US700269A - Street-car fender. - Google Patents

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` Patented mayy 20, |902. c. 0. wlis.` STREET CAR-FENDER.

(Application led Nov. 1, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES O. WEST, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR'OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES E. LOCKWOOD,.OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

"STRETCAR FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o. 700,269, dated ]ll`[a ,1 20, 1902.

Application filed November 1, 1901. Serial No. 80,778\ (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it'mtygcocern:

Be it known thatiLfCHAnLEs O. WEST, ai citizen of the UnitedStatea'residing at Kansas City, inthe countyfJackson and State,

of Missouri, have `linventedlcertain vnew and useful Improvementsin Street-Car Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates Ato street-car fenders,vv andmy object is to produceadevice of this character which automatically adapts itself to irregularities in the surface and corner and other curves of the track,gwhile maintaining at all times an operative relation with the car. A further object is yto produce a fender of light weight and of simple, strong, durable, and inexpensive construction.

To these ends the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, and-inforder that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is atop plan Kview of a car-fender embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section/of the same.- Fig. 3 is an enlarged central'section .of part of the same. Fig. 4L isan-enlarged section on line IV IV of Fig. 1;- Fig.- 5'is asection'on line V V of Fig. 1. Fig.' G-'is asectionon line VI VI of Fiff. 1.

Referring to-thedrawings, where like reference characters indicate corresponding parts, 1 designates a tube ofpsegmental form and provided for approximately its'full length with the vertically-alinedl slots 2 3, the former near its upper'. andjthelatterl near-its'ilo'wer side, and provided at its ends with rearwardlyprojecting arms 4:, pivoted to work vertically on the car-truckframe-5.-v This tube, which occupies a horizontal position beneath the fore part of the car,(not` shown,) is preferably made of two sections riveted together and to the rearwardly-'proj ectin g arms 4, said sectionsbeing spaced so as to provide the shaped portion 7. Arrangeddongitudinally and centrally-within'the box and slotted segmental trackis a series of bearing-rollers S, having theirtrunnions 9 projecting vertically 5 5 through-,slotsZ and 3 yand-journaled in said# boxk` The upwardly-projecting trunnions of the endmost rollers of saidl series are also journaled"in'reinforce-plates 10, secured to the upper side of the box and provided at 6e their front ends with depending arms 11, paralleling and a slight distance forward of the front sides of the box, as shown clearly in Fig. 4./

12 designates peripherally-grooved orspool 65 rollers arranged in longitudinal series-within said .box at the rear or inner side of the segmental track, and'13 similar rollers within said box at the front or outer side of the-curvedtrack, thevertical trunnions of 7o saidfrollers, ylike rollers 8, being 'journaled within-the. box, as shown'4v clearly in Fig. 3. These rollers'preferably breakjoint with the rollers 8, andthe trunnionsofjthe endmost ones are also journaled in platesflO. The upwardly'-projecting trunnionsfof the central onesare journaled likewise Vin the plate 15,v having adependingl arm 16 at its front end, terniinatingin aforwardly and upwardly extending brace l'. The depend-ing trunnions 8o of said central rollers 12 and 13 are also journaled in reinforce-plate 18, underlying the box and provided with a forwardly and upwardly'extending brace 19, underlying and securedto brace 17, said double brace 17 19 85 being hooked over and rriveted or otherwise secured rigidly to the center` of a transverse arch 20, laterally bracing the rear portion of a U- shaped tubular frame 21 ofv the fender A proper, the rear portionaofgsaid-lpframebeing 9c connected by across-bar 22, having-its ends riveted or otherwise suitablyfseeuredinthe ends of said tubular frame: Cross-bar 22 is curved at its center, so astofit snug-lyagainst the front sidef V the roller-carrying'bo'x and 95 in the space formed `.between the same and plates 10, 15, and 18 and the pendent portions l1 and 16 of said plates 10 and 15; this arrangement insuring that lvertical movement of the fender shall impart-like movement to Ico the box and the tubular track and that lateral movement of the fender shall cause said roller-carrying box to move endwise toward one side or the other upon said track.

Parallel with and a suitable distance forward of arch-brace 2O is a second arch-brace 23 for the fender-frame 21, and this brace in turn is braced by a centrally-arranged brace 24, secured at its rear end to brace 23 and at its front end to the front end of frame 21, and in order to eliminate any possibility of the latter striking the track-bed the front end of brace 24 is depressed below it, as at 25, this relation insuring a contact ot' portion 25 with the track-bed, and therefore eliminating all danger of injury to the frame 21 from such cause. This brace also forms a support for the basket portion of the fender, the same consisting ot' the frame 26, provided with a foraminous or network cover 27 and resting upon arch-brace 23 and snugly within that portion of frame 21 in advance of said arch. Said basket is also supported upon the longitudinal braces 2S of frame 21, said braces being looped around and secured at theirl front ends to the frame, as at 29, and riveted, as at 30, orotherwise suitably secured at their rear ends to cross-bar22, said braces being secured at the intersection-points with arch-brace 2O as a further means for imparting rigidity to the fender and for affording a rigid support for the journal-boxes 3l, arranged contiguous to cross-bars 22. To secure said boxes in a simple, cheap, and efcient manner, they are provided at their u pper and vertical sides with grooves 32, within which fit snugly the arched portions 33 of braces 23,which arch ed portions, in conjunction with the U-shaped brackets 341.-, secured thereto by bolts 35, provide openings 3G, of greater depth than the boxes, for the purpose of enabling the fender to swing vertically on pivot-arms -lf in accommodation of irregularities of the track without imparting like movement to the wheels 37, mounted on opposite ends of axle 38, the journals of said axles projecting into the boxes through openings 39, where they are engaged by the usual bearing-brasses 40, dust and other foreign particles being excluded from the boxes by leather or equivalent washers al, interposed upon the journals between the wheels and the boxes. These compressible washers also serve to enable the boxes to be tilted sufficiently to enable the bearing-brasses to be fitted in place over the journals through the openings 42 in the outer ends of the boxes, said openingsbeing arranged above the center of the jo'urnals in order to eliminate possibility of leakage of the oil or otherlubricant stored therein, the lubricating material being preferably in the form of oil-saturated waste, as shown at 43 in Fig. 5. Opening 42 is normally closed byaslide-door 114, and tosecure the latter reliably in place it is provided with a loop 45 at its upper end to receive a rod 46, which also extends through loops 47 and is secured in place by a cotter 13.

The car is adapted to be equipped with one of these fenders at each end, the arrangement being such by preference that only the basket portion of the fender shall protrude from beneath the car, though 'of course, if desired, that portion of the fender may also lie below the car-platform.

As the car proceeds it pushes the l'ront and pulls the rear fender, the rollers 13 of the former pressing against the front side of its segmental track and its rollers 8 pressing against the rear side or section of said track, while the rollers 12 and 8 of the trailing fender respectively engage the rear and front sides or sections, respectively, of the other slotted segmental track. By this arrangement it will be obvious that there is always provided for the front or operative fender a strong, reliable, and extended bearing on it-s track 1 to receive any impact of an object on the car-track and at the same time to insure the proper lateral swing of the fender on said track caused by the engagement of wheels 37 with the curved portion of the rails. This arrangement enables the fender to swing freely to accommodate the curve and always occupy its proper relative position on the track bed. The fender, as `ihereinbefore stated, accommodates vertical irregularities in the track and bed by reason of its pivotal connection with the truck.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced a fender for streetcars which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of invention, and while I have illus trated and described the preferred embodiment of the same it will be understood that it is susceptible of modifications in various particulars without departing from the principle of construction involved.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A street-car fender, comprising a curved track, pivoted to operate vertically, a box mounted to slide thereon transversely of the car-track, a fender-frame rigidly connected to said box, a basket secured to the front end of the same, journal-boxes secured near the rear end of said frame, an axle journalediin said boxes, and wheels mounted on said axle, and adapted to travel upon the car-track rails, substantially as described.

2. A car-fender, comprising a slotted segmental tubular track pivoted to operate vertically, a box mounted on said track, and provided with rollers engaging the same internally and externally, the trunnions of said internal rollers projecting through the slots of the track, and a wheel-supported frame rigidly secured to said box and provided at its front end with a basket, substantially as described.

3. A car-fender, comprising a slotted segmental tubular track adapted for connection with a' car, a box upon said track, rollers journaled in said box and within the track, rollers journaled in said box and engaging the IOO lIO

front or rear sidesbf the track, anda Wheelsupported frame secured to said box and provided with a basket at its front end, substantially as described.

4:. A car-fender, comprising a curved track, pivoted to Work vertically, a box slidingly mounted on the track,y a Wheelsupported frame provided with a basket at its front end, and a cross-bar at its rear end having a curved portion fitting against the front side'of the box, `an arched brace connecting the sides of the Wheel-supported frame, reinforce-plates Secured to the ends of the box and having depending arms engaging the front side of the cross-bar of the Wheel-supported frame, and plates secured tol the upper and lower sides of the box and provided With brace-arms connected at their front ends to the middle of said arched brace, oneof said plates having a vertical portion bearing against the front side of said cross-bar of the Wheel-supportedl frame, substantially as described, t

5. A car-fender, comprising a curved track pivoted to the car to Work vertically, a box slidingly mounted thereon, a Wheelisupported frame connected at its rear end to said box, an arch connecting the sides of said frame `near its front end, a brace connecting the center of said arch with the front end of said frame and depressed near its front end to a plane beloW that of the Wheelsupported frame, and a basket secured upon said arch and that portion of the Wheel-supported frame `in advance of the arch and overlying said fitting in said openings, and having verticall movem entvvith relation thereto, an axle journaled in said journal-boxes and wheels mounted on said axle, and adapted to run upon the car-track, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presenceof two Witnesses.

i CHARLES O. WEST;

Witnesses: y

y vH. C. RoDGERs, i G. V. THORPE.

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