US855393A

US855393A - Annunciator for cars.

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Publication number: US855393A
Application number: US27158205A
Authority: US
Inventors: Reuben B Eubank Jr
Original assignee: EUBANK INDICATOR Manufacturing Co
Current assignee: EUBANK INDICATOR MANUFACTURING Co
Priority date: 1905-07-28
Filing date: 1905-07-28
Publication date: 1907-05-28
Anticipated expiration: 1924-05-28

Description

' 11m55.539s. A PATENTED MAY 2s, 1907.

RJ B.' EUBANK, JB.

ANNUNGIATOR FOR GARS.

Prummel num JULY as. 1905.

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Y PATENTED MAY 28, 1907.

R. B. EUBANK, JB. ANNUNCIATOR FOR GARS.

APPLIOATION IILBD JULY 28, 1906.

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anneau n. EUBANK, amor' KANSAS cITY,' KANSAS, ASSIeNor., er manor AND MnsNn ASSIGNMENTS, To THE EUBANK INDICATOR MANUFACTUR- ING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

ANNUNCIATOR FOR CARS.'

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented May 28, 190'?.

.To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, REUBEN B. EUBANK,

Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at ciators for cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements'inl annunciators for cars; and my object is to produce an apparatus of this character for announcing street crossings or railway stations, the invention being equally adaptable for use on street cars and passenger trains.

The inventionconsists of a phonograph for successively calling street crossings, or railway stations, a device containing the names of said crossings or stations, and means for operating the phonograph and said device so that the names of the crossings may be simultaneously called and displayed, or when desired the phonograph may be operated independently of the dis lay device, so that it will repeat a name W le the display device remains inoperative.

n order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a longitudinal section of a car provided with my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the display device forming part of said invention. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of same taken on line III- Fig. 4 is a transverse section of same taken on line IV-IV of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view taken on line V-V of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is an enlarged side elevation partly broken away, showing the manner in which the phonograph and the display device are connected. Fig.' 7 is an enlarged broken elevation of a portion of the ribbon containing the names of the street crossings, or railway stations.

In saiddrawings, 1 designates a phonograph of usual or preferred construction provided with a speakingtrumpet '2 and a motorshaft 3.

are arranged to repeat the name of each street- 4 designates a ratchet-wheelrigidly mount- .crossing a suitable number of times and call the name of the successive street-crossings, the spaces between the teeth of the ratchetwheel 4 being of sufficient length to permit the longest name being called between the time of the disengagement of pawl 5 from one of the teeth and its engagement with the following tooth, it being understood that the instant said pawlis disengaged from a tooth the motor will rotate the record until the operation of the'motor is stopped by the pawl engaging the following ratchet-tooth.

Pawl 5 has two terminals 6, 7, arranged at right-angles to each other for the reception of cables 8, 9, respectively, the former of which passes outwardly through the end of the car, thence downwardly over a pulley 10 and terminates within convenient reach of the motorman, the terminal of said cable being provided with a handle 11.

The display device consists of a casing 12 and the ribbon carrying and controlling mechanism all of which is preferably arranged beneath the phonograph and its trumpet so thatthe apparatus will be compact and occu py but little space. The ribbon carrying mechanism consists of two spools 13, 14 and a pair of guide-rollers 15 which latter cause the vertical portion of the ribbon '15 to travel close to the glazed opening 17 in the front side of the casing so that as the names `on lsaid ribbon successively appear at the opening they may be easily read by the -passengers.

=Spool 13 is tubular in form and provided at its ends with ratchet-wheels 18, normally engaged bythe bifurcated ends of a Y-shaped pawl 19 fulcrumed upon pins 20 and normally held in engagement with the ratchetwheel by means of a spring Ql'pressing upwardly beneath its rearwardly extending arm 221which projects through slot 23 in the rear wall of the casing.

Arm 22 is provided at its rear terminal with an eye 24 to which cable V9 attached.

'.,Fromthe foregoing description it will be yunderstood that the phonograph and the dislay device may be Simultaneously operated by pulling on cable 9, or the phonograph may be operated alone by pulling on cable 8 Ribbon 16 is attached at its ends to spools- IOO 13-14E and is intermittently woundupon the y lorincr whcncvcr pawl lll is discngagcd from ratclict-whccl l5', thc nanns on thc rihhon srcurcd at onc cnd to said spool and at its op-K posilc cnd lo "a stationary shal't 2li upon which thc spool is journalcd, said shal't hoing sccurcd at its cnds in tho sidos ol thc casing.

Spool ll is providcd at its cnds with llangcs '27 which, lil c ratchct-whcols IS, arc largcr in dianictcr than thc spool in ordcr to propcrly guidoy thc. rihhon thoroon. Spool ll is rigidly niountod` upon a shal't 2S journalcd in thc oppositc` sidos olthc casing and providcd at ono cnd with a crank 2.) all'ording` a ronvonicnt incans l'or rotating tho spool so that thc rihhon i'nay hc wound thoroon l'roni spool lil whcn thc. car roachcs thc ond ol a trip. ln ordcr lo krcp thc rihhon tant whilc it is hring unwound 'l'roln spool l/l l` rctard thc niovonicnt ol' thc lattci` hy lucans oll a Y-shapid hrakc Il() having two springnicnihcrs Sill, adjustahly hold in contact with llangcs 27, hy in ans oll a sct-'scrcw 32, so that thc l'riction hrtwccn said springnninhrrs and thc llangcs may hc rrgulatrd as dcsircd, 'lhc rcarwardly projcoting arln S ol' thc. lrirtiinnlu'alu` has a soi-,hot 31| snugly cnihraring a hall 35 so that said hralm may acconiinodatr ilscllI to llangcs d7, conscducnlly il onc ol' said llangcsshould wcar l'astir than thc othcr tlul spring-nic|nhcrs l will coni innc to hcar with cqual l'orcc thcrcon.

By making pawl l.) and lll(` l'rirti(n-hrako Y--shapcd so lhat lhcy will hcar at oppositcv cnds olI thcir rcspcctivc spools` thc lattcl will hc hcld parallcl to cach othcr and causo thc rihhon to propcrly vind and unwind thcrol'roni, as tlu` wcar on thcil' hlalings will hc cdual. l

Whcn thc apparatus is applicd to a. structcar, as shown in Fig. l, rahlr. t) is guidcd toa lcvcr lt' hy incans ol' pullcys S7 lh so that it may hc opcralcd hy a prdal t c xtcnding np- \\'ardly through platl'orin Il() ol tho car lll.

Hy arranging rahlcs N and t) as shown, it is ohvious that thc xnotornnin may opcratc thcI apparatus without having his attcntion dircclod lroni prospcrtivc passcngcrs or tho road in l'ront ol thc cal'.

Whcn thc` apparatus is applicd to thc cars ol' a passcngcr train, cahlcs H and .l will, prcl crahlyy hc attarhml lo cahlcs 4\.\'tcnding through all ol" thc passcngcr cars so that thc apparatusy ol' cach car may hi sinnlltancously opcratcd hy thc hral cinan or conductor whilc on any onc ol' said cars. i

ln prartirc, an apparatus will ho placcd at cach'cnd ol' a rar, conscqiuntly whon said car is travcling in cithor diroction tho apparatus I in l'ronl ol' thc passcngcrs may hc opcratcd so l tnat thc attontion ol' said passengers will ha di|' \,ctcd, hy thc. phonsgaraph, to tho nanus oll thcI stroot-crossing's as thcy aro consccutivclyr shown hy thc display dcvioc.

Although l havc doscrihod and shown tho' apparatus appliod to a. oar, it may ho usod l'ol. a varioty oll purposcs, for instaauzo, it

may ho uscd in dopots l'or announcing tho tilnc ol' thc arrival and doparturc ol' trains;

it lnay also ho usod to advantago lor making an'nounoolncnts in thoatvrs or othor puhlic huildings.

'While l havo shown tho prclcrlod oonstriu-.tion ol` my invnntion l,ol'` oourso, 'rosorvo thc. right to inak such changos as vproperly l`all within tho spirit and scopo oltho appondod claims. l

-llaving thus dosi-.rihod my invrntion, what l claim and dcsiro to socuro hy hotter latcnt, isis-- l. ln an apparatus ol thc charactor doscrihcd, a casing having an opcn'ing, spools iournalod in said casing, a rihhon arranged to hc altcrnatoly wound upon tho spools, said rihhon containing suitahly-spauod inl`orlnation to hc. co'nsocutivclydisplaycd at tho opmiing, incans l'or opor-ating tho spools, a hrako having two nuanhurs c'ngaging thcrnds ol onc oll said spools, a univcrsal ioint upon` which thc hralw is lnountod so that its two nwnihcrs niay hcar with oqnal prcssurc upon tho spool, and a dovioo l'or siinultanoously adjusting said nuunhcrs.

2. ln an ap|airatus ol" tho i-,haijam-.tcr dcscrihcd, a, casing having an opr'ning, spools journalcd in saidfcasing, a. rihhon arrangcd to ht:altcrnatoly' wound upon tho spools,said rihhon containing suitahly-smccd inl'orination to hc consrcutivcly displa'ycd at thc. opcning, nuans l'or opcrating tlu` spools, a hralu having two rosilic'nt nunnhcrs cngaging thc cnds ol' ono ol` tho spools, a nnivcrsal joint upon which theI hrakc is niountodso that its two nicnihcrs lnay hcar with cdual prcssurc upon thc spool, and a sct-scrcw lor sinnlltancously adjusting said nunihcrs` 2. ln anap|mratus oli tln` charactir dcscrihcd a. display dcvicc consistingoll a casing having an opcning, spools journalcd in said casing, llangcsl'ornud intcgral with llu` cnds oll onc ol said spools, guiilwrollcrs iournalod in thc. casing ncar its opcning, a rihhon arrangcd to hcaltcrnalrly wound and unwound` l`ro|n thcspoolsand lravcl around thcguidcrollcrs, said rihhon containing suitahly spar-cd nanus to ho consci-utivrly displaycd at tho opcning in thc casing, inrans I'or rotating thi` spools, spacing nicchanisni lor controlling thc rotation oll ilu` spoo"y so lhc lattcr will nuovo lho rihhon stcp oy slcp, distanccs rm'rispoinling to thosc at which tho naincs arc plat-,cd upon said rihhon, a Y-shapcd hralic having two spl'ii-ig-iucinhcrs hcaring against tho llangcs, a. hall and soclict lioi'nt conncoting said hralie to tho LOO caslng, vand a set-screw -for adjusting the held in engagement with said ratchet-Wheel, :o

brake. and a, cableattached to said paWl and the 4. in an appalaus of the character de. controlhng mechanism of thedsplay device. scribed, the combmatlon ofaphcnograph arn testimony whereof I affx my signaranged to cal1aistofnames,a device for disture, in the presencel of two Witnesses.

vplaymg said names, a ratchet-Wheel mounted REUBEN EUBANK, J R. A-

upo'n themotor-shafbof the phonograph for Witnesses: the purpose of stoping the phonograph af- F; G. FISCHER, ter it has lcalled eac name, a pawl normally J; MOORE