US801605A - Speed-indicating and alarm device for vehicles. - Google Patents

Description

l No. 801,605. EATENTEE 00T.1o,195.

l J. E. PEEEEEE E E. E. SMETE.

SPEED INEIOATEEG EEE ALARM DEVICE EOE VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.31,1904.

PATENTED UGT. 10, 1905.

` J. E. PARRISH & R. H. SMITH. SPEED INDIGATING AND ALARM DEVICE FOR' IEI-IIGLESi IIIIIIIIIIIII Lan ooT.31,19o4.

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SPEED-INDICATING AND ALARM DEVICE FR VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters atent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1905.

Application filed October 3l, 1904. Serial No. 230,830.

T0 all whom it n1/t7] concern:

Be it known that we, .Toi-IN E. PARRisii and RICHARD HALE SMITH, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Springiield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Speed-Indicating and Alarm Devices for Vehicles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in speed-indicatiiig and alarm devices for vehicles, and more particularly available on automobiles, to enable the person who may control the vehicle to know when t-lie permissible speed limit is reached or exceeded.

The improved indicator and' alarm device pertains more particularly to the kind which includes a centrifugal governor driven at a speed proportionate to that of the vehicle and parts cooperative therewith for actuating the indicator and alarm devices, although under certain aspects of this invention the indicatoractuating means may be constituted by mechanism other than a centrifugal governor.

An object of the invention is to produce a speed-indicator employing' a centrifugal governor which is of simplified construction and direct as regards the connection between the governor and the indicator.

Another object of the invention is to acquire a novel and particularly advantageous combination of automatic indicator and illuininating means therefor, the latter preferably consisting of an electric lamp and having means for its energizing and control and available as convenience may require.

l the speed limit is reached.

Another object of the invention is to provide a new arrangement of instrumentalities for operating' an audible signal or alarm when the speed limit is reached and to regulate the same so that by aprearranged adjustment the sounding of the alarm may be assured when a predetermined speed limit is reached.

Another object of the invention is to acquire asimpliiied, reliable, compact, and economical arrangement of the electrical devices pertaining to a lamp and audible signal, whereby one battery or generator and certain of the circuit connections may serve in common in the electrical eiiiciency of both the lamp and the signal.

Another object is to render the device in its entirety readily adaptable for employment on automobiles having different sizes of wheels and with no required change beyond the substitution of the indicator card or cards prepared to correspond with the various diameters of wheels for various makes of automobiles.

Another object is to provide improved means for attachment of annular gear-wheels of different sizes (employed for transmitting movement and power to the indicator-governor) on and concentric with the hub of one of the driven traction-wheels of an automobile, enabling the speed-actuating means therefor to be .readily applied on any vehicle, as may be required.

Further and minor objects of the invention will be found to be attained in the organization and details of construction of the mechanism hereinafter specifically described; and the invention consists in the various combinations and arrangements of instrunientalities and the specilic combinations of parts and constructions of certain of the parts, all substantially as hereinafter 'fully described, and set forth in the claims.

The improved speed-indicator and alarm is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is substantially a central sectional view of the main portion of the device. Fig. l"l is a cross-sectioiial view as taken horizontally on the line a fz. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of an upper portion of the device as taken at right angles to the corresponding portion shown in section in Fig. l. Fig'. 2 is a perspective view of parts in detail, hereinafter mentioned. Fig. 3 is a plan view with an upper portion shown in horizontal crosssection. The section-lines I l and 2. 2 -on Fig. 3 respectively represent the planes of the sectional views Figs. l and 2. Fig. 3 is a detail representation of the mountingof the pointer on the indicator-stein. Fig. et is a perspective view having the nature of a diagram, illustrating the electrical appliances and equipments. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the indicator and ala-rm device in its external Figs. o and 7 are front and side views aspect.

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of the detachable casing for holding the indicator-cards and within which the indicatorpointer and circuit-closing devices are contained. Fig. 8 is a perspective view showingI appliances pertaining to the power-transmitting connections between a wheel of the vehicle and the indicator.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the views,

In the drawings, A represents a casing for inclosing the indicator-governor B, the audible alarm or signaling device C, and the battery D and having as a detachable upper part thereof the supplemental case E and also supporting within the apertured hood F at its upper portion the electric lamp G, and said casing A for fitness to its purpose is made in upper and lower generally cylindrical sections and c, the one being constructed with the depending pockets d and e for the reception therewithin of the battery and the audible signal or alarm, which in the present instance may be the well-known electromagnetic buzzer, comprising a circuit-breaker, as common in this familiar kind of buzzers and in electric bells.

rlhe main casing A has at its top a central socketjl for the reception therewithin of the depending hollow boss g, which formsa lower integral part of theA indicator-casing E, which indicator-casing has downwardly-terminating vertical slots and 27 through its front and side walls, and its front is formed with inner and outer pairs of vertical downwardly-opening opposite grooves 10 and 12 for the reception therein of the indicator-card j and a protective pane of glass 7a.

The indicator-casing in its construction or design has top and opposite edge walls 13 and 14, 14 standing' out forwardly beyond the wall 15, through which the downwardly-opening vertical slot is provided for the movements of the stud mf, which carries the index or indicator pointer fn closely outside of the indicator-card and the aforesaid casing-wall 15 and behind the protective glass r.

The stud-screw 16, penetrating' the side wall of the socket f, securely holds the indicater-casing in its place and in connection with the top of the main casing A. The upper and lower sections and c of the main casing are matched together with an encircling rabbetjoint, as indicated at 17, and confined by set' screws 18.

rlhe lower wall of the socketf and the bottom wall at the center of the main casing have axially-alined journal-openings 19 and 2O for the bearings for the rotary governor-spindle o, said spindle protruding below al bearingwall of the casing for connection with the flexible shaft H, and it has the upper and lower thrust-collars 21 and 22, the latter being' adaptable to bottom against a washer 23, of leather or other suitable material, which is fitted in the socket 24 in the bottom wall of the inain casing. The governor-s1mlle has the upper pair of ear-lugs 25, to which the weight-carrying governor-arms 26 are pivoted, while the lower portion of the governorspindle is encircled by the yoke 27, to which the link members 28 of the governor are pivotally connected, the link members being also pivotally connected to the arms 2G, which carry the governorweights 29. The governor-spindleo is formed tubular from a point toward its lower end, the axial passage therein being upwardly open into the indicatorcasing, and the indicator-stem (j, longitudinally and vertically movable in the tubular governor-spindle, is atits lower end by crosspin 32 connected to the yoke 27. The tubular spindle for a suitable portion of its length is slotted through its oppositel sides, as represented at 83, for the free vertical play of' the connected. governor-yoke, the cross-pin, and the indicator-stem. The indicator-stem at its upper end has the indicator-head v' so connected thereto that such head moves vertically bodily in unison with the stem, but without partaking of the rotary motion which such stem has in consonance with the governor, and the supporting connection between the head and stem is made by the provision of a hole centrally and vertically through the head to loosely fit over the necked-down upper portion of the stein and against the stem-shoulder 35, while the confinement of the head against displacement is made by the nut 36, which screws on the still further attenuated upper extremity of the stem and bottoms against the upper stem-shoulder 37 and without binding the indicator-head. This detail of construction is represented in Fig. 3. The head supports the aforementioned lateral stud mf, which projects through the slot in the front of the indicator-casing and through the slot in the indicator-card and carries the double-armed index or pointer a at its extremity, which protrudes slightly beyond the front face of the card.

r1`he indicator-card j, having the slot leading from a point only a short distance above its upper edge down to its lower edge, has the figures for indicating speed of miles per hour arranged, as shown, staggered or in different horizontal planes at the opposite sides of the slot to enable the employment of comparatively large and easily-visible speed-indicating figures in the space on the card therefor, so that the ends of the double-armed pointer in the rising of the index will alternately register with figures on the opposite sides of the card.

lithin the hooded opening through the top of the casing and to one side of the location of theindicator-case is disposed the incandescent electric lamp which is carried in a metallic socketed holder 10, that is set on a metallic plate 42, riveted on the upper side of the block 43 of fiber or other suitable insu- IOO IOS

lating material. Said block of liber, made of step form, as shown in Fig'. 4, is supported next below the top wall of the main casing A A by the screw 45, which passes through the screw-hole 46 in the thickened part of the block 43 with a screw-thread engagement in the top wall of the casing. Secured on the said block 43, of insulating material, is an angular metallic plate 48, comprising the spring-tongue 49, which extends over and is normally out of contact with the metallic plate 42, and also comprising the vertical bar-like member 50, which has its location within the indicator-casing parallel with and back of the indicator-stem Q.

52 represents a contact member formed as a part of a clip 53 in metallic contact against the vertical member 50 of the aforementioned plate 48 and adjustable vertically thereon. This contact has its vertical adjustment variously high relatively to the indicator-head fr in order that the electric circuit may be established as may be required to sound the buzzer or to both sound the buzzer and energize the electric lamp for its illumination, and it will be perceived with reference to Figs. 2, 3, and 4 that the swell portion 52, which directly makes the contact, is in such proximity to the indicator-stem g and path of movement of the head yrthat the latter when suiliciently elevated may rub against and past the adjustably-set contact 52.

For the positioning adjustably of the contact 52 and the accurate determination of such positioning the contact-clip 53 is connected with a block 55 of insulating material, which has embedded or set in it the stud 56, which protrudes through the vertical slot in the head of the indicator-casing, engaging through the perforation centrally in the body of the pointer and receiving at its screw-threaded outwardly-protruding extremity the binding thumb-nut 58. The pointer-body?,L has the upper and lower inwardly-extending ears 59, which engage in the opposite walls of the slot and prevent the pointer from turning and also serve to guide the pointer in its vertical movements of adjustment.

The card a has the series of mile-speed numbers, relatively to any one of which the contact may beset by moving the parts adjunct thereto and just described as permitted by the loosening and resetting of the binding thumbnut.

GOrepresents a circuit-closing spring-tongue or contact-strip which has one end thereof screwed at 62 to the top wall of the main casing A and its free extremity normally separated from the aforementioned metallic plate 42 and adapted to be forced to contact against said plate bythe depression of the push-button e, which is set within and guided through a socket therefor in the top of the main casing. This push-button may be made as a knob of suitable material aliixed at the free extremity of the spring-tongue.

66 represents a spring strip or tongue having one end secured to the under side of the main case by the screw and having its free end extending over the aforementioned contact-tongue 49, formed as a part with the plate 48 and the upstanding strip 50. The screw having the knurled head and represented at w for engagement through a threaded perforation in the top wall of the main case has its lower end next over and against or close to the spring-strip 66, which spring-strip, it may be here stated, is constituted of semirigid celluloid or other suitable material of an insulating character, so that by its interposed relation between the screw w and the contactmaking' metallic tongue 49 there can be no short-circuiting when the tongue 49 is in contact against the plate 42 between such plate and the metallic main case A, to which the electric wire conductors, to be hereinafter shortly pointed out, have grounding connect-ions, whereby the metal of the casing is rendered a part of the conductors'for the buzzer and lamp circuits.

lVhile the circuits may be constituted and arranged, in the light of the stated functions in the carrying out of this invention as herein disclosed, in various ways which would be obvious to the electrician, the particular composition of the circuits will be pointed out as follows: From the pole 7() of the battery the wire 72 runs to connection with one terminal 73 of the buzzer, having the electromagnets T4 and including for the armature the flat buzzer-spring 75, and from the other terminal 'T6 of the buzzer the wire 77 runs to connection with the binding-screw T8, which is in metallic connection with the plate 48, the contact-point 49, and the upstanding strip 50. The other pole 8O of the battery is by wire 82 continued to a grounding connection at 83 with the case A, and in metallic connection or grounding connection with which case is the indicator-head fr through its stem and the governor-spinalle. Now with regard to the circuit for the buzzer only it will be perceived that as the indicator-head fr, comprised in metallic contact in the circuit in question, rises sufiiciently high and touches the contact 52 the course of the current will be from the battery through wire T2 to and through the buzzer, thence by T7 to and through the plate 48, strip 50, indicator-head1', through the case A and by the return wire 82 from the case back to the battery. Thus if the pointer fis adjusted and lixed to register with the ligure 15 on the alarm-card u. the arrangement will be for the closing of the circuit and the sounding of the buzzer when the running speed of fifteen miles per hour through the governor causes the elevation of the indicator-head to the height which brings it to IOO IIO

Contact with the part 52 for closing this circuit, and as regards the circuit for the lamp, which may be automatically established concurrently with the closing of the buzzer-circuit and also to be established at pleasure and independently of the closing of the buzzer-circuit, it will be pointed out that the metallic socket or casing 40 for the lamp and with which, as common, one filament-terminal is connected rests upon and is soldered to the aforementioned metallic plate 42, while the other filament-terminal of the lamp, as also common, is continued by the rearwardlyextending spiral spring 90 to the upstanding member 92 of the angular plate, the base 93 of which is secured, as by riveting, to the under side of the insulating' supporting-block 48. The metallic plate 42 on the top of the insulating-block is therefore in electrical connection with one terminal of the lamp and thoroughly insulated from the other terminal of the electric lamp, with which other terminal the metallic part 92 93 is in metallic connection, and with said angular metallic part 92 93 the branch 72 of the wire '72, heretofore referred to as ruiming from one pole of the battery to one terminal of the buzzer, has connection at the binding-screw 94. New preparatory for the automatic or the manual establishment of the lamp-circuit or for both manners of its establishment the screw fw is turned down, so that the spring-tongue 49 of the plate 48, included in the connections for the buzzer-circuit, is forced, through the medium of the interposed elastic strip 66, to contact against the plate 42, and when the indicator-head r rises to touch the contact 52 the current traced in circuit, as aforesaid, from the battery through the buzzer and plate 4S, &c., will have a portion thereof branched through wire 72", angular plate 92 93, through the lamp to plate 42, and by way of the spring-tongue 49, plate 48, upstanding strip 50, indicator-head to the casing, and through the casing and by the return-wire 82 back to the battery, and whenever through the push-button fr the plate 60, which is in metallic connection with the easing, electrically joins the casing with the aforementioned plate 42 the lamp-circuit is in the second manner established and as may be donc at any time, irrespective of the running speed of the automobile, by creating conditions for the current to pass from the battery by wire T2", through the lamp to plate 42, thence by the contacting tongue to the case, through which it passes tothe return-wire 82, and bacl( to the battery. In the day-time the screw vf' would be turned up to permit the tongue 49 to spring away from the plate 42 and render the means for automatically establishing the lamp-circuit inoperative and for conserving the battery, and, again, when dark and the screw w is turned down, and even while the automobile may be running col'nparatively slowly, the person in control by depressing the push-button may secure a temporary illumination of the face of the indicator from the lamp for perceiving what indication of speed miles the indicator-pointer is giving.

The transmission of the power from the driven wheel J of the automobile to the governor-spindle o of the indicating device, which device is supported, by means of the lng :14, on any available front portion of the vehiclebody is through means of the rim gear-wheel K to the pinion-gear L in mesh therewith, to the pinion-gear shaft or arbor M, to the 'ilexible shaft H, which is secured at one end to the pinion-arbor and at its other end to the governor-spintile, as represented in Fig. 1.

lVith reference to Fig. 8, the rim-gear, made in the form of an annulus and hubless, is attached, preferably, at quarters to surround cencentrieally the hub of the autoniebile traction-wheel J, and the connection and adjustment of the rim-wheel K is accomplished by the provision of the clips O, one of which is represented in said Fig. 8 as consisting of a single length of half-round wire formed with an intermediate loop 85 to encircle a spoke 86 and with its extremities 87 adjoined and extended through a hole in the rim gear, such extremities being screwthreaded and receiving a confining-nut S8, which sits against the inner face of the rimgear. The rim-gear may have a widened boss at its portion through which the sidewise-adjoined portions of the clip pass for the purpose of affording suflicient length of bearingsupport for the clip-shank with corresponding stability. By removing the nuts 88 the clips may be drawn away from and out of connection with the rim-gear, and the clips may by spreading the separable adjoined extremities be disengaged from the intermediate portions of the spokes, the reversal of these actions of course permitting the adjustment and connection of the gear-wheel on the tractionwheel. The mounting and adjustment of the pinion Lin connection with the flexible shaft on any available support thcreforgas, for instance, on a member of the steering-knuckle in part represented at P-and for the proper positioning and perfect meshing of the pinions with the rim gear-wheel is accomplished by the equipments as follows: A clamp or clip Q for detachable connection with the support l) therefol has the upwardly-extending elongated boss 190, havingl the upwardly-open socket 192 therein, in which lits for vertical adjustment the stem 193, formed as a part of and dept-)ndingI below the horizontally-bored head 194, through which the pinion-arbor M has a journal-bearing for rotation. lhe pinion-arbor has collars 95 adjustable thereon at opposite ends of the head 194, through which the arbor 1s journaled, said collars be- IOO - height by the set-screw 97.

ing confined as adjusted by the set-screws 96 96, which screw transversely through them and against the periphery of the pinion-arbor.' The stem 193 is held in its proper adjustment The pinion-arbor support as a whole may be bodily adjusted in directions toward or away from the wheelaXis and also rocked to bring the pinion in the coinciding plane with the rim-gear by sliding and rocking` movements of the clip q relatively to the steering-knuckle or other support P therefor. The pinion may be raised or lowered by moving the stem 93 in the socketed boss 90, the set-screw 97 being loosened and afterward reset for this adjustment, and the pinion-arbor M may have an axial movement, so that the width of the pinion properly matches with the width of the rimgear by loosening' the collars 95 95 and sliding the arbor through the journal-bearing head 194, carried at the top of the verticallyadjustable stem 193. There is the further capability of adjustment by giving the stem of the journal-bearing head `a swiveling Inovement in its socket.

The devices described and illustrated in Fig'. 8 are to be provided by the manufacturer of the indicator device to accompany and form a part of such device and to render the latter susceptible of convenient utilization by any owner of an automobile, and in cases where the automobile has traction-wheels of size different from the most common twenty-eightinch wheels it is only necessary in setting up the indicator to place one of the cards with the indicating-n umbers graded to accord with the thirty-inch or other diameter ot' the traction-wheels in the front of the indicator-casing E, at the same time supplying a correspondingly graded automatic speed alarm card a at the rear sidewise portion of the indicator-casing', which casing, as hereinbe't'ore stated, is detachable from the main governorcontaining casing and capable of being re-A moved without disturbing the indicator head and pointer by lifting' it out from its socketf, as may be done by loosening' the set-screw 16 after the top section of the main case has been slightly separated from the section c, or by havingl the screw 16 suhciently long and externally accessible, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig'. 1, the detachment of the indicator-case may be accomplished without opening the governor-casing.

rlhe bottom wall of the pocket Z may be made separable from the main casing A, so as to be temporarily opened to permit the battery to be drawn downwardly out from the casing' and without disturbing the mechanism or equipments of the indicator device, thus enabling the battery to be replaced or removed Jfor the purpose, as occasion might require.

As made clear by dotted-line indicationsin Fig.1,the'sectionally-made closing bottom wall of the pocket Z may be hinge-connected to the side wall of the pocket and the confinement ot' this closing section made by a bolt or setscrew 99, passed through a lug 100, and an ear 102 provided to the parts and in the arrangement shown in Fig. 1.

',lheindicator might be constructed without departing from certain aspects of the present invention, with the inclusion of means other than a centrifugal governor, as shown, as the actuator for automatically imparting the appropriate movements to the indicator-pointer and the part which closes the circuit for illuminating the lamp, for sounding the audible alarm, or for either or both of these results, and various other changes and modifications of a minor character and pertaining to details of construction and arrangement may be made in accordance with and without departing' 'from this invention.

Variable resistance to the action of the governor and the resultant elevation of the indicator-carrying stem is rendered possible in the device by the provision of the spring 31, which encircles the governor-spindle and is in greater or less compression between the yoke 27 and the adjustable collar 31th In the setting up ot' the mechanism the collar is to be moved up or down on the spindle and set prop.

erly to establish governor-controlling conditions which maybe relied upon for accuratelyuniform speed indication.

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

1. In a speed-indicating device, the combination with a casing, having a centrifugal governor, therein, provided with a hollow, upwardly-open, spindle, and having' at its top a supplemental indicator-casing having a slot through the wall thereof, and which casing' is also constructed for the reception of interchangeable cards, ot' a stem within the hollow spindle, subject to vertical movement on the operation ot' the governor, and having its upper end located in the indicator-casing and having a part movable closely to, and registering on, the indicator, and means connected with the governor for imparting its rotation thereto.

2. ln a speed-indicating device, the combination with a circular inclosed casing having upper and lower central journalbearings, and made with a socket about the upper journal-bearing, and a centrifugal governor in said casing provided with a hollow upwardlyopen spindle and mounted for rotation in said journal-bearings, ol a supplemental downwardly-open, indicator-case, having' a hollow lower part [itted and detachably conlined in said socket and having an indicator-scale, a stem within the hollow spindle, subject to vertical movement by the operation of the governor, extended upwardly within the indicator-case and having an externally-visible IOO IIO

part movable closely to, and registering on, the indicator-scale.

3. In a speed-indicating device, the combi- `nation with a circular inclosed casing having upper and lower central journal -bearings, and made with a socket about the upper journal-bearing', and a centrifugal governor in said casing provided with a hollow upwardlyopen spindle and mounted for rotation in saidv journal-bearings, of a supplemental, endwiseopen, indicatorcase, having' a hollow downwardly-open boss at its bottom iitted and detachably coniined in said socket, and having' a vertically-slotted front wall made with opposite endwise-open grooves, and a vertically slotted indicator scale card on the front wall of the indicator-case, and marginally engaged in said grooves, a stem within the hollow spindle, subject to vertical movement b v the operation of the governor eX- tended. upwardly within the indicator-case and carrying' a pointer at its upper portion extended through the slots of the indicatorcase and scale-card, and arranged closely to, and registering on, the card.

4. In aspeed-indicating device, the combination with the main governor-casing supporting' at its top an indicator-casing having' a slotted front and aslotted scale-card thereat, and a centrifugal governor in the main case provided with a hollow upwardly-open spindle, of a stem within the hollow spindle, connected with the governor, rotatable in unison therewith, and endwise movable independently of the governor-spindle, and having at its upper end an indicator-head, bodily movable with the stem, and relatively to which the stem is independently rotatable, and said head having the lateral stud projecting' through the slots ot' the indicator-casing and scalecard, and a pointer carried, adjacent the face of the scale-card, by the outer extremity of said stud.

5. In a speed-,indicating device, in combination, the main g'overnor-casing' otA circular form, and inclosed, having journal-bearing holes through its top and bottom, and having about the upper journal-hole an upwardlyopen socket f, the surrounding' wall of said socket depending within the top of the casing, and said main casing being' constructed of the upper and lower matching' sections and c, the indicator-casing' having' a downwardlyopen depending boss iitting in said socket, and having a vertically-slotted front wall provided with an indicator-scale detachably connected thereat a set-screw engaging' said hollow boss through the wall of the socket therefor, a centrifugal governor haring the spindle thereof hollow, upwardly open, and long'itudinally slotted, through its sides, the indicator-stem vertically movable within the indicator-spindle and connected with a movable member of the governor, and a head carried at the upper end of the stem within the indisomos cator-casing, provided with the lateral stud projecting' through the slot in the indicatorcase and having' the externally-located pointer.

6. In a speed-indicating device, the combination with an inclosed governor-casing having at its top a supplemental endwise-open indicator-case, having' a vertically-slotted lront wall with side-wall extensions forwardly projecting'beyond the slotted front wall and having within their inner sides the opposing' pairs of grooves 10 IO and l2 12, the slotted indicator-card engaged in the grooves 10 and the glass Vforward thereof marginally engaged in the grooves l2, ot' the governor, having' an indicator-stem endwise movable relatively thereto and actuated thereby, provided at its upper end, within the supplemental case, with a part projecting through the iront-wall slot and provided with a pointei' to register on the card.

7. In a speed-indicating device, a governorcasing having at the top thereof an indicatorscale, a governor in said case and a stem actuated by the governor and having' a pointer registering' on the scale, an electric lamp supported on the case, adjacent, and to illuminate, the scale, normally open circuit connections 't'or the lamp including' a battery, and means, comprised in the lampcircuit, and inovably controlled by the governor for automatically closing the lamp-circuit under predetermined speed conditions and additional` and non-automatic, means for closing the lamp-circuit at pleasure.

8. In a speed-indicating' device a governorcasing having' at the top thereotl an indicatorscale, a governor in said case and a stem actuated by the governor and carrying a pointer having' a reciprocatory movement and registering on the scale, an electric lamp supported on the case, adjacent, and to illuminate, the scale, and an audible electrically-operable signaling' device, normally open circuit connections comprising a generator, and connecting' the lamp and the signaling' device, and a movable part controlled by the governor for closing the lamp and signal circuits, for simultaneously lighting the lamp and sounding the alarm, under predetermined speed conditions, and additional, non-automatic, means, i'or closing the lamp-circuit at pleasure.

9. .ln a speed-indicating' device, a governorcasing having' at thetop thereofasupplcmental casing having an externally-visible indicatorscale, and having a vertically-slotted wall, a governor in said case and a stem actuated by the governor and having a head in the supplemental case provided with a pointer registering' on the scale, an. electric audible alarm device, normally open circuit connections for the alarm device, including' a battery, the head of the indicator-stem and an adjustably-movable contactrelatively to which thehead of the g'overnor-controlled stem moves, and by a screwstud projected through the slot in the casing,

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and havinga conlining-nut, and controlling the position of said adjustable contact, Vfor the purposes set forth.

l0. In aspeed-indicating device, a governorcasing having at the top thereol' a su pplemental casing havingl an externally-visible indicatorscale, and having a vertically-slotted wall, a governor in said case and a stem actuated by the governor and having a head in the supplemental case provided with a pointer registering on the scale, an electric audibie alarm device, normally open circuit connections for the alarm device, including a battery, the head of the indicator-stem, and an adjustably-movable contact relatively to which the head ot' the governor-controlled stem moves, a screwstud projected through the slot in the casing and having a confining-nut, and controlling the position of said adjustable contact, a numbered scale on the side of the casing adjacent said slot, and a pointer, engaged with the screw-stud, and movable therewith along said slot and for registry on the numbered scale, for the purposes set forth.

l1. In a speed-indicating device, a governorcasing having at the top thereof a supplemental casing having aneXternally-visible indicatorscale. and having 'a vertically-slotted wall, a governor in said case and a stem actuated by the governor and having a head in the supplemental case provided with a pointer registering on the indicator-scale, an electric audible alarm device, and an electric lamp adjacent the indicator, normally open circuit connections for the alarm device, and for the lamp including a battery, the head of the indicatorstem, and an adjustably-movable contact relatively to which the head of the governor-controlled stem moves, and means for connecting and disconnecting the circuit connections pertaining to the lamp Jfrom those pertaining to the alarm device.

l2. Inaspeed-indicating device, a governorcasing having at the top thereo t a supplemental casing having an externally-visible indicatorscale, and having a vertically-slotted wall, a governor in said case and a stem actuated by the governor and havingahead in the supplemental case provided with a pointer registering on the indicator-scale, an electric audible alarm device, and an electric lamp adjacent the indicator, normally open circuit connections tor the alarm device, and for the lamp, including a battery, the head of the indicatorstem, and an adjustably-movable contact relatively to which the head of the governor-controlled stem moves, and means for connecting and disconnecting the circuit connections percasing provided with externally-Visible indicator-scale, and havingI a vertically-slotted wall, a governor in said case and a stem actuated by the governor and having a head in the supplemental case provided with a pointer registering on the indicator-scale, an electric audible alarm device and a battery, a metallic plate mounted on an insulating-support, having connection with the electric alarm device and having an upstanding member within the supplemental casing adjacent the indicator-stem, a contact vertically movable on said upstanding member and having' an insulated stud projecting through the slot of the supplemental casing, a wire connectingI said plate and the battery, a wire connecting the battery with the metallic governor-casing, and

metallic connections between the governorcasing and the contacting head of the indi- Gator-stem.

14. In aspeed-indicating device, agovernorcasing havingat thetop thereoiC a supplemental casing provided with an externally-visible indicator-scale, and having a vertically-slotted wall, a governor in said case and a stem actuated by the governor and provided with a pointer registering on the indicator-scale, an electric lamp and an insulating-supiimrt secured within the casing having a metallic plate @L2 thereon, and on which the metallic socket of the lamp is in contact, an independent metallic plate 92, 93, secured to said suiiportand with which one terminal of the lamp is in metallic connection, the battery, wire connected to said metallic part 92, 93, and wire connected to the metallic governor-casing, and a tongue adjacent and normally separated from the metallic plate 42, and in connection with the electrically-conducting governor-case, and means for forcing said tongue against plate 42, lor the purposes set forth.

l5. In a speed-indicating device. agovernorcasing having at the top thereof a supplen'iental casing provided with externally-visible indicator-scale, and having a vertically-slotted wall, a governor in said case and a stem actuated by the governor and having a head in the supplemental case provided with a pointer registering on the indicator-scale, an electric lamp, and an insulating-support therefor secured within the casing having a metallic plate 4t2 thereon, and on which the metallic lampsoclvet is in contact, an independent metallic plate 92, 93, secured to said support and with which one terminal of the lamp is in metallic connection, the metallic part L8 having the upstanding member 50, and the tongue 49, extending' to overlap, normally separated from, the plate 42, a contact supported by, and adjustable on, the member 50 in electrical connection with the part a8, and also connected to the metallic governor-casing, metallic connections through the governor between the governor-casing and the indicator IIC seneca the purposes set forth.

16. ln a speed-indicating'device,a governorcasing, having at the top thereot' a supplemental casing provided with an externally-visible indicator-scale, and having' a vertically-slotted wall, a governor in said case and a stem actuated by the governor and having' a head in the supplemental case provided with a pointer registering on the indicator-scale, an electric lamp and an insulating-supportsecured within the casing having a metallic plate 42 thereon, and on which the metallic lamp-socket is in contact, an independent metallic plate 92, 93. secured to said support and with which one terminal ot the lamp is in metallic connection, the plate 48 having the tong'ue 49 and the member 50 provided with an adjustable contact adjacent the indicator-stem head, the battery-wire connected to said metallic part 92, 93, and wire connected to the metallic governor-casing', metallic connections through the governor between the governor-casing' and theindicator stem and head, and connections between the plate 48 and the battery, means for 'forcing said tong'ue 49 ag'ainst said plate 42, and ,the tongue in electrical connection with the case and arranged to be forced at pleasure against the said plate 42, for the purposes set forth.

17. In a speed-indicating' device, a governorcasing, having at the top thereof a supplemental casing provided with an externally-visible indicator-scale, and having' a vertically-slotted wall, a governorl in said case and a stem actuated by the governor and having a head in the supplemental case provided with a pointer registering on the imlieator-scale, an electric lamp and an insulating-support sccured within the casing having' a metallic plate 42 thereon, and on which the metallic lampsoclet is in contact, an independent metallic plate 92, 93, secured to said support and with which one terminal ot the lamp is in metallic connection, an electrically-operable audible alarm device, the plate 48 having' the tongue 49 and the member 5() provided with an ad- E' justable contact adjacent the indicator-stem head, the battery, wire connected to said metallic part 92, 93, wire connected to themetallic g'overnor-casing, and wire connected with the audible alarm device and connections between said alarm device and the plate 48, metallic connections through the governor between the governor-casing and the indicator stem and head, and means for forcing said tongue 49 against said plate 42.

18. ln a speed-indicating' device, a governorcasing, having' at the top thereotl a supplemental casing provided with an externally-visible indicator-scale, and havingl a vertically-slotted wall, a governor in said case and a stem actuated by the governor and having a head in the supplemental case provided with a pointer registering on the indicator-scale, an electric lamp and an insulating-support secured within the casing having' a metallic plate 42 thereon, and on which the metallic lam p-socliet is in conta-ct, an independent metallic plate 92, 93, secured to said support and with which one terminal o't' the lamp is in metallic connection, an electrically-operable audible alarm device, the plate 4S having' the tongue 49 and the member 50 provided with an adjustable contact adjacent the indicator stem-head, the battery, wire connected to said metallic part 92, 93, wire connected to said metallic governor-casing', and wire connected with the audible alarm device and connections between said alarm device and the plate 48, metallic connections through the governor between the governor-casing' and the indicator stein and head, means for 'forcing said tongue 49 against said plate 42, and the tongue 6() in electrical connection with the case and arranged to be t'orced at pleasure against the said plate 42.

19. ln a speed-indicating device, a casing having a governor therein, an indicator and a pointer actuated by the governor't'or registeringon the indicator,and an electric lam p,adjacent the indicator, and said casing' made with the pockets (Z and c and having a battery and an audible electrically-operable alarm device, respectively therein, circuit connections comprising the battery and the alarm device, and automatic means controlled by the governor vfor closing the circuit for the alarm device.

20. For a speed-indicator the combination with an indicator having a speediiig-governor, of a gear-wheel and detachable means vt'or its confinement on a traction-wheel ol the vehicle, consisting of a clip having its intermediate portion looped to encircle a wheel-spoke and having its extremities adjoined and extended through the gear-wheel, screw-threaded, and having' a confining-nut setting' against the gear-wheel, a pinion in mesh with the gear-wheel, and a l'lexible shat't connecting the pinion and the governor of the indicator.

21. ln transmission connections vt'or a speedindicator device et the character described, a tractionwheel-carried gear-wheel, a pinion to mesh therewith and having an arbor to be flexible-shaft-connected with the indicator, and a support for the pinion-arbor, and relatively to which such arbor is adjustable in the line of its axis.

22. I n a speed-indicating apparatus, in combination, a casing carrying' an indicator-scale and having', therein, a governor and a g'overnor-controlled stem provided with a pointer coacting with the scale, a traction-wheel provided with a gear-wheel, a pinion in mesh with said g'ear-whcel having an arbor, a liexible shaft't connecting said arbor and the governor, and a journal-support for said arbor I'IO which is adjustable bodily in a direction transverse of the axis thereof.

23. In a speed-indicating apparatus, in combination, acasing carrying an indicator-scale and having, therein, a governor and a governor-controlled stein provided With a pointer coacting with the scale, a traction-Wheel provided With a gear-Wheel, a pinion in mesh with said gear-Wheel having an arbor, a ilexible shaft connecting said arbor and the governor, and a journal-support, for said arbor, which is adjustable for a swinging movement about an axis perpendicular to the axis of the arbor.

24. In transmission connections for a speedindicator device of the character described, a traction-Wheel-carried gear-Wheel, a pinion to mesh therewith and having an arbor to be iiexible-shat-eonnected with the indicator, and a support for the pinion-arbor, and relatively to which such arbor is adjustable on the line of its axis, adjustable bodily transversely of its axis and capable of a swinging rnove ment on an axis perpendicular to the axis of the said arbor.

25. For a speed-indicating device of the class described, the combination With a gear-Wheel and a pinion having an arbor, of a supporting appliance and a stem'vertically adjustable relai tively thereto, and provided with a journalbearing head in which the arbor of the pinion is rotatably supported and through which such arbor is endwise adjustable, and a flexible shaft secured to the pinion-arbor and for connection with the speeding portion of the indicating device.

26. For a speed-indicating device ofthe class described, in combination with the indicating device and the vehicle-wheel having a spurgear H, the separable clip Q having the upstanding socleted portion 190, the stem 193, adjustably confined in said socketed portion and having the journal-bearing head 194, the pinion having the arbor rotatable in, and axially adjustable through, said bearing-head, the adjustable collars 95, 95, and means for adjustably conlining them on the arbor at opposite ends of the journal-bearing head and the flexible shaft connected to the arbor and to the speeding portion of the indicating device.

Signed by us at Springfield, Massachusetts, in presence oi' t\vo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN E. PARRISH. RICHARD HALE SMITH. Wi tn esses:

HENRY T. LoUMnR, M. A. BERRY.

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