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US740129A
US740129A US14442803A US1903144428A US740129A US 740129 A US740129 A US 740129A US 14442803 A US14442803 A US 14442803A US 1903144428 A US1903144428 A US 1903144428A US 740129 A US740129 A US 740129A
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  • This invention has for its object the production of an automatic fender for use in connection with cars suchv as stated whereby a person coming in contact with the fender cannot be run over by the wheels of the car, but will be picked up and carried forward with the car until the latter is stopped.
  • My improved fender comprises a frame and a plurality of platforms, each pivoted on or with relation to the frame and one platform pivoted to the other, and the innermost of the two platforms has a hinged nose.
  • the frame will preferably be so constructed and applied.
  • Figure 1 represents a sufficient portion of one end of a street-railway car with my fender in position to enable my invention to be understood, the full lines showing the fender in its inoperative position and the dotted lines showing it as operative to pick up ,a person that might be lying on the roadway.
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective View enlarged.
  • the car A may be of any usual or suitable shape, and a portion of the body thereof may have a groove a, in which may be slid when desired the frame B.
  • This frame at its outer end sustains pivots b, on which are pivoted the legs 0 of the main'platform O of the fender, said pivot being located between the ends of the legs 0, the extremities of said legs having studs 0, that enter the side bars (1 of the main part of the auxiliary platform D.
  • the auxiliary platform has near its inner end at each side a stud 0 that enters a slot'c in each side of the frame B.
  • the front edge of the auxiliary platform D has connected to it by suitable hinges d a nose D.
  • Fig. 1 should the front end of themain platform strike a person and the person should fall over on the upper side of said platform he would also fall upon the nose D of the auxiliary platform, and the latter, owing to the weight of the body of the person thereon, would descend into dotted-line position, Fig. 1, andfull-line position, Fig. 2, and the main platform would rise, so that the person would be held in a trough or basket made between the main and auxiliary platforms.
  • a car-fender comprising a frame and a main and auxiliary platform, the main platwith a hinged nose, the main'platform being pivoted with relation to the frame and jointed to the auxiliary platform, and the auxiliary platform being movable longitudinally of the frame as and'for the purpose set forth.

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No. 740,129. PATENTED SEPT.- 29, 1903.
J HASKINS FENDER FOR CARS.
APPLIOATIOILIILED FEB. 21. 1903.
Patented September 29, 1903,
PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN HASKINS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
FENDER FOR CARS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,129, dated September 29, 1903. 7
Application filed February 21, 1903. Serial No. 144,428. (No model.)
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, J OHN HASKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Fenders for Cars, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.
Oars used on tracksin the streets and run by electricity and automobile-cars in order to lessen their danger to pedestrians require a fender. v
This invention has for its object the production of an automatic fender for use in connection with cars suchv as stated whereby a person coming in contact with the fender cannot be run over by the wheels of the car, but will be picked up and carried forward with the car until the latter is stopped.
My improved fender comprises a frame and a plurality of platforms, each pivoted on or with relation to the frame and one platform pivoted to the other, and the innermost of the two platforms has a hinged nose. The frame will preferably be so constructed and applied.
to the car-body, at either end thereof, that it may be shoved into or'under the platform of the car when the car is going in one direction, the frame being pulled out to make the fender operative when the car is movingin an opposite direction. V
Figure 1 represents a sufficient portion of one end of a street-railway car with my fender in position to enable my invention to be understood, the full lines showing the fender in its inoperative position and the dotted lines showing it as operative to pick up ,a person that might be lying on the roadway. Fig. 2 is a perspective View enlarged.
The car A may be of any usual or suitable shape, and a portion of the body thereof may have a groove a, in which may be slid when desired the frame B. This frame at its outer end sustains pivots b, on which are pivoted the legs 0 of the main'platform O of the fender, said pivot being located between the ends of the legs 0, the extremities of said legs having studs 0, that enter the side bars (1 of the main part of the auxiliary platform D. The auxiliary platform has near its inner end at each side a stud 0 that enters a slot'c in each side of the frame B. The front edge of the auxiliary platform D has connected to it by suitable hinges d a nose D. The device so far described is capable of operating in two different ways.
Assuming that the main and auxiliary platforms are in the position represented by full lines, Fig. 1, should the front end of themain platform strike a person and the person should fall over on the upper side of said platform he would also fall upon the nose D of the auxiliary platform, and the latter, owing to the weight of the body of the person thereon, would descend into dotted-line position, Fig. 1, andfull-line position, Fig. 2, and the main platform would rise, so that the person would be held in a trough or basket made between the main and auxiliary platforms. Should, however, a child or person fall on the track in front of the approaching car, the front end of the main platform would strike the person, and the main platform would be turned upwardly instantly into the dotted-line position, causing the nose of the auxiliary platform to be dropped onto the roadway, as represented in- Fig. 1, and the nose, properly shaped, would run under the body of the person and pick up said body and carry it with the caruntil the car is stopped. Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
1. A car-fender comprising a frame and a main and auxiliary platform, the main platwith a hinged nose, the main'platform being pivoted with relation to the frame and jointed to the auxiliary platform, and the auxiliary platform being movable longitudinally of the frame as and'for the purpose set forth.
In testimony whereof I have signedfimy name tothis specification in thepresence'of two subscribing witnesses.
JOHN I-IASKINS.
Witnesses:
GEO. W. GREGORY, EDITH M. STODDARD.
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