US1097534A - Emergency-fender for street-cars. - Google Patents

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J. A. GOGHRANE. EMERGENCY FENDER FOR STREET GARS.

APPLICATION FILED 2G, 1913.

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J. A. GOGHRANE.

EMERGENCY EENDEE -EoE STREET GARS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1913. 1,097,534, Patented MayV 19, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES ALEXANDER COCHRANE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

EMERGENCY-FENDER FOR STREET-CARS.

Application filed September 26, 1913.

To all whom 'it may conce/m:

Be it known that I, J AMES A. Cool-mann, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Emergency-Fenders for Street-Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in emergency fenders for street railway and other cars and the object in view is to produce a simple and eflicient device of this nature so arranged that, in the event of an obstruction striking a tripping member upon the car, a wheel fender underneath the latter will be thrown downward to catch the object.

rThe invention comprises various details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

illustrate my invent-ion in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a sectional view through a car showing my improved fender and tripping device as applied thereto, parts being shown in their normal positions. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the car showing the parts with the fender lowered adjacent to the track. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view vertically through the tripping mem ber and the spring-pressed holder, and Fig. i is a cross sectional view taken on line 4 1 of Fig. l.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a car and B a wheel fender which is pivotally mounted upon the pins B carried by the sides of the car, as shown in dotted lines in Figs. l, 2 and t of the drawings. Beams F are pivotally connected at their inner ends by neans of the pivots E with said fender. Springs H are fastened to the under side of the car and bear against said beams F and tend to normally hold the latter at their farthestdownward limit.

Bracket arms, designated by letter I, are

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1914. Serial No. 792,022.

fastened to the under side of the car and serve as means for guiding the beams F in their vertical movements.

A tripping member, designated by letter K, which may be of any approved shape, is pivotally mounted upon the pins N and the upper edge of said tripping member K is beveled as at K3 and is adapted, when in a vertical plane, to engage the notches J formed in the under edges of the beams F. It will be noted that one wall of the notch is beveled and a plate J is countersunken in the lower edge of each beam and has an inclined portion engaging the inclined wall of the notch and is milled as at J2 upon its under surface and is adapted to be engaged by the angled end K of the angled plate or shoe K2 fitted to the upper beveled end of the tripping member K. The pressure of the springs H against said beams F is sufficient to normally hold the tripping member K in a vertical position but, in the event of an obstruction coming against said member K, the latter will be caused to swing toward the wheel fender, the upper edge of the beveled part of the tripping member engaging the milled portions of the plates J thus causing a forward longitudinal move ment to be imparted to the beams F and which movement will tend to tilt the wheel fender to the position shown in Fig. 2. It will be noted that the leaf springs H bearing against the beams will hold the milled edges of the plates at all times in contact with the upper beveled end of the member K.

In operation, the wheel fender normally assumes the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings with the tripping device in a vertical plane. When the tripping member K comes in contact with an object, said member will be thrown to the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings and in its swinging movement the upper beveled edge of the plate thereon, being in contact with the milled surface of the plate J', will cause a forward longitudinal movement to be imparted to the beams F and, by reason of the beams being pivoted to the wheel fender, the latter will be tilted down to the positions shown in the drawings. It will be noted that the springs H bearing against the under edges of the beams will hold the milled plate always in contact with the angled plate upon the upper pivotal edge of the tripping member K. The parts may' be returned to their normal positions by swinging the tripping member back to the position shown in Fig. l.

Vhat l claim to be new is An emergency fender for cars comprising, in combination with a car, a wheel fender pivoted to the sides thereof, beams pivoted at their inner ends to said fender above the point of pivotal connection thereof with said sides and each beam notched upon its under edge adjacent to its forward free end, a milled plate litted against the inclined edge of the notch, leaf springs secured intermediate their ends to the under surface of the car, the ends of said springs bearing against the upper edges of said beams7 brackets secured to the bottom of the car and adapted to guide said beams in their vertical movements, a tripping member pivotally mounted upon the sides of the car and having its upper horizontally disposed edge beveled, and an angled shoe tted over said beveled part of the tripping member and designed to engage said milled edge of the shoe, and cause a forward longitudinal movement to be imparted to the beams, thereby causing the wheel fender to tilt downward, as set forth.

ln testimony whereof hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I, JAMES ALEXANDER COCHRANE. Vitne'sses Co'RNnLiUs J. OWLEY, JAMES DONALDSON.

Copies o! this patent may 'be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washingfom-D. G.

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