US720484A - Time apparatus for car-despatchers. - Google Patents

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TIME APPARATUS TOR GARDBsP-A'TGHBRS.

No. 720,484.y

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9, 1901.

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STEPHEN A. RIGGS AND THOMAS J. HAWORTH, OF JONESBORO, INDIANA, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD `TO CHARLES F. HAWORTH, OF JONESBORO,

INDIANA.

TIME APPARATUS FOR CAR-DESPATCHERS.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 720,484, dated February 10, 1903.

Application filed November-9, 19011*l Serial No. 81,742. (No model.) y

To 1r/ZZ whom, it Hefty concern:

Beit known that we, STEPHEN A. RrecsandV THOMAS J. HAwoRrH, citizens of the United- This invention relates to a time apparatus lo for car-despatchers; and the objectthereof isV to provide a miniature representation of'aV given portion of track whereby the despatcher in his office may determine at a glance the( relative positions of the cars under his command. Y

Other objects, as well as 'the novel details of construction,will be clearly described hereinafter and defined in the appended claims; In the drawings, Figure 1 represents atop zo plan View of a time indicator board constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

or board on which are two pulleys 2 and 3 at the respective ends thereof. The shaft 4 of the pulley 3 extends down through the board 1 and is driven by a suitable motor within 3o the casing 5, so as to drive an endless belt or cable 6, passed around the pulleys 2 and 3. The belt or cable G is adapted to engage Va plurality of auxiliary pulleys 7, distanced apart to represent the length of road the device is designed to represent. In the drawings two lines are'represented, one on either side of the belt 6; but other lines might be represented by providing additional pulleys 7 to contact with the belt 6.

One end of the journals of the pulleys 7 are supported by the board 1, while the remaining ends are secured in cross-bars 8,supported above the base 1 by suitable standards 9. The pulleys to the right carry an endlessbelt 10, while those to the left carry a similar one,

(designated by the reference-numeral11,) and these belts 10 and 11 run parallel to the lines 12 and 13, representing the tracks to and from the despatchers station.

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`tion of the actual car upon the track will be ViiXed on the belt as the cars leave the station.

The reference-numeral 1 designates a baseA Each track-section is divided into a plurality of spaces 14 by lines 15, which are numbered from 5 to 60 or more, according lto the time required for the car to make the run and return. Thus the time for a given point on one of the belts 10 and 11 to travel from one line l5 to another will require tive A miniature car 16 or representa- The motor having been previously adjusted to drive the belts at the'same rate of speed as the cars travel, the toy cars or representations will indicate the relative position of the `cars at all times.

The reference-numeral 17 designates a plurality of removable pegs properly numbered to indicate'the schedule time of any particular car upon the track-as, for instance, for special cars. However, these pegs may be utilized forthe regular cars, if it is found desirable. Y

The pivoted barsg(designated by the refer- Vence-numerals 18 and 19) are designed to represent gates or switches and are adapted to be thrown down in a horizontal plane across the track to stop any one of the cars 15 and retain it for Aa given time. These gates or switches are to provide for turnouts or sidings upon the regular line and will be brought into playin the event that one or more of the cars lie over at the siding for any purpose. Of course it will be understood that these gates or switches will have' the same relative Vposition upon the base-board 1 as will the sidings on the regular line. In the event that the succeeding car reaches the gate before the preceding one has departed the conductor or attendant will Vmerely remove the detaining car, and by raising the gate the remaining cars may pass on uninterrupted. When the detained car on the road is again set in motion,the removed car on the time apparatus may be again attached to the belt.

Inasmuch as the belts must travel at all times, the cars will be secured to the belts by frictional contact, so as to normally travel with the same. However, immediately the gate is thrown across the path of the car the belt will be permitted to pass on, leaving the car against the gate until it is raised to permit the car to proceed.

While we have specifically described what to us appears to be the best method of accomplishing the desired result,we would have it understood that we do not desire to be limited to the specific construction hereinabove described, as we reserve the right to make such alterations or changes as will fairly fall within the scope ot' the appended claims.

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

l. In a device of the character described, the combination with a power-driven belt, of a series of symbols arranged adjacent the belt and designed to indicate stations, cars propelled by the belt in the path of the stations and means designed to be thrown across the path of the cars for stopping them on the belt and without effecting the movement of the belt.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a power-driven belt of a base on which the belt is arranged and graduated to represent a miniature railwaytrack, said base being graduated to form a scale, cars carried by the belt and moving in the path of the graduated scale and gates arranged at intervals along the base and designed to be thrown across the track to obstruct the cars.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a base spaced to indicate points on a road-bed, of a railway-track, of miniature cars, means for propelling the same, and hinged gaies arranged on said base adapted to be thrown across said bed to retard the movement of the cars.

4f. The combination with a base designed to represent a road-bed, a pair of pulleys thereon, an endless belt driven thereby, auxiliary belts and pulleys driven by the firstnamed belt, graduations on the base arranged adjacent the auxiliary belts to represent roadbeds, cars carried thereby adapted to follow the path of the belts and hinged gates arranged on said base and adapted to be thrown across said belt toiretard the movement oi the cars. .i

In testimony whereof we afiix oursignatures in presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN A. RIGGS. `THOMAS J. IIAVORTII.

Witnesses:

A. E. BAXTER, JAMES II. DUNLAP.

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