US994423A - Car-fender. - Google Patents

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` 1. PASCAL. GAR FENDER. APPLICATION FILE) AUG14, 1910.

Patented June 6, 1911.

Y preferably formed of the r0d 1.3`

- nary conditions, to itself catch the obstacle ,drawings that form part of the same.

`leased .by a trip member projecting forposition in dot-ted lines.

CAR-FENDER.

Application led August 4, 1.9.10. Serial N o. 575,441.

To all whom t may concern: i lBe it known-that I, ISRAEL PASCAL, resident in the city and district of Montreal. iiL the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, a subject of the King of Great Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CareFenders, of which the following is a specification. The invent-ion relatesto improvements i car fenders, as described in the present specitication and illustrated in the accompanying The invention consists essentially of the novelconstruction Vand arrangement of parts, whereby a rotatable guard member underneath the. bodyof the car is automatically rewardly and coincident-ly'a braking device is applied by the/movement of said guard mem- 'The objects of the invention are to devise a form of fender which will prevent. an obstacle in the t-rackway from comingl in contact -with the wheels of the car and at the same time, retard the motion of said car, and ,generallyv to provide a simple, cheap and durable construction effective in operation and economical as regards maintenance. y

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the front portion of the car partially in section, showing ther device in its normal position in solid lines and its danger Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the front end of the ,car and of the device applied thereto.

' Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each ligure.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the frame of the flooring of the car and part of the bodyv of said car.

2 is a trip or front fender of ordinary type, having the vertical extending sides 4,pivotally secured in the brackets 5 at the frontofthe car, and the wire mesh 6. This is a comparativelyv well known form of fender of probably the commonest type and is usually made rectan-l 'gular in shape and is adapted, under ordi- Specification of Letters Patent.

`v the shaft 18.

. when said posit-ion, said springs will be 1n constant in the trackwayof the car.

7 are brackets having the bearings 8 at v their-lower ends and rigidly secured at their l Patented June upper ends `to the under side .of the frame 1 at each side of the car.

9 is a shaft supported in the bearings 8.

10 is a protector wheel fender. or guard member formedof suitable sheets of material and bent into a right angular shape to form the sections l1 and 12. 1 1 3 are ears secured to the protector l() at the angle thereof and mounted on the shaft 9. The section 12 of the protector 10 is adapted in' irs lower position to reach to the rail, while the section 11 in its upper position is adjacent to the under side of the frame 1. v

14 are hooks entending upwardly from the rear side of the section 12.

15 are eyes secured to the upper end of section 11. l

16 are brackets .forming bearings and secured to the top lside `of the frame 1 above the flooring 17 at the front end of the car.-

18 is a shaft journaled in the brackets 1G and at one end extending' therebeyond.

19 is a hand wheel on one end of the shaft 18, though it must be understood that this shaft may be turned in any suitable way.

20 is a ratchet wheel fiXedly mounted on 21 is the dashboard ofthe car' having an orifice 22 therethrough adjacent to the flooring 17 land opposite the ratchet20.

23 is a pawl substantially Z-shaped engaging the ratchet wheel 20 and extending down through the front of the fra-mel and pivotedat 24, the lower end of said pawl projecting outwardly and terminating in the ring 25.

f 26 is a rod extending between and secured to the vertical ends 4 and through the ring 25, consequently any movement of the fender 2 affects the pawl 23. l l

27 are curved latspriDgs secured to'the vertical sides f1 adjacent tothe lower 'ends thereof and normally engaging' the sections 12' of the guard member 10, .consequently guard lmember is in' its upward engagement with said" iard member and holdthe horizontal portions of: theY rod 3 in their upper posit.' in.

28;.V arepphains secured ation'ele'nd tothe d eyes 115,-a at the other end to the shaftlf@ secured to and, wi riding on said r and pivotally engaging the and adapted to wind around said shaft and hold said guard member 10 in its upward position, said pawl and ratchet retaining said guard member in its upper position by preventing said shaft 18 from rotation in one direction.

29 are the front wheels of the car. BOis the pilot board or front bar of the truck frame having the eyes 31 projecting forwardly therefrom. l

32 are springs at one end'caught in the hooks 14. and at the other end to the eyes 31 and exerting a constant rearward lpull on the sections 12 and guard member 10.

33 are brackets rigidly Secured to the under side of the car and at their lower end carrying the brake shoe guides 34.

35 are brake shoes loosely held in theguides 31 and of any suitable material.

A3G1and'36l are rods suitably jointed at 37 andy-jatone end secured to the rear side of tliesection 12 by the lugs 38, ,and at the other end projecting through corresponding ori- `ficcs in the pilot board 30. and engaging the rear side of the brake shoes 35, in the lower position of the sections 12.

In the operation of this invention, if the caris traveling forward, the parts of the Y. invention are in the positionv shown in solid lines in Fig. 1, but immediately after the fender 2 comes in contact with an obstacle,

thepawl 23 is turned on its pivot, which engagement with the ratchet. chains 28 which by the pull of the releases it from 20, thereby1 loosening the; are immediately drawn out springs 32. The sectio`n12 of the guard member l10 then reaches its lower position and prevents the obstacle',l from coming in contact with the wheels, should said obstacle pass the fender 2. Coincidently with this operation, the brake shoes 35 are applied to the wheels by the engagement of the rod 3G with the rear side of said brake shoesfand i are held in engagement by the pull of the springs 32,until the chain 28 is again wound. up" on the shaft 18 by means of the'hand wheel 19. or in any other suitable manner.

lVhat 1 claim as my invention is:

1.! In a car fender, the combination with the car body anda suitable running gear, of a guard member, brackets depending from the under side of said car body, a shaft supported at the lower end of said brackets'and pivotally supporting said guard member,

, bearings supported on the flooring of said car body at the front end thereof, a ratchet wheel ixedly mounted on said shaft, a chain ratchet wheel shaft, and connecting saidshafft with the upper section of said guard member, a .-pawl pivotally secured to the front end of said car body and engaging said ratchet wheel at its upper end, and a trip member pivotally securedI et the front end of said car body lower end o f said brackets, an angularly pawl and supported in a horizontal position against the lower section of said rotatable guard member.

2. InY a device of the class described, in combination, a car body, a truck support-A ing said car body, brackets depending from lsaid car'body forwardly of said truck, a

the lower end of said formed guardmember pivotally supported on said shaft, bearings supported on the iiooring of said car body at the front end thereof, a shaft journaled in said bearings, a ratchet wheel xedly mounted on said shaft, a chain secured to said shaft andy the upper section of sai guard member and winding on said shaft,

shaft supported at and a pawl pivotally secured to the front' i,

end of said car body and engaging said ratchet wheel, a trip member engaging the lower e'ndof said pawl, a spring secured to the rear side of said trip member engagin the lower section of said guard member, andV a spring attached to the truck frame and to the lower sectionv of said guard member and exerting a .constant ull on the latter.

3. Ina device o the class described, in combination, a car body,\a truck su porting? said car body, brackets' depending rom the under side of said car body in front of said truck, a shaftA supported at the lower eiid of j said brackets, a right angularly formed,

guard member having lugs projecting from'A the angle thereof mountedV on said shaft,. bearings supported on the flooring of said j, car body, a shaft journaled in said 'bean' ings, a ratchet wheel ixedly'mounted onsaid-shaft, a chain winding on said ratchet wheel shaft and connecting said shaft withI the upper section of said guard member, a pawl pivotally secured tothe front side*v of said car body having its toothed .memberl inwardly and engaging said lower end having projecting ratchet wheel and at` the an offset extending outwardly, a fenderl member pivotally secured to the front end of said car body'aiid extending ydownwardly and forwardly and engaging the offset at the lower end of said pawl, curved flat spring members secuicd to the rear side of said Afender member and engaging the fronti side of the lower section of said guard mem?- ber, and a helical spring connect-ing the] lower section of said guard member with the truck frame andexerting a constant pull on i said lower section. 1

4.ln a device of the class described, in? combination, a ear body, a truck supporting said cai' body, brackets extending from the underside of said car `body, a shaft supported at the lower end of said brackets, an aogularly formed guard member pivotally supported on` said shaft, means for raising said guard member, means for releasingr said guard member, a spring connecting the lower section of said guard member with the truck frame and exerting a constant pull on said section, a. brake shoe, a bracket secured 'to the under Side of Said car body carrying at its lower end u housing for Suid brake Shoe, :nid means connected to Said guard member Yfor engaging said brake shoe on the downward rotation of Suid guard member.

1n u device of the. dass described, in combiimtion, :leur body, u truck, brake Shoes engaging the front wheels of Said truck, brackets .secured fio the under side of said cnr body und carrying housings for Suid brake shoes, :i rotatable guard member supporred from the under side of said car body, u, spring connecting the truck frame with Said guard member and exerting :L constant vber :1nd retaining it in its upper position,

and means for releasing the aforesaid means.

Signed at (he city and district of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, in the D0- minion of Canada, this 27th day of July,

ISRAEL PASCAL. ienesses G. H'. TRESIDDER, B. A. RENNBACK.

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