US857641A - Train-order delivering and receiving apparatus. - Google Patents

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No. 857,641. PATENTBD'JUNE 25', 1907. W. T. LONG. TRAIN ORDER DELIVERING AND RECEIVING APPARATUS.

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caught carrier.

UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

-WILLIAM T. LONG, OF. SUMNER, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY KNOBLAUCH, OF SUMNER, WASHINGTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

' Application filed April 9, 1907.. Serial No. 367,214.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM T. Lone, a

siding at Sumner, in the county of Pierce and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Train-Order Delivering and Receiving Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to devices and apparatus for the delivery of written train orders to a locomotive engineer and to the train conductor while the train is in full motion, and has for its object to provide means on the train and'at a station to exchange carrier bodies in which the written train order isfastened, to providea night signal whereby an approaching train may know if it is to receiveorders at the station, and to so construct the apparatus on the train as to be reversible and adapted to be used when the train is moving in either direction. 1 attain theseobjects by the devices and mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side view of a portion ofa locomotive cab equipped with my invention set for delivering and receiving a carrier, 2 is an end view showing a stationary apparatus being approached by an apparatus mounted on a locomotive cab, and Fig. 3 is a plan thereof. F 'g. 4 is a plan of a portion of the mechanisms showing a carrier on the 10- comotive in the act of being caught by the stationary apparatus, while the moving apparatus is set to catch the stationary carrier in which the written orders are fastened, and Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the carriers exchanged, the receiving mechanism on the locomotive being in the act of closing on the Fig. 6 is a plan of the carrier, showing the order box thereoruFig. 7 is a side view thereof, and Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 in Fig. 7. v

Similar numerals of reference refer-to similar partsthroughout the several views.

The station apparatus will be located at each telegraph station on the road, and con- "sists of a post I placed about eight feet from the rails and-being about ten feet high The post 1 carries the receiving and delivering apparatus for both the engineers orders and the conductors orders, the one being placed;

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below the other. The posts must be placed uniformly relatively to the rails'both as regards horizontal and vertical distance therefrom and the' apparatus mounted thereon must also be uniform in all stations. Further, the apparatus on all the trains must be at the same heights above the rail as the stationary apparatus, the engineers apparatus and are linked together by the rod 2 so that when the upper one is ,raised into operative position the lower one is similarly raised. Both the apparatus are pivoted to the two similar brackets 3 secured to thepost l. A lever 4 is pivoted above the top of the post 1, and has one end connected by a bar 5 to. the arm 6 which is journaled to the rear of the post at a convenient height thereon and which has a handle 7 secured thereto whereby the parts are operated. The other end of the lever 4 is connected by a link 8 to the upper apparatus and by the link 2, as above described, to the lower apparatus, in such manner that when the handle 7 is brought into the position shown in Fig. 2 the apparatus will extend out horizontally from the two The stationary apparatus is preferably made double so as to be ready for trains in either direction. The two castings 9 are pivoted to the brackets 3 and are connected together by the rod 10, the center of which the links 2 and 8 also loosely engage. To the outer sides of the castings 9 are fastened the bent iron pieces ll-which first pass toward the center and then bend out to form the catching point, and then turn toward each other, parallel with the track, and oin between'the plates of the delivering apparaat right angles to the leg 12 and adapted to be brought into touch with the catching point of the -piece 11 after thecarrier has beencaught, to prevent it from rebounding and falling off therefrom. This closing piece is I swear,

actuated holding =means to control it on its pivot, an annular carrier adaptedjto contain the train order and to beheld by said springactuated holding means, a second "sup- 1 porting body moving relatively to said first supporting body a catching point pivoted to said second body and adapted to enter said carrier and remove it from said holding means,

,nleans engaging'said catching point to con- ;and adapted to ingtherefro'm. T

trol it on its pivot, and a springactuated closing piece pivoted to the oatchingmechanism prevent said carrier from fall- 4. A train-order carrier comprising an annular body having a portion of its sides out away-to form two opposite slots adapted to be engaged by a carrier holder.

5. In a train-order delivering apparatus, the combination of an annular carrier, a receptacle mounted thereon, opposite slots formed in' the sides of said carrier, and a spring actuated holding means whereby said carrier is releasablyhel'd'in operative posi-i tion'.

"6. In' a train-order'receiving apparatus,

the combination of an annular carrier moving-relativeiy to the receiving apparatus and having a'receptacle mounted thereon, a catchmg point adapted toenter said annular car-' rier and to receive it thereon, and a spring actuated closing piece adapted to be engaged and started by said annular carrier and to close behind said carrier to prevent it falling from said catching point.

7 In a train-order receiving ap aratus, the combination of a receiving body catching point extending therefrom adapted to enter an annular carrier, a closing swing a and piece pivoted tosaid receiving body and'having one leg extending toward the catching point and adapted to be engaged by and moved by the annular carrier and having a second leg Withdrawn from said catchingpoint when the mechanism isset to receive a carrier 'butiengaging said catchingipoint be hind said carrier when it has moved said first leg, and a spring actuated link secured to said closing piece and adapted to hold said in presence of two witnesses.

,iVILLIAM T. LGNG. Witnesses:

HENRY KNOBLAUQH, DIX H. ROWLAND.

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