US706041A - Car-fender. - Google Patents

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No. 706,041. Patented Aug. 5, I902. A. M. FERGUSON '& J. A. u. BEAUDRY.

CAR FEN DEB. .(Application filed Nov. 14, 1901.

(No Model.)

W/ TNE SSE 8 UNITED STATES PATIENT OFFICE.

ALBERT MARION FERGUSON, OF STE. OUNEGONDE, AND JOSEPH A. U.

BEAUDRY, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 706,041 dated August 5, 1902.

Application filed November 14, 1901. Serial No. 82,263. (No model.)

IQ Street-Car Fenders; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Our invention relates to street-car fenders. Its object is to produce a safe and reliable car-fender at a moderate price.

It consists in a frame made of iron tubing and a netting of thin metal bands, the frame, in two sections, folding in a compass-joint. One of the said sections is attached to the car and the other is suspended by chains -to the horizontal rod, easily worked by the m0- torman, and when released the fender rests on two wheels running on the rails.

In the drawings attached hereto, Figure 1 is a side View of the fender as it appears in front of a street-car. The plain lines show the fender suspended about a foot over-the roadway by chains attached to a horizontal rod. The dotted lines show the same fender as let down and rolling on the rails in case of accident. Close to the splash-board is the fender folded up, if so desired. Tied to the splash-board, to the forward part of the fender and to the two suspended chains, is attached a net of fabric Q, offering a baggy surface to receive the bodies of persons or things picked up by said fender. Fig. 2 is a View of the outer face of a street-car splashboard, showing the vertical rod J, its two branches K K, the horizontal rod I resting on the open hooks H H. Fig. 3 is'a plan of the fender stretched out and suspended by the chains E E to the horizontal rod I. It shows the netting of metal bands filling the field of the fender and also the net of fabric Q stretched above the metal bands.

A is the platform of a street-car. splash=board of the same.

0 and D show the fender, composed of a B is the frame of gas-tubing, in two sections articulated at F in a compass-joint, the rear section ground when the car is in use.

D resting in the hooks G G, fastened to the platform, where it is secured by a pin, while 0, the forward section covered with rubber, is made to roll on the rails on two small rubber-tired wheels. A netting made of metal bands fills the field of the fender.

' E E are chains suspending the forward section 0 of the fender to the ends of the horizontal rod I.

F F are the compass-joints of the two sections 0 and D of the fender.

G G are hooks fixed to the front of the car to hold the hind section of the fender to the car. A pin put through holes in the hooks prevents the fender from jumping out of its place.

H H are two open hooks attached to the upper front corners of the splash-board B to receive the horizontal rod I.

I is a horizontal rod resting in the open hooks H H. At each extremity of it are the metal chains EE, suspending the forward section of the fender C about a foot from the It also carries two small chains R R, attached to the top of the splash-board B to prevent the said horizontal rod from falling out of reach of the motorman when the fender is let down in case of accident.

J is a movable vertical rod to release the horizontal rod I from its hooks H H. It branches out in two opposite directions K K toward the extremities of the horizontal rod 1. The upper ends L L of these branches K K are L-shaped to fit under the horizontal rod I. It slides up and down in two collars O 0. It is provided at about thirty inches from the floor with a handle N, projecting in four or five inches through the splash-board B. The foot of this vertical rod J rests on the end of a pedal-lever M, placed on the floor of the platform A.

K K are the two branches of the vertical rod J, extending right and left to the ends of the horizontal rod I. i

I. L are the two L-shaped hooks at the end of the two branches K K to lift the horizontal rod I out of its open hooks H H to release the fender and allow the same to roll on the rails.

M is the pedal-lever on which the foot of the vertical rod J is resting.

N is a handle in the vertical rod J, projecting through the splash-board B within easy access of the motorman.

O O are two collars through which the vertical rod J slides upward or downward.

P P are the two rails of the track.

Q is the landing-net, of fabric, fastened to the splash-board, to the forward section 0 of the fender, and along the two suspendingchains E E, Fig. 8. It shows the manner in which the said net of fabric is stretched to protect bodies of personsor things from knocking against the metal bands of the fender or against the splash-board B.

R R are the two small chains attached to the ends of the horizontal rod I and to the splash-board B to prevent the said horizontal rod I fallingout of the reach of the motorman.

W W are two rubber-tired Wheels, of three inches diameter, supporting the forward end of the fender.

The letters C, D, E, F, and I'show the fender as it is usually carried in front of the cars. The letters 0, D, E, F, and 1 indicate the fender let down in case of accident. The let ters G D E F show the position of the fender folded up against the splash-board when necessary.

To use ourinvention, the car-fender is hung on the hooks G G at the foot of the splashboard 13 and the horizontal rod I placed on the open hooks H H, thus suspending by the chains E E the fenders forward section 0 about onefoot from the ground, and the invention is ready for use. In case of accident the motorman gives to the vertical rod J an v upward pull, either by the handle N or by pressure of the pedal-lever M, thus throwing the horizontal rod I off the two hooks H H, causing the forward section 0 of the fender to fall till the two rubber-tired wheels W \V rest on the rails PP and roll on them close to the ground and ready to pick up any body along its path. The two chains R R, attached to the end of the horizontal rod I and to the upper part of the splash-board B, will prevent the said horizontal rod I from falling out of reach of the motorrnan. When the danger is over, the motorman takes the horizontal rod I with his two hands and replaces it on the two open hooks H H, and the fender is again ready for an emergency.

When so desired, the fender O D can be folded up and hooked close to the splash-board B, as shown by O", D, and F" in Fig. 1.

WVe will not claim as our invention iron tubing nor metal bands nor rubber-tired wheels; but

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In safety car-fenders: a frame of iron tubing in two sections articulated in compass-joints, hooks to attach the same to cars, two rubbertired wheels to roll on the rails, a netting of metal bands, chains to suspend said fender to a horizontal rod chained to the splash-board and supported on hooks, a landing baggingnet of fabric fastened on its four sides, two supportin g-chains, a vertical rod branching to the ends of the horizontal rod, for the purpose and in the manner hereinabove described.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands, at Montreal, November 12, 1901, in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT MARION FERGUSON. J. A. U. BEAUDRY.

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