other, and this bar 63 limits the upward movement of the longer members 59 of the levers 59, bringing all of said levers in alinement when they occupy their upper or normal position.

An actuating-arm E is pivotally attached to the lower portion of each forward member 59 of each angle-lever 59, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 7. This actuating-arm Eis of peculiar construction and is illustrated in detail in Fig. 10, from which it will be observed that each actuating-arm E'consists of a body-bar 64, having a shoulder at its lower edge, and a head 66 extends beyond the lower edge of each of the said actuating-arms at a point in advance of the shoulder 65. The heads 66 are attached to shanks 67, which are pivoted upon the inner face of the body-bar 64, as shown in Fig. 10, and the head 66 is held below the lower edge of the body 64 of an actuating-arm E by a suitable spring 68. Each actuating-arm E is likewise provided at the forward portion of the upper edge with a recess forming a shoulder 66, as is shown in Figs. 2, 7, and 10. In the normal position of the actuating-arms E the said arms are longitudinal and the shoulders 66 are opposite the inner longitudinal edge of the connectingplate 58 of the side portions or pieces. of the arched frame, and such position prevents the actuating-arms E from slipping or moving in an outward direction. In the normal position of the actuating-arms E the heads 66 are located immediately opposite the front face of the rib 54 of the plate 50 and above the said rib, and the opposing shoulders 65 of the actuating-arms are above, yet practically in vertical alinement with, the inner longitudinal edge of the said rib on the slide or plate 50, so that when the shaft 43 is revolved and the slide 50 is drawn outward the inner face of the rib 54 of the slide will engage with the head 66 of an actuatingarm lowered in a manner to be hereinafter set forth, and the lowered actuating-arm will be drawn outward or in direction of the shaft 43, and the longer member of the angle-lever 59, connected with said arm, will be carried downward to the position shown at the front in Fig. 7, and the sign 60, attached to the-longer inner member 59 of such angle-lever 59, will be dropped, as shown in Fig. 2, enabling it to be read by any of the occupants of the vehicle. At the further revolution of the shaft 43 the slide 50 is moved inward, and at such time the rib 54 on the slide will engage with the shoulder 65 on the actuating-arm which has been lowered and will carry said actuating-arm inward, and consequently raise the inner member 59 of the angle -lever 59 connected therewith to its upper horizontal position, assisted by the spring 61, connected with such inner member of the actuating-arm, and in the absence of the contact of the depressing medium, to be hereinafter described, with the lowered actuating-arm E the said arm when the anglelever 59 has been restored to its normal po sition will be raised through the medium of a spring 67, one of which springs is attached to each actuating-arm E and to the angle-lever 59 at a point near its fulcrum, as is shown in Fig. 7. The head 66 although shown pivs oted and spring-controlled may be madean integral portion of the body-bar 64 of an ac-'- tuating-arm E. v

A shaft 69 is journaled in the forward lower portion of the side sections of the arched frame heretofore referred to, and this shaft 69 within the said frame carries sprocketwheels 70. Chain belts 71 are passed over these sprocket-wheels and over idlers 71, which are located in stepped order on spindles secured to the side bars of said frame near theirinner and outer edges, as shown in Fig. 2, and the opposite end of each chain is passed over a side sprocket 72 at the lower rear portion of the side bars of the frame, as is also shown in Fig. 2. These endless chains at opposite sides of the arched frame are connected at desired intervals by transverse rods or bars 74, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 8. These bars 74 are provided with pins 75, extending outwardly therefrom, the said pins being in different planes or so placed upon the bars that a pin 75 is provided for engagement with each of the actuating-arms E. As the chain belts 71 revolve a pin will engage with the upper face or edge of an actuating-arm E and will depress the said arm, so that it may be acted upon by the rib 54 of the slide 50 as said slide is actuated, and after an actuatingarm has been operated upon or moved outward and inward, as described, the pin 75, engaging with said arm, will be moved out of engagement therewith and the next following pin will engage with the next actuating-arm and carry it down in position to be operated by the slide. The chain belts 71 are operated in the following manner and as is shown particularly in Figs. 6, 8, and 9.

A bracket 76 is secured in any suitable or approved manner to the slide 50, moving with said slide, and at the upper portion of the bracket 76 a horizontal arm 77 is outwardly extended. This arm carries a sleeve 78, the sleeve being provided with a vertical slot 79, which likewise extends through the arm 77, as shown in Fig. 6. A spindle 80 is passed loosely through the sleeve 78 and through the arm 77, the said spindle or stem being provided with a suitable cap at its upper end and with a lug 81, which extends from the spindle or stem at an angle thereto. Opposing dogs 82 and 83, one above the other, are connected by a suitable hub, and this hub is mounted to turn on a stud 85, carried by the bracket 76, and from the hubs of these dogs 82 and 83 a horizontal member 85 is carried outward, having a suitable opening therein through which the stem or spindle 80 may pass. Above and below this horizontal mem-' ber 85 of the hub of the said dogs 82 and 83 collars 86 are secured on the spindle or stem 80 and springs 87 are coiled around the said stem or spindle, having bearing against the said collars and against extensions from the said stem or spindle.

The working shaft 69 for the endless belts 71 is provided at one outer end with two ratchet-wheels 90 and 91, having their teeth disposed in opposite directions. When the car is traveling in one direction, the stem or spindle 80 is carried upward to the position shown in Fig. 6 and the lug 81 rests upon the sleeve 78, bringing the upper dog 82 in position to engage with the ratchet-wheel 90, and therefore at each inward movement of the slide 50 the ratchet-wheel 90 will be turned at least one tooth and the chain belts and accessories will be correspondingly moved to produce the results that have been heretofore set forth. On the return trip the stem or spindle 80 is turned so that its lug 81 can pass down through the slot 79 below the arm 7 7, and the upper dog 82 will be carried in an upward direction and the lower dog 83 will be brought in position to engage with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 91. Detents 92 and 93, corresponding to the dogs 82 and 83, are

J provided for the ratchet-wheels 90 and 91,

and these detents are operated correspondingly to the operation of the dogs through the medium of a similar adjusting mechanism, (shown in Fig. 6,) this adjusting mechanism being secured to one of the braces 57. The detents 92 and 93 are connected bya hub mounted upon a post 94,corresponding to the post 84, and this hub is provided with a horizontal member 95, corresponding to the member 85 of the dogs. A spindle or stem 96,corresponding to the spindle or stem 80,is passed through a slotted sleeve 97, located upon a slotted support 97, and the said stem or spindle is provided with a lug corresponding to the lug 81 employed in the adjusting mechanism for the dogs. The stem or spindle 96 is provided with collars 98 at each side of the horizontal extension from the hub of the detents, and springs 99 are coiled around the stem or spindle, engaging with the said collars and with extensions from the stem or spindle 96. Thus by adjusting the stem or spindle 96 in its bearings either one or the other of the detents 92 and 93 will be brought into action, so that a corresponding detent may be brought opposite a ratchet-wheel to be acted upon by a corresponding dog.

The aforesaid mechanism for the display of a sign is covered and concealed by a roof 100, which is preferably semicircular, as shown, and, if desired, may be made readily removable, so that access may be gained to the mechanism of the device at any time.

I desire it to be understood that the anglelever 32 instead of being automatically operated can be brought into action by hand, steam, or air-pressure.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a station-indicator for cars and other vehicles, a trip-shoe carried by the car, gearing carried into and out of engagement with an axle of the car by the trip-shoe, a plurality of signs, a plurality of levers with which the signs are connected, a slide operated by the said gearing, an actuating-arm connected with each lever, said arms being normally out of engagement with the slide and having an operative engagement with the said slide when depressed, and means for depressing the said arms, as set forth.

2. In a station-indicator for cars and other vehicles, a trip-shoe carried by the car, gearing carried into and out of operative contact with an axle of the car by the action of the trip-shoe, a sign-supporting device located within the car, which sign-supporting device includes levers having means for carrying the sign, a spring-pressed actuating-arm for each lever and a slide operated by said gearing, and with which the arms have operative engagement when depressed, and means for depressing the actuating-arms through the movement of the slide.

3. In station-indicators for cars or other vehicles, a track upon which the vehicle travels, contact-pins adjacent to the track, a tripshoe carried by the vehicle and adapted for engagement with the contact-pins, gearing carried into and out of engagement with an axle of the vehicle by the action of the tripshoe, a sign-supporting device comprising a slide operated by said gearing, levers located within the vehicle, signs carried by said levers, arms connected with said levers and receiving end movement from the slide, aseries of rotating fingers arranged for depressing with the actuating-arms, and means for imparting movement to the fingers through the movement of the slide.

4. In a station-indicator for cars or other vehicles, a slide having movement within the car and provided with an offset, means for imparting movement to the slide, a series of pivoted angle -levers within the car, signs connected with the members of said levers, spring-pressed actuating-arms connected with opposing members of the angle-levers and normally out of engagement with the slide, the actuating-arms having surfaces adapted to engage with the offset of the slide, and means for depressing the actuating-arms into an engagement with the offset of the slide. 7

5. In station-indicators for cars and other vehicles, a trip-shoe adapted for engagement with an extension from a track, the said shoe consisting of springs having an interlocking sliding engagement at their meeting ends, the springs presenting a convexed outer face, and guides for the said springs, which guides are adapted for attachment to the body of a car, for the purpose specified.

6. In station-indicators for cars and other vehicles, a trip-shoe consisting of two springs having interlocking sliding engagement, the outer faces of the combined springs being convexed, guides for the outer ends of said springs, which guides are adapted for attachment to the body of a car, a supportingplate to which the said guides are attached, and projections from the said plate, which limit the movement of the shoe in an outward direction.

7. In station-indicators for cars or other vehicles, the combination, with a track and contact-pins extending upward from the track, of a car or vehicle, a trip-shoe carried by the car or vehicle, the outer face of which shoe is adapted for engagement with the contact-pins on the track, the said trip-shoe consisting of, two springs placed at angles to each other and having an interlocking and sliding connection, the outer face of the shoe being more or less convexed, guide-rods with which the outer ends of the springs of the said shoe have movable contact, a display mechanism adapted to be located within the car or vehicle, and means for operating the said display mechanism at the inward movement of the said trip-shoe.

8. In station-indicators for cars or other vehicles, the combination, with a car, adisplay mechanism located within the said car, friction-wheels secured to the axle of the car, a lever mounted atthe bottom portion of the car, a shaft extending from said lever, having friction-wheels arranged for engagement with those on the axle, a trip or lifting lever for the lever carrying the said shaft, a tripshoe consisting of springs placed at an angle to each other and having interlocking and sliding connection, links pivotally attached to the said springs of the trip-shoe and to the lifting or trip lever, guides for the outer ends of the springs of the trip-shoe, a series of shafts operated from the shaft carrying the upper friction-wheels, and a driving connection between the said series of shafts and the display mechanism in the car, as and for the purpose set forth.

9. In a station-indicator, the combination with a car or other vehicle, friction-wheels secured to the axle of the car or vehicle, a lever fulcrumed at the bottom portion of said vehicle and extending over the axle, a shaft carried by the said lever, friction-wheels secured to the said shaft and arranged for engagement with the friction-wheels on the axle, a shaft driven from the friction-wheel shaft, a support for the driven shaft, asecond shaft at an angle to the said driven shaft, said second shaft being provided with a gear meshing with the gear on the driven shaft, a disk attached to the said gear, having a recess at a point in its periphery, a roller on the lever extending over the axle, adapted to travel on the periphery of the said disk and enter the recess therein, a lift-lever for the lever extending over the axle, and a tripshoe having a spring or yielding contact-face, guides for the said trip-shoe, and link connections between the said trip-shoe and the said lift-lever, for the purpose set forth. 1

10. In a station-indicator, the combination, with a car or other vehicle, supports located at the upper portion of the said vehicle, a frame attached to the said support, a shaft carried by the said frame, angle-levers pivoted on the said shaft, display-signs connected with the inner ends of the an gle-levers, which signs are adapted to rise and to descend with a corresponding movement of the inner members of the said angle-levers, and tension devices connected with the frame and with the said angle-levers, which tension devices are adapted to hold the sign-supportin g members of the angle-levers normally in an upper po-. sition, of actuating-arms pivotally connected to the forward members of the angle-levers, said actuating-arms being provided with opposing shoulders, a slide mounted upon one of the said supports, the said slide being provided with a rib, means for operating the slide, and a series of fingers rotatably carried by the said frame, which fingers are adapted to consecutively press down the actuatingarms and bring the shoulders thereof at opposite sides of the rib of the slide, for the purpose set forth.

11. In station-indicators, the combination, with a vehicle, supports located at the upper portions of the vehicle, a slide mounted to move upon said support, which slide is provided with a rib upon its upper face, aframe secured to the said supports, a shaft mounted in the said frame, angle -levers fulcrumed upon the said shaft, the inner members of the said angle-levers being longer than the outer members and adapted to occupy a normal horizontal position, tension devices connected with the inner members of the anglelevers of the said frame, serving to restore the angle-levers to their'normal position when carried away therefrom, and signs attached to the inner ends of the inner members of the angle-levers, of actuating-arms pivotally attached to the forward members of the anglelevers, the actuating-arms being provided with opposing shoulders adapted to receive between them the rib of the said slide, endless belts carried by the said frame, means for rotating the said belts, bars connecting the said belts, and pins carried by said bars,

which pins are in diderent planes and are adapted to engage with the several actuatingarms and force them consecutively in contact with the rib of the said slide, for the purpose described.

12. In station-indicators, the combination, with a car or other vehicle, a support at the upper portion thereof, a frame mounted upon said support, a slide mounted on said support, the slide being provided with a longitudinal rib upon its upper face, a series of guideteeth located on said slide, and a bar carried by the frame, extending above the said slide, of a series of tension-controlled angle-levers pivotally carried by the said frame, signs connected with the inner members of the anglelevers, which members are adapted to rise and fall, tension-controlled actuating-arms pivotally connected with the forward members of the angle-levers, each actuating-arm being provided with opposing shoulders in its under face, adapted to receive between them the rib on the said slide, each actuating-arm being also provided with a recess at the upper portion of its outer edge, adapted in one position to receive the inner edge of the connecting-plate of the said frame, endless belts carried by the said frame, rods connecting the said belts, and pins carried by said rods, the pins being in difierent planes and adapted for compressing contact with different actuating-arms, for the purpose set forth.

13. In a station-indicator, the combination with a display mechanism, a slide adapted to operate the said mechanism, the said mechanism comprising angle-levers, signs carried thereby, and actuating-arms adapted for engagement with the slide, a frame, endless belts having guided movement on said frame, bars connecting said belts, and pins arranged in different planes on the said bars and adapted for engagement with different actuating arms, of a drive-shaft for the said belts mounted in the said frame, ratchet-wheels located at one end of said shaft, having their teeth inclined in opposite directions, opposing and connected dogs adapted one for engagement with each of said ratchet-wheels, a shifting device for the dogs, whereby either one may be brought in position to engage a ratchetwheel, and a support for the guide and for the dogs, which support is attached to said slide, for the purpose set forth.

14. In a station-indicator, the combination, with a display mechanism, a slide adapted to operate the said mechanism, the said mech anism comprising angle-levers, signs carried thereby, and actuating-arms adapted for engagement with the slide, a frame, endless belts having guided movement on said frame, bars connecting the said belts, and pins arranged in different planes on the said bars and adapted for engagement with different actuating-arms, of a drive-shaft for the said belts mounted in the said frame, ratchetwheels located at one end of the said shaft, having their teeth inclined in opposite directions, opposing and connected dogs adapted one for engagement with each of the said ratchet-wheels, a shifting device for the dogs, whereby either one may be brought in position to engage a ratchet-wheel, and a support for the guide and for the dogs, which support is attached to said slide, opposing and connected detents pivoted on the frame, adapted one for engagement with each of the said ratchet-wheels, and a shifting device for the said detents, whereby either one or the other may be brought into a path for engagement with a ratchet-wheel, the adjustment of the detents corresponding to the adjustment of the said dogs, for the purpose specified.

15. In a station-indicator for cars or other vehicles, the combination with an axle of the car provided with friction-wheels, of a pivoted lever carrying at one end friction-wheels adapted to engage the friction-wheels of the axle, said lever being normally held in such position that the friction-wheels carried there by will be out of engagement with the wheels of the axle, a trip-shoe, means controlled by the tripshoe for swinging the lever on its pivot to bring its friction-wheels into engagement with the f riction-wheels of the axle, and means for holding the said lever in the position into which it has been moved, as set forth.

16. In a station-indicator for cars and other vehicles, the combination with an axle of the car or vehicle provided with friction-wheels, of a pivoted lever carrying at one end friction-wheels adapted to engage the frictionwheels of the axle, said lever being normally held in such position that the friction-wheels carried thereby will be out of engagement with the friction-wheels of the axle, a tripshoe, means controlled by the trip-shoe for swinging the lever on its pivot to bring its friction-wheels into engagement with the friction-wheels on the axle, and means controlled by the friction-wheels carried by the lever, for holding the said lever in the position into which it has been moved, as set forth.

17. In a station-indicator for cars and other vehicles, the combination with an axle of the car or vehicle provided with friction-wheels, of a pivoted lever carrying friction-Wheels adapted to engage the frictionewheels of the axle, a notched disk for holding the lever in such position that the frictionqvheels carried thereby will be held out of engagement with the friction-Wheels of the axle, a pivoted 1ever for disengaging the said lever from the notched disk, a trip-shoe, connections between the said pivoted lever and the trip-shoe, and means for revolving the notched disk from the shaft of the friction-wheels carried by the said lever, as set forth.

18. In a station-indicator for cars and other vehicles, the combination with a slide, and means for operating it, of pivoted levers, signs With which the levers are connected, spring-actuated arms for operating said levers, said arms having operative engagement with the slide when depressed, and means for depressing the arms, said means being controlled by the slide, as set forth.

19. In a station-indicator for cars and other vehicles, the combination with a slide and means for operating it, of pivoted levers, signs with which the lovers are connected, spring-actuated arms for operating the said levers, said arms having an operative engagement with the slide when depressed, a series of movable fingers for depressing the said arms, and means for operating the fingers by the movement of the slide, as set forth.

20. In a station-indicator for cars and other vehicles, the combination with pivoted signoperating levers, spring-pressed arms for operating the said levers, a slide for operating the arms when depressed, and means for operating the slide, of endless belts provided with fingers for engaging the arms to depress them, and means for'operating the endless belts by the movement of the slide, as set forth.

21. In a station-indicator for cars and other Vehicles, the combination with pivoted signoperating levers, spring-pressed arms for operating said levers, a slide for operating the arms when depressed, and means for operating the slide, of endless belts provided with fingers for engaging the arms to depress them, ratchet-wheels on one of the shafts of the endless belts,and dogs carried by the slide for engaging the ratchet-Wheels, as set forth.

22. In a station-indicator for cars and other vehicles, the combination with pivoted signoperating levers, spring-pressed arms for operating said levers, a slide for operating the arms when depressed, and means for operating the slide, of endless belts provided With fingers for engaging the arms to depress them, ratchet-wheels on one of the shafts of the endless belts, connected and pivoted dogs for engaging the ratchet-Wheels, said dogs being carried by the slide, and means for swinging the dogs on their pivot, as set forth.

23. In a station-indicator, the combination with a slide,and means for operating it, of signoperating levers, arms for operating the said levers, said arms being normally held out of engagement With the slide and having an operative engagement with the slide when depressed, and means controlled by the slide for depressing the arms, whereby the signs will be moved into and out of range of vision by the movement of said slide, as set forth.

24. In a station-indicator, the combination with a slide provided with projections, and

means for operating it, of sign-operatinglevers, arms for operating the said levers, said arms being normally held out of engagement with the slide, and each having a projection for engaging the projection of the slide, and means controlled by the slide for depressing the arms into engagement with the slide, as set forth.

25. In a station-indicator, the combination with a slide, and a lever mechanism for operating the signs, one member of the lever mechanism being adapted to operatively engage the slide, of endless belts provided with fingers for engaging the member of the lever mechanism to press it into engagement with the slide, and means for operating the endless belts from the slide, as set forth.

26. In a station-indicator, the combination with a slide, and a lever mechanism for op erating the signs, one member of the lever mechanism being adapted to operatively engage the slide, of endless belts provided with fingers for engaging the member of the lever mechanism to press it into engagement with the slide, two ratchet-wheels on one of the shafts of the endless belts, the teeth of the ratchet-wheels being disposed in opposite di- .rections, connected and pivoted dogs, a sliding spring-pressed spindle for swinging the dogs on their pivot, and means for locking the spindle, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL PHILIA IOAVILLE FYFE. V

Witnesses:

JOHN F. LAUGHLIN, DOCK M. SAFRIT.

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