Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1886
Complete Left, 6th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 15th Nov., 1887
RECED
I FREDERICK HERBERT BERRY of 18 Percival Street Clerkenwell in the County of
Middlesex Electrician do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide an apparatus for exhibiting or indicating
words signs or marks in succession or otherwise the several parts of which apparatus
may be in different places and the same word or sign or mark would be or could be
so exhibited or indicated in each of these different places simultaneously or nearly so.
This my apparatus will therefore be very suitable for use on railway trains to indicate
at what station the next stoppage will be or otherwise and in signal boxes to indicate
where any particular train is and in offices to call any particular person and in many
other places and for many other objects.
The actuating and operating force in this my apparatus is preferably electricity but
I can also use compressed air or water or other suitable power.
To carry out this object say for example on a railway train and using electricity I
construct an instrument as follows. In any suitable casing I mount two rollers round
which is an endless or other band on which are marked the names of the stations
one of which can be exhibited at a time through an aperture in the casing or this band
can carry a finger which would pass through a slot in the casing and point to or
indicate one of the names of the stations shewn on the outside of the casing or other-
wise. On the end of one of the rollers is secured a ratchet wheel whereinto can
engage the tooth or hook of a lever the lower end whereof is pivotted near the bottom
of the casing. This lever passes across the field of any suitable magnet and a spring
is applied thereto to retain away from the magnet but when an electrical current is
sent through the magnet the lever is drawn towards the same engaging one of the
ratchet teeth and by so much revolving the roller. The current of electricity may be
governed through any usual or convenient appliance by the guard or other person or
may be automatically governed by a suitable short lever pivotted or placed on the out-
side of the carriage which will come in contact with a post or projection or part of

page_text: the station building or other structure as the train enters or nears the station whereby
contact will be effected and a current be sent through the magnet to produce the
aforesaid effect. Every time a current is so sent through the magnet the roller will
be so much revolved as corresponds to one of the ratchet teeth and when it is desired
to revolve the roller more than this amount the current of electricity is correspondingly
made and broken.
One of these instruments is placed in cach carriage or compartment or otherwise
as may be desired and the usual wires are led from the transmitting instrument which
may be placed in the guard's van or in another place as may be convenient to all the
receiving instruments. The wire in the transmitting instrument terminates near one
of the rollers on the end of which are a series of pins corresponding to the teeth
of the ratchet wheel and when one of these pins comes in contact with the wire which
happens directly the roller is turned as aforesaid a current of electricity is passed to
all the receiving instruments in which the rollers are similarly revolved as hereinbefore
described and therefore the name required is exhibited or indicated.
This apparatus is fitted and used in a similar manner in all other places and for all
. other objects the required words or signs or marks being placed on the band or on the
casing or otherwise.
When pneumatic or other power is used instead of electricity the instruments are
made in the same manner but instead of the magnets and wires bags or other usual
or convenient appliances are used to actuate the levers and to take the power from the
pins or other apparatus on the ends of the rollers and transmit the same to the
receiving instruments and pipes or other appliances are used to connect the several
instruments together.

page_text: or Marks in Succession or otherwise.
I FREDERICK HERBERT BERRY of 18 Percival Street Clerkenwell in the county
of Middlesex Electrician do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :—
The object of my invention is to provide an apparatus for exhibiting or indicating
words signs or marks in succession or otherwise the several parts of which apparatus
may be in different places and the same word or sign or mark would be or could be.
so exhibited or indicated in each of these different places simultaneously or nearly so.
This my apparatus will therefore be very suitable for use on railway trains to indicate
at what station the next stoppage will be or otherwise and in signal boxes to indicate
where any particular train is and in offices to call any particular person and in many
other places and for many other objects.
The actuating and operating power in this my apparatus is preferably electricity but
I can also use compressed air or water or other suitable power.
To carry out this object say for example on a railway train and using electricity I
construct an instrument as shewn in the accompanying drawing wherein Figure 1 is
an elevation of the instrument and Figure 2 is a cross section thereof taken at A B in
Figure 1.
In or on any suitable framing I mount a shaft whereon are the wheels A and A¹
duly toothed to carry and operate the endless or other band B whereon are marked
the names of the stations and on this shaft also is the ratchet wheel C whereinto can
engage the hook D of the lever E pivotted in the proper position on the framing.
This lever E crosses the field of any suitable magnet F and a spring can be applied
thereto to retain it away from the magnet but when an electrical current is sent
through the magnet F the lever E is drawn towards the same and the hook D
engaging one of the teeth of the ratchet wheel C by so much revolves the shaft thereof
and the wheels A are correspondingly revolved therewith carrying and moving the
band B. It may generally be desirable to lock the shaft of the wheels A and C so
that it cannot be revolved except when the lever E is drawn towards the magnet F as
aforesaid and I therefore would attach to the lever E the rod G the end whereof bears
against a lug on the locking bar J which engages between the teeth of the wheel K
on the shaft of the wheels A and C in which bar J a slot is made in such position
that when and as the lever E is drawn as aforesaid towards the magnet F the rod G
so moves the locking bar J that the tooth of the wheel K can pass through this slot
and a spring I is applied to the bar J to bring it back to its locking position when the
lever E is released which spring I will obviously also retain the lever E away from
the magnet F as is desired. This instrument can be enclosed in a suitable case L in

page_text: the door or front of which is an aperture M. wherethrough can be seen one of the
names marked on the band B and thus whenever the wheels A are revolved a fresh
name is exhibited as is desired.
In this instrument as herein before described it is obvious that the wheels A can only
be revolved in the one direction and therefore the names on the band B can only be
exhibited in the one sequence and it may often be requisite that these names should be
exhibited in the reverse sequence. To effect this object I should construct the
instrument as shewn in the drawing wherein all the actuating parts are duplicated
that is to say another magnet F¹ operates the lever E¹ which through the hook D¹
actuates the ratchet wheel C₁ on the shaft of the wheels A the teeth of which ratchet
wheel Care formed as shewn in the reverse direction to the teeth of the ratchet
wheel C and the rod G₁ attached to the lever E¹ bears against another lug on the
opposite end of the locking bar J in which is made another slot for the passage of the
teeth of the wheel K and to ensure that when one of the hooks D is engaged in one
of the ratchet wheels C the other hook shall be disengaged from the other ratchet
wheel I fit the two bars H one of which bars that is to say the bar H is jointed to the
rod G¹ and engages over a stud on the hook D while the bar H¹ is jointed to the rod G
and engages over a stud on the hook D¹ and thus when for example the lever E is
operated as aforesaid the bar H' draws the hook D¹ away from the ratchet wheel C¹
and vice versa.
In this manner therefore the wheels A can be revolved in either
direction and the names on the band B can be exhibited in either sequence by sending
the electrical current through either the magnet F or the magnet F¹ as may be
desired.
The current of electricity may be governed through any usual or convenient
appliance by the guard or other person or may be automatically governed by a suitable
short lever pivotted or placed on the outside of the carriage which will come
in contact with a post or projection or part of the station building or other
structure as the train enters or nears the station whereby contact will be
effected and a current be sent through the magnet to produce the aforesaid
effect. Every time a current is so sent through the magnet the wheels will
be so much revolved as corresponds to one of the ratchet teeth and when it
is desired to revolve the wheels more than this amount the current of electricity
is correspondingly made and broken.
A convenient manner of fitting this apparatus in a railway train is as
follows. One of these instruments is placed in each carriage or compartment
and the usual wires are led from the transmitting instrument which may be placed in
the guard's van or elsewhere as may be convenient to all the receiving instruments.
The wire in the transmitting instrument can terminate near one of the wheels or
preferably another wheel is mounted on the end of the shaft on the side whereof are a
series of pins corresponding to the teeth of the ratchet wheel and when one of these
pins comes in contact with the wire which happens directly these wheels are turned
preferably by hand a current of electricity is passed to all the receiving instruments
in which therefore the wheels are similarly revolved as hereinbefore described and the
name required is exhibited.
Instead also of marking the names of the stations on the band as hereinbefore
described these names may be marked on the outside of the casing or elsewhere and
the band can carry a finger which would pass through a slot in the casing if any and
point to or indicate one of these names.
It is sufficiently obvious that this apparatus can be used in a similar manner in all
other places and for all other objects the required words or signs or marks being
placed on the band or on the casing or elsewhere. For example when used in signal
boxes to indicate where any particular train is the several instruments are placed in
the desired signal boxes and one of these instruments will be actuated in manner as
herein before described when and as the train passes the same and the name of the
signal box in which this transmitting instrument is can be exhibited or indicated in
the one or more signal boxes in connection therewith. Again when used in offices to
call any particular person the several instruments are placed in the desired rooms and

page_text: when the transmitting instrument is actuated in manner as hereinbefore described the
name of any particular person can be exhibited or indicated in the one or more
instruments in connection therewith.
When pneumatic or other power is used instead of electricity the instruments are
made in the same manner but instead of the magnets and wires bags or other usual or
convenient appliances are used to operate the levers and to take the power from the
pins on the side of the wheel and transmit the same to the receiving instruments and
pipes or other appliances are used to connect the several instruments together.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
1. The combination with the band B carried and operated by the wheels A of the
ratchet wheel C the hook D and the lever E operated by electricity or other power
substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and declared.
2. The arrangement and combination of parts and appliances constituting my
apparatus for exhibiting or indicating words signs or marks in succession or otherwise
substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn in the accompanying drawing.