US833621A - Car-fender. - Google Patents

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No. 838,621. k l PATENTED OCT. 16, 1906. J. OLEARY. CAR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18. 1906.

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No. 833,621.l PATENTED 00T. 16, 1906.

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APPLIOATION' FILED JUNE 18. 1906.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

JOHN OVLEARY, OF COHOES, NEW YORK.

CAR-FENDER.

Specic'aton of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. AV16, 1906.

Application filed June 13, 1906. Serial No. 322,278.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN OLEARY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oohoes, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oar-Fenders, of which the folj lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to car-fenders; and

the object of the same is to improve the construction disclosed in my PatentNo. 792,920, dated June 20, 1905. The improved construction renders this particular class of carfenders'more positive and leffective 'in their operation and more readily sensitive lto adjustment.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts which hook or catch devices in connection therewith. Fig. 5 is a detail elevation of a locking-latch coperating with parts of the fender.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The improved fender structure may be supported in any desirable manner, and while it is shown applied to a car end it will f be understood that it can be equally well used on an automobile or other like vehicle. For the purpose of illustration, however, the improved fender is shown applied to a car end, and, referring thereto, the numeral 1 designates the sills or licor structure and 2 vance of the front end of the car.

the dash. Depending from the floor structure are apertured hangers 3, to which arms 4 are adjustably connected through the medium of bolts or other analogous devices 5, the arms 4 being slotted,`as at 6, to permit them to be regulated as to their extent in ad- The apertured brackets 3 also provide for elevating and lowering the arms 4, as desired, to accommodate the height of the bed or flooring of thecar above the ground surface. The outer ends of the arms 4 are secured to vertical supports 7 havingcentral vertical slots 8 one in each-to which the ends of the arms are bolted, as at 9, the supports by this means being capable of vertical adjustment on the arms. At their upper extremities the arms are provided with spaced projections or guide-studs 10 for a purpose which Will be more fully hereinafter specified.

To the: lower ends -of the supports 7 -in advance of the vertical sections of thelatter controlling-levers 11 are attached, each of said levers having a projection 12 fulcrumed to the support, as at 13, the forward extremities of the controlling-levers 11 being movably attached to a back frame consisting of side members or bars 14, provided with inwardly-projecting catch-shoulders 15 near their upper ends, These side bars or mem bersk 14 move between the projections or studs 10 on the upper extremities of the supports 7 and have opposite or front and rear concave and convex edges, which cause the said bars or members to move in curved' planes and to project the back frame as an entirety over the rear part of the lower portion of the fender or to withdraw the back frame rearwardly. This back frame is withdrawn rearwardly. when elevated and is projected forwardly when lowered. The side bars or members 14 of the back frame have cross-bars 16 and 17 secured to the upper and lower portions thereof, and terminally connected to the cross-bars are vertically-arranged cushionsprings 18, having upper and lower looped ends 19 and 20, the said looped ends being turned rearwardly to project the main body portions of the springs forwardly and the lower loops 20 extended a considerable distance below the lower cross-bar 17 to effectively provide a cushion in advance of the operating mechanism. These springs 18 are preferably of the form shown in Fig. 1 and may be constructed of suitable material adapted for the purpose, preferably metal, and arranged close enough to be effective in forming a back cushion, so that persons picked up or thrown into the improved fender will be handled with safety and without liability of breaking bones or receiving serious bruises or physical shocks. The extremities of the controllinglevers 11 opposite those attached to the si el bars or members 14 are weighted or provided `with an increased quantity of material or IOO IIO

11 that the latter are,in effect, bell-crank levers with the weight addition, and when the said controlling-levers move past the planes of the fulcrums of the projections 12, or rearwardly toward the car to which the fender is applied, the parts under control of the levers 11 will be maintained in elevated position, and in conjunction with this formation of the controlling-levers the weighted extremities 2 1 thereof cooperate to render the maintenance of portions of the fender in raised position more effective.

The lower portion of the fender has side arms 22, provided with rear upwardly-proj ected back extensions or members 23, which bear against the outer sides of the controllinglevers 11 and are pivotally connected to the latter by studs or pins 24, and secured to the forward extremities of the horizontal members of the said side arms 22 is an angular nose 24a, preferably formed of wood, and at the rear portions of the horizontal members of these side arms or adjacent to the elbows 25 between the said horizontal members and j sions 23 and to be effective in cushioning a person thrown or falling onto the lower part of the fender. The horizontal members of the side bars or arms 22 have depending ears 29, from which bolts or pins 30 extend inwardly through slots 31, formed in the forward extremities of horizontal members 32 of catch-arms 33, these catch-arms having rear upward extensions 34, Vterminating in hooks 35 to engage the shouldered catches 15 on the bars or members 14 of the back frame of the fender. Projecting from the rear of the extensions 34 of the catch-arms 33 are slotted guides 36 to receive the studs or pins 24, projecting inwardly from the upper extensions 23 of the side bars 22. The front extremities of the horizontal members 32 ofthe catch-arms are connected by a transverse nose-bar 38, and centrally attached to the rear edge of this nose-bar is a pull-chain or analogous device 39, whichruns rearwardly in central relation to the fender and passes upwardly over a grooved pulley 40, held by a bracket or hanger 41, depending from the bed or platform of the car. The chain or analogous device 39 engages the lower portion 41a being adapted for engagement by the foot ofthe motorman. The object of .this chain or analogous pull device 39 is to release the fenden and cause it to assume a lowered position from the platform or bed of the car; but if the nose-bar 38 be struck or comes in contact with an object, such as a person crossing ahead of the car, it is thrown rearwardly, and the fender is by this movement automatically released and assumes a lowered position.

' On the arms 4 brackets 43 are secured, and attached to the upper ends thereof are stoplatches 44, which are free to move and may f be thrown inwardly out of operative position. When thrown into operative position, they are adapted to have the upper ends of the extensions 23 of the side bars or arms 22 contact therewith to restrict the rearward movement of the lower portion of the fender. When these stop -latches 44 are manually thrown inward out of operative position, the lower portion of the fender may move a greater distance to the rear.

The springs 27 form a yielding bed having a back cushion through the upwardly-projected portions 28 thereof, and the said springs 27 will be stiff enough to support a person falling onto the fender, and 'yet yield enough to prevent injury to such person.

From the foregoing description the operation of the fender will no doubt be understood, and it is as follows: When the car is traveling, the fender is elevated or in the position shown by Fig. 1, the hooks 35 when the parts are in elevated position being in engagement with the shouldered projections 15. If the nose-b ar strikes against any object or person in advance of the fender, the arms 33 are pushed rearward and the hooks or catches 35 are released from the shoulders 15, and the back structure, including the side bars 14 and the springs 18, rises, and the controlling-levers 1 1 under such conditions assume the position shown by Fig 2, so as to provide a horizontal and back spring-support, against which the person falling onto the fender comes in contact, and the parts of the fender will remain in IIO lowered position by reason of the fact that the levers 21 counterbalance the weight of the lower frame, and, furthermore, the said levers being thrown over and their weighted ends depressed below the pivotal points thereof prevent the parts of the fender from moving out of the position shown by Fig. 2 until they are restored by depressing the treadle 41,

which pulls rearwardly on the chain or other ing rearwardly from the extensions 34 of said catch-arms, shift on the'studs or pins 37 .and'

Athe hooks 35 thereof and the shoulders 15.

The inward movement of the nose-bar 38 is effected against the resistance of retractile springs 45, secured to the catch-arms 33 and adjacent portions of the lower or horizontal part `of the fender. These springs always tend to force the nose-bar 38 into normal position when pressure is relieved Jfrom said bar. When the parts of the fender are lowered, as shown by Fig. 2, the controlling-levers 11 will be thrown into such position that the weight of the parts imposed on the forward extremities of said levers will overcome the opposite weighted extremities 21 of the same levers.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a car-ender, a lower Jframe, an automatically-movable upper or back trame, resilient means carried by portions oi the two frames, counterbalancing members connected to the two frames, and a support for the counterbalancing members.

2. In a car-fender, an upper frame and a lower frame, the upper frame being adapted to be automatically moved to lowered position by the movement oi the lower frame, and counterbalancing members movably connected to the two frames.

3. In a car-fender, an upper frame and a lower frame, counterbalancing-levers interposed between and pivotally connected to the two frames, and support means to which the counterbalancing-levers are movably attached.

4. In a car-fender, an upper frame, a lower frame having slide devices with upper hooks to engage portions of the upper frame, and counterbalancing controlling-levers interposed between and movably attached to the two Frames.

5. In a car-fender, an upper frame, .a lower frame, .the two frames having resilient devices thereon, and counterbalancing controlling-levers interposed between and pivotally connected to the two frames.

6. In a car-fender, an upper Jrame,a lower frame provided with slide devices having hooks to engage portions of the upper frame, counterbalancing controlling-levers interposed between and movably connected to the two frames, and resilient means to return the slide devices to normal position.

7. In a car-fender, an upper Jframe, a lower frame provided with slide devices having hooks to engage portions of the upper frame, counterbalancing controlling-levers interposed between and movably connected to the two frames, resilient means to return the slide devices to normalyposition, and a pull element connected to' a portion of the lower frame and operativei'rom the body of the car. 8. In a car-fender, an upper frame, a lower irame weighted to cause its' automatic shittan operative position, and simultaneously move the upper frame, and a support engaging portions of the upper frame to guide the latter in its movement. v

9. In a car-fender, an upper frame, a lower frame mounted for swinging movement and eighted to cause its automatic shifting motion from a set or normal position to an operative position, said lower frame, on said shifting motion, serving to cause the upperl frame to move downwardly, and means for manually controlling the operation of the fender.

10. In a car-fender, an upper frame, alower frame, slide devices coperating with the lower frame and connected to a vnose forming ing motion from a set or normal position toy the advance portion of the lower frame -and also providedwith hook devices to engage portions of the upper frame, counterbalancing controlling-levers movably attached to the two frames, and means for manually controlling the operation of thefender.

11. The combination of a car, and a fender adjustably held on the car and comprising upper and lower movable frames, and counterbalancing controlling-levers interposed between and movably connected to the Jframes.

12. In a car-fender, an u per frame embodying end bars with shoulders or catches on parts thereof and springs at the front de- -pending below the end bars, a lower frame avingcushioning-springs thereon, and sides provided with hooks to engage the shoulders or catches, and counterbalancing-levers interposed between and movably connected to the up er and lower frames.

13. n a car-fender, an upper frame and a lower frame, the lower frame being automatically shiftable from a set to an operative position and'serving, on its shifting motion, to thrust the upper frame downwardly, the lower frame being provided with a nose-bar movable inwardly and outwardly and controlling the automatic operation of the fender when struck.

14. In a car-fender, the combination of a car having supports rejecting therefrom, limiting-latches mova ly held by the supports, a lower frame having side members adapted to engage the said latches, the said lower frame being automatically shiitable from a set to an operative position, an upper frame which is thrust downwardly by the shifting motion of the lower frame, and means for manually controlling the fender.

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15. In a car-fender, supporting means hav- 4In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ing heads with studs projecting outwardly 'my hand in presence' of two subscribing wittherefrom, an upper frame having side bars nesses. l movable between the said studs, a lowerl JOHN OLEARY.

5 frame, and counterbalancng-lever means n- Wtnessesf terposed between and movably connected to J AMES BERNARD MOORE, the upper and lower frames. 1 PETER MELVILLE STILES.

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