US1112206A - Car-fender. - Google Patents

Description

J. T. PULMBLE.

GAR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED 00-12-14, 1912.

Patented Sept-29,1914;

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JOHN T. EULMELE, 0F WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

CAR-FENDER.

Application filed October 14, 1912.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

Serial No. 725,635.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN T. FULMELE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Wilmington, in the county of Newcastle and State of Delaware, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in car fenders and it consists in the combinaconstructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a device in which the forwardly projecting frame of the fender will be tilted downwardly when an object falls upon the fender, thereby preventing the frame and the car from riding over the object.

A further object of my invention is to provide means whereby the air brakes are set whenever the fender strikes an obstruction, such as an animal or a person, thus stopping the car automatically.

A further object of my invention is to provide a fender of simple construction for accomplishing the above named objects.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of'this application in which similar reference characters indicate like parts in the several views and in which Figure 1 is a central section through the de vice, along the line 1-1 of Fig. 3. 'Fig. 2 is a section along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view, Fig. 4 is a side view of a portion of the device showing it in its folded position, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the device, the suspending members being omitted.

In carrying out my invention I provide a pivot rod 1, which is secured beneath the floor 2 of the car. Upon this pivot rod is mounted the fender support, which consistst of the side arms 3 and 4c, the latter being bent at an angle at 3 and 1 respectively, and then being bent outwardly at W and sk and forwardly again at W and 4:, respectively.

The frame of the fender consists of the two longitudinal arms 5 and 6 and the transverse members 7 and 8. Between the arms 5 and 6 is disposed a roller 9, which may be covered with some soft material, so as to prevent injury to a person if the latter should be struck by the roller. If desirable I may provide a lug 7 which extends forwardly from the cross member 7, so as to support the center of the roller. In some instances this lug 7 may be dispensed with.

Between the members 7 and 8 is disposed a basketoriapron 10, which is pivotally mountedon the cross bar 7 at 11. A similar fender member 12 is pivotally connected with the frame member 8 at 13 at its lower corners and is connected to the chains 141 at its upper corners. Each of the chains 14 is attached to a portion of the car, such as the dash board 15, at its upper end and at its lower end to a spiral spring 16, which in turn i's'connected with one of the longitudinal arms 5 and 6 of the frame.

Secured to the member 8 are the bearings 17 for a rock shaft 18. The shaft has a forwardly projecting hook 19, which engages the rear end of the pivoted fender member 10. An integral arm 20 extends rearwardly from the rock shaft 18, and is bent upwardly at 20". The upwardly extending portion passes through an eye 21 on the arm 3, and is provided with a head 22.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device the operation thereof may be readily understood.

Consider now Fig. 1: In this figure the fender is sus ended by means of the chains 14, and the ront end of the fender is held clear of the track by means of the springs 16. If new a person should be struck by the fender, he would pitch forwardly onto the pivoted bottom member 10. The impact of the blow will cause the roller to be forced downwardly so as to prevent absolutely any danger of the fender passing over the person. This result is insured by the construction of the device. It will be noted that the arms 3 and 4 are inclined rearwardly and then are bent at an angle. This throws the ivotal point of the fender in front of the gent portions, and therefore there is no tendency for the front portion of the fender or the roller 9 to lift. When an obstruction hits the roller, the fender must of necessity move downwardly, so as to bring the roller into close contact with the track along which it will roll.

When the person or obstruction falls upon the fender member 10, the rear end of the latter will swing downwardly and the arm upwardly. The head22 will strike the valve stem 23 of the valve 24. The latter is connected with a pipe 25 leading to the pressure pipe which controls the brakes. The movement of the valve 23 immediately lets the air out of the pressure pipe and the brakes are therefore set.

It will be seen that the device acts automatically to stop the car whenever'an obstruction falls upon the fender. It absolutely prevents anything from getting underneath the car.

The device is of simple construction and the few parts of which it is constructed are not liable to get out of order.

It will be understood that while I have shown and described the device specifically,

I do not wish to limit myself to the precise construction described, since it is obvious that the parts'may be made of different sizes or materials or shapes as long as they conform to the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. The combination with a car having an air brake and a pressure pipe, of a valve communicating with said pressure pipe, a fender comprising a downwardly movable portion for receiving and carrying a body encountered by the fender, and means actuated by the movement of the movable fender portion for opening the valve to let out the air from the pressure pipe, said means comprising a lever pivotally mounted on a portion of the frame, one end of said lever being arranged to engage the valve and the other end being disposed beneath the movable fender portion and arranged to be engaged by the latter in its movement.

2. The combination with a car having an air brake and a pressure pipe, of a valve communicating with said pressure pipe and having a projecting valve stem, a fender frame pivotally mounted upon the bottom of the car and having a body receiving portion pivotally mounted near the front end of said frame, a rock shaft pivotally mounted on said frame and having a hook on one side thereof arranged to be engaged by the pivoted body receiving portion, an integral arm extending from said rock shaft on the other side thereof and being provided with an upwardly turned end, and a head carried by said upwardly turned end and arranged to engage said valve stem for foreing the valve open.

3. The combination with a car, of a fender therefor comprising a pivot rod, a pair of arms loosely mounted on said pivot rod, said arms extending rearwardly and being bent forwardly, a frame secured to said arms, a movable body receiving portion pivotally mounted near the forward end of said frame, a roller disposed in front of said body receiving portion, and flexible members for suspending the front end of the frame, said members being attached to the car.

4;. The combination with a car, of a fender therefor comprising a pivot rod, a pair of arms loosely mounted on said pivot rod, said arms extending rearwardly and being bent forwardly, a frame secured to said arms, a movable body receiving portion pivotally mounted near the forward end of said frame, a roller disposed in front of said body receiving portion, flexible members for suspending the front end of the frame, each of said members comprising a chain attached at one end to the car, a spring attached to the frame near the front end thereof, said spring and said chain being connected together, and an upwardly extending fender member pivotally connected to the frame at its bottom corners and to said chains at its upper corners.

JOHN T. FULMELE.

Vitnesses L. A. STANLEY, SOLON C. KEMoN.

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