US268484A - Aikbn haman - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

A. HAMAN. WHEEL FENDER FOR RAILWAY CARS.

No..26 s,484.

Patented Dec.5. 1882.

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AIKEN HAMAN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

WHEEL-FENDER FOR RAiLWA"i"-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming. part of Letters Patent No. 268,4:842, dated December 5, 1882.

Application filed September 4, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AIKEN HAMAN, a citizen of theUnited States,residingiutheeity and county of San Francisco, State of California, have made and invented anewand usefulImprovement in Fenders or Guards for Wheels of Cars and Dummies; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a means of preventing acciden ts on street-railroad cars and dummics.

It consists in the novel construction and application of a device to the frontof the car, by which persons crossing the track before it are prevented from being injured if struck by the fender, and also, in connection therewith, a novel guard for the wheels, by which persons falling under the car at the sides are prevented from being run over, the two devices 00- operating together to form an effective and certain protection for such vehicles.-

for use on the dummies or engines of endlesscable railroads, wherein accidents to persons are of frequent occurrence.

The following description fully explains the nature of my said invention and the manner in which I proceed to construct, apply,aud use it, reference being made by letters and figures to'the aocompanyin g drawings, in which- Figure l is aside elevationof my improved fender attachment for street-cars, shown partly in section at the front. Fig. 2 is a front View. Fig. 3 is a plan or top view. Fig. 4 shows the guard or fender attachment for the wheels. Fig. 5 is a view of the fender-frame detached from'the front of the truck.

The guard or fender A, which I apply to the front of a car or dummy, consists essentially of a soft yielding surface, constructed of a framework of slat-s mounted on spiral springs, stuffed or padded, after the mannerof a mattress or bed-bottom, and covered with leather, rubber, or canvas. This frame-work is attachedto the end of the truck or frame ofthe car, and projects forward in front a suitable distance, presenting sufficient surface to catch and receivea person when struck by the front end. Atthis part thefront is inclined, and is brought The forward end of the frame has the slatsplaccd in slanting position to produce the inclined or wedge-shaped end E. By means of,

short standards F, secured to the side timbers of the track X, and the upright rods G of the frame, connection and attachment is made to the truck. For this purpose there are eyes ffprovidcd in the standard to secure theend ot' the rods, and from these points the frame is suspended. The surface of this frame-work is stuffed or padded with some suitable substance-such as is employed for upholstering purposesund is then covered with canvas, leather, or other material having the necessary qualities to stand exposure to the weather. By My invention is designed more particularly this construction the fender is made an independent structure, capable of being attached to the end of a car or a dummy truck, and of being taken off. and changed from one end to the other, as required; or each end of the truck can be provided with such a fender, to be left on permanently. is provided in the center of the fender for the draw-head W of the coupling. This opening is in the form of a pocket, as shown in Fig. 5, so that the surface of the fender projects out beyond the head or both sides. This opening H. may be closed by a slide, 3 so as to produce an unbroken surface across the perpendicular front of the fender in that endof the dummy which is presented to the front.

It required, the extreme front end of the fender-frame can be supported by small bearing-wheels to run on the rails, and a certain perpendicular yielding action in the fender can be given by placing around each rod G a coilspring, I, bearing against the eyefof the stand- Its construction and In such case an opening, H,

ard at one end, and on a shoulder, j, on the 7 ice slip in under the car at the sides to get in under the wheels. This device I constrnctin the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 4. Upon the lower end of a short rod, 1, I form or secure a covered shoe, 2, about equal in width to the Width of the tread and flange of a car-Wheel, and by means of a bracket, 3, secured to the axle-box or other convenient stationary part, 1 support one shoein froutand another behind each wheel. A bearing-roller, 4, in the bottom of the shoe may be used to prevent rubbing contact with the track,or may be applied to run in continual contact- With the rail. The shoe can be held in proper relation and position, however, without employing this roller. A spring, 5, is applied to the rod 1 to allow the shoe to ride over any inequality or obstruction on the track that may be small enough to pass under the edge of the shoe. Such a guard is simple, efl'ective, and readily applied. ltis formed of metal, and may be padded or covered, if desired.

These tWo devices, when applied in such manner to the truck and Wheels of a cablerailway dummy, afford complete and efficient protection to pedestrians, as well as to the riders on the dummy, from accidents by being run into or run over by such vehicle.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by. Letters Patent, is-

1. A fender for street-cars and dummies, consisting of airtime-Work, A B, extended forward at alowlevel, so as to form an appioximately horizontal step or seat, as described, suitably stuffed or padded, and covered, and

adapted to he attached-t0 and covered by the H for the draw-head and a means for attaching it to the front of a car or dummy.

5. The guard attachment for car-wheels, consisting of the bracket. 3, the rod 1, the shoe secured thereto, and the yielding spring 5, substantially as described.

Witness my hand and seal.

AIKEN HAMAN. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

EDWARD E. OsBoRN, V Geo. VINCENT.

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