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US1388283A
US1388283A US417867A US41786720A US1388283A US 1388283 A US1388283 A US 1388283A US 417867 A US417867 A US 417867A US 41786720 A US41786720 A US 41786720A US 1388283 A US1388283 A US 1388283A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
    • B61L3/00—Devices along the route for controlling devices on the vehicle or train, e.g. to release brake or to operate a warning signal
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  • This invention relates to improvements in train stops.
  • the invention consists essentially of the improved construction and arrangement of parts particularly described and set forth in the following specification and accompanyingdrawings forming part of the same.
  • Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of the front of a locomotive showing a valve on the end of the brake pipe line, and showing my improved train stopping device mounted on the track in front of the locomotive.
  • Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.
  • Fig. 3 is a fragmentary transverse section of the lower portion of my train stop and showing the means whereby it is clamped to the ball of a rail.
  • A represents a locomotive of any usual description, well known in railway practice, so that it is deemed unnecessary to further describe the same, the said locomotive being provided with a brake pipe line B on the end of which the valve C is mounted.
  • This valve carries a lever 10 by means of which it is opened and closed.
  • I provide a skeleton frame E to operate the valve, the frame being angularly disposed toward the direction in which the train is advancing, and on the lower end of this skeleton frame side clamping members 11 and 12 are provided which embrace the ball of the rail F.
  • clamping members are forced into frictlonal engagement with the ball of the rail by means of a thumb screw 13 which passes through the clamping members and also through the lower member of the skeleton frame E.
  • I On the front of the skeleton frame E, I provide a vertically disposed serrated bar 14 from which a lamp or flag 15 extends.
  • torpedoes or other signals may be placed in advance of the train stopping device, and will give an audible warning to the engineer to proceed with caution but should the engineer disregard such audible signal or not see the flag 15, then the train advancing toward the train stop will be brought to a standstill by the lever 10 engaging the serrated bar 14 which rotates the lever and opens the valve C, thereby allowing air to escape from the brake pipe line B and thus apply a'service application to the brakes to the locomotive.
  • his portable train stopping device will be carried on every train, and the brakeman will in the event of the train being stalled on the track run back over the track to a safe distance from the stalled train, and then set up the skeleton frame E, so that if another train were following at a short interval, it would be stopped by the frame E operating in the manner above disclosed and prevent a rear end collision.
  • a train stop comprising a valve mounted on the brake pipe line of the locomotive, and a lever on the valve, an angularly disposed skeleton frame, side clamping members and bolts securing the skeleton frame to a rail in advance of the locomotive, a serrated rod in front of the skeleton frame de- 10 signed to engage the lever, and signaling means on the top of the serrated rod.

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G. H. METZLER.
TRAIN STOP.
' APPLICATION FILED OCT. 19. 192o.
1 ,388,283. te Aug. 23, 1921.
J/Z/mmlv 550x05 h! MFTZLER UNITED STATES GFDRGE HUMISTEN METZLER, 0F HALIFAJL NOVA SCOI'IA, CANADA.
TRAIN-STOP.
Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 23, 1921.
Application filed October 19, 1920. Serial No. 417,867.
T 0 all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, GEORGE HUMIs'rEN METZLER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, a resident of the city of Halifax, Province of Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Train-Stops, of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to improvements in train stops.
Accidents occasionally happen on railroads, and in some cases it is inferred that the locomotive crew disregard the signals given by the trackmen, and it is to the overcoming of objections of this nature that the present invention is directed, and to provide a positive stop which will insure of a service application of the brakes being applied to a locomotive in the event of the locomotive crew disregarding such track signal.
Other objects will be made clear as the specification proceeds.
The invention consists essentially of the improved construction and arrangement of parts particularly described and set forth in the following specification and accompanyingdrawings forming part of the same.
In the drawings:
Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of the front of a locomotive showing a valve on the end of the brake pipe line, and showing my improved train stopping device mounted on the track in front of the locomotive.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.
Fig. 3 is a fragmentary transverse section of the lower portion of my train stop and showing the means whereby it is clamped to the ball of a rail.
Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.
Referring to the drawings; A represents a locomotive of any usual description, well known in railway practice, so that it is deemed unnecessary to further describe the same, the said locomotive being provided with a brake pipe line B on the end of which the valve C is mounted.
This valve carries a lever 10 by means of which it is opened and closed. I provide a skeleton frame E to operate the valve, the frame being angularly disposed toward the direction in which the train is advancing, and on the lower end of this skeleton frame side clamping members 11 and 12 are provided which embrace the ball of the rail F.
These clamping members are forced into frictlonal engagement with the ball of the rail by means of a thumb screw 13 which passes through the clamping members and also through the lower member of the skeleton frame E.
On the front of the skeleton frame E, I provide a vertically disposed serrated bar 14 from which a lamp or flag 15 extends.
When this device is in use and a trackman wishes to warn the train crew either to proceed cautiously or to stop, then he secures the frame E to the rail by means of the clamps 11 and 12 and the thumb screws 13.
The usual torpedoes or other signals may be placed in advance of the train stopping device, and will give an audible warning to the engineer to proceed with caution but should the engineer disregard such audible signal or not see the flag 15, then the train advancing toward the train stop will be brought to a standstill by the lever 10 engaging the serrated bar 14 which rotates the lever and opens the valve C, thereby allowing air to escape from the brake pipe line B and thus apply a'service application to the brakes to the locomotive.
Should the locomotive proceed farther, then the skeleton frame E, the said frame being constructed very light would not derail the locomotive, but on the contrary the frame would be thrown aside by the locomotive, leaving the track clear, so that no accident could occur in this manner, while the particular object aimed at, which is to stop the train, will be accomplished.
his portable train stopping device will be carried on every train, and the brakeman will in the event of the train being stalled on the track run back over the track to a safe distance from the stalled train, and then set up the skeleton frame E, so that if another train were following at a short interval, it would be stopped by the frame E operating in the manner above disclosed and prevent a rear end collision.
These frames would also be in the custody of trackmen, station masters, and like ofiicials of railway companies.
As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claim constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.
What I claim as my invention is:
A train stop comprising a valve mounted on the brake pipe line of the locomotive, and a lever on the valve, an angularly disposed skeleton frame, side clamping members and bolts securing the skeleton frame to a rail in advance of the locomotive, a serrated rod in front of the skeleton frame de- 10 signed to engage the lever, and signaling means on the top of the serrated rod.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two Witnesses.
GEORGE HUMISTEN METZLER. Witnesses:
J. W. OBRIEN, EDWARD P. METZLER.
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