US1006373A - Train-order deliverer. - Google Patents

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F. BUTCHER.

TRAIN ORDER DELIVERBR.,

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1910.

Patented Oct. 17, 1911.

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P. BUTCHER. TRAIN ORDER DELIV BRBR.

APPLIUATIOH FILED MAY 28, 1910.

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P. BUTCHER.

TRAIN ORDER DELIVERER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 28, 1910;

Patented Oct. 17, 1911.

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FRANK BUTCHER, 0F VERSAILLES, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRAIN-ORDER DELIVERER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17, 1911.

Application filed May 28, 1910. Serial No. 564,015.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK DUTOHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Versailles, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Train- Order Deliverers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in train order deliverers.

The present invention pertains to that class of message deliverers which is intended to deliver the message to persons on a moving train, and without the necessity of stopping the train for receiving the message.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide an improved construction whereby a colored light or fusee is combined with the deliverer which performs the double purpose of signaling the engineer or other person who is to receive the message and at the same time to provide a flood of light enabling the person on the moving train to plainly see the message or message carrying member, and without difiic'ulty take it from the deliverer.

It is the practice in delivering messages, that two copies of the message be delivered to the train, one to the engineer and the other to a person at the end of the train. When delivering these two copies to fast moving passenger trains under the present practice, a great deal of quickness andskill is required on the part of the station operator to have the second message in proper position to'be received by the person at the rear end of the train, after having delivered one copy to the engineer.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a message deliverer so constructed that but a second is required after the delivery of the first copy to present the second copy in position to be taken by the person at the rear of the train, which avoids the hurry and skill required with the present methods of hand delivering devices.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section, showing the preferred form of my improved train order deliverer. Fig. 2 is a'horizontal section through socket g of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing one form of hand delivering device embodying the present invention. Fig. 4 is a view of the delivery end of the device with the socketshown in section and one of the message carrying members partially broken away. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of another form which embodies the present improvement. Fig. 6 is a sectional view through the head or socket of the device with one of the message carrying members broken away The preferred mechanical expression of my present improvement in its broadest,

sense is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. In these figures a is a head which is provided with a handle socket 6, having therein a handle 0 of suitable length. This head a carries also a combined signal lighting fusee socket d, in which a fusee e is placed and may be frictionally retained in any desired manner. As here shown, the manner of frictionally holding the fusee in the socket consists of a suitably shaped spring 7, which has its lower free end engaging the outer side of the fusee c. A socket g is made rigid with the head a, and this socket receives a lateral bend it of a ring-shaped message carrier This bend or loop 72. enters the socket g with frictional tension so that it will remain in the socket while the ring is presented for the engineer, or other person on the moving train to be taken from the deliverer as the train passes. Another socket 7c is pivotally connected to the head a in any suitable manner. As here shown it is accomplished by providing the socket is with parallel arms Z, which are located at the opposite sides of the head and a pivotal pin m passes through the head and through these arms. This socket 70 also is adapted to carry a ring-like message carrier 2' in the same manner as the socket g. Preferably a frictional contact is caused between the arms Z and the head a by locating between them the laterally twisted springs n. The ringlike member 71, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, carries a suitable message holding member 8, which will be more fully described hereinafter. However, instead of this form of message carrying member, the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6 may be used in the manner hereinafter explained.

The operation of the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is as follows: The station operator having placed in the deliverer the message to be delivered and the fusee, and lights the fusee which signals to the engineer or other person thereon who is to receive the message, that there is to be a message delivered to the train while it is in motion. The particular color of the light of the fusee will indicate that fact and will also light up the platform in such a manner as to enable the message to be readily taken therefrom. The station operator presents the message in the position indicated in Fig. 1 by the handle 0 and when one of the messages has been taken from the stationary socket g the movable socket is is pushed forward into the position shown in dotted lines which is approximately the position assumed by the first message delivered. This operation can be quickly performed so that no matter how fast the train may be going, nor how short the train may be, there will be no difficulty in presenting the two messages successively and in ample time to be received.

Referring now particularly to Figs. 3 and 4, 1 is a suitable handle of suitable length andcarrying at its outer end a casting 2. This casting 2 is provided with two outwardly projecting sockets 3, which receive the detachable message carrying rings 4:- These rings 4 have laterally projecting U- shaped loops 5, which enter the sockets 3 and engage the inner walls thereof with sufiicient friction to remain in position while the deliverer is being waved up and down as is the custom to signal the engineer. In this form of the device the engineer passes his arm through one of the rings and it is withdrawn from the holder or deliverer.

erer one-half around and'the other delivering ring is in position to be received by the person at the rear of the train. In Fig. 3 the upper message carrying ring 4, is the one in position for the engineer to take and after it has been taken the deliverer is turned half way around, as stated, which brings the other ring up in position to be readily taken by the person at the rear end of the train. The casting 2, also has a signal receiving socket 6, which projects preferably therefrom at right angles to the message carrying rings 4. This socket is to receive a combined lighting and signaling fusee 7, which burns with a brilliancy, lighting up the deliverer so thoroughly that the message can be taken without difliculty on a dark or foggy night. The fusee may burn with any color which may be selected to indicate or designate to the engineer that a message is to be delivered to him without stopping the train. These signal fusees are so well understood by persons skilled in this art that any further illustration or description is unnecessary. It is essential that this signal be supported in such a position that the flame and sparks therefrom will not fall upon the hand or body of the operator, or upon the'hand of the person receiving the message. The preferred position is that here shown, which accomplishes the above mentioned object, though this particular povided with a message carrying device 8.

As here shown, this device consists of a piece of sheet-metal 9, which is turned around and serves to connect the ends of the ring 4 and a spring 10 is carried by this member 9 and the message 11 is placed under the spring. As here shown this'sheetmetal member 9 has its flat portion extending transverse the circle of the ring, though this may be changed and the flat portion of the member 9 made to extend in the plane of the ring without departing from the present improvement. Preferably a suitable spring catch 12 engages the fusee 7, for the purpose of holding it in position in the socket 6. By providing the rings 1 with laterally extending U-shaped loops 5, the rings form a spring and serve to place the loops under tension against the inner walls of the socket 3, sufiiciently to hold it firmly in place while the deliverer is being waved, but which at the same time permit the ring to be readily removed therefrom.

Referring now to Figs. 5 and 6, in this modified form, the handle 1 carries at its outer end a wooden head or block 2. The outer end of this wooden head or block has a slot 3 therein into which the lateral loops The operator then slmply turns the dehv- 5 of the message carrying member 1' enter.

These loops are held in position in the slot of the head by means of suitable pins (1, and 6. These message carrying members 4, here shown, are substantially U shaped in general 1 construction and their ends 0 are slightly turned as shown and receive either a folded message cl direct, or the folded message may be placed in an envelope. In this construction the message carrying members 4; are not removable from the head or block 2, but the message itself is removable from the carrying member 4. The signal 7 has its inner end placed in a suitable opening or socket 6 formed transversely in the head and a suitable spring 12 engages the signal to hold it in position against falling out when the deliverer is being waved and turned. This modified form may be a cheaper one to construct than that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, but it is constructed to carry two copies of the message and to deliver them successfully to persons at opposite ends of the train, as described in connection with the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

-I wish it understood that either form of message carrying member may be used with either form of deliverer. That is to say, the removable form of the member 4:, shown in Fig. 1, may be used in connection with the head in Fig. 5, in which instance the pins 5 may be removed or the loop 5 pushed in against the pin 6. Likewise the form of message carrier member 4:, in Fig. 5, may be used in connection with Fig. 3, in which event pins will be passed through openings 6 and enter the loops, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

When the removable message carrying members 4 are employed, these are to be retained by the persons on the train who take them from the holder or deliverer and carry them to any point designated. Owing to their construction, they will take little or no room either in the cab of the engine or any car of the train.

Attention is directed to the specific construction of the message carrying ring or member 4 and 4 in that it is constructed of spring-metal and that the end 6 of the loop 5 in Fig. 4 is rounding which enables the loop to be constructed to enter the socket 3, or to engage the pins a of the head 2 and to extend frictionally against either the inner wall of the socket 3, or the inner sides of the pins a. This construction is found to re liably hold the message carrying ring against being shaken out when waving the deliverer up and down and yet permit the message carrying ring to be readily removed.

Reverting again to the holder 9, in the specific construction here shown, the sheetmetal of which member 9 is formed has a loop 9, struck up therefrom into which one end of the spring 10 is fastened. The spring extends longitudinally of the member 9, and

preferably between its edges so that the message 11 is held with considerable friction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising a handle having at its outer end two independent removable message carrying members extending on opposite sides of the center of the handle.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a handle having at its outer end two sockets and separate message carrying members removably supported in said sockets, said members extending at opposite sides of the center of the handle.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a handle, of a rigid and a swinging message carrying member and @separate message carriers removably supported respectively by the rigid and swinging members.

4:. A device of the character described,

comprising a reversible handle having at its outer end two message carrying members which extend on opposite sides of the center of the handle.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. FRANK DUTCHER. Witnesses:

SIMON F. LOEB, GERTRUDE DAVIDSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents, Washington, D. G.

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