An Improved Device for Securing Address and other Cards, Labels, or Tickets to Railway-wagons and other Objects.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Nov., 1892
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Complete Specification Left, 19th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 30th Sept, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Securing Address and other Cards, Labels,
or Tickets to Railway-wagons and other Objects.
I, RONALD SMITH, of 2 South Parade, York in the County of York, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention is chiefly designed to provide a more simple and efficient device
than those heretofore employed, for securing address and other cards, labels, or
tickets to railway-wagons, trunks, hampers and other objects.
My improved device comprises a frame beneath which the label or ticket is to be
placed and through which the address or other notification thereon may be seen.
This frame is connected by a hinge-joint to a plate or bracket to be secured to the
wagon or other object and is constructed with one or more arms or eccentrics in
such a manner that, when a label or ticket is placed beneath it and the said
frame is turned to bring it over the said label or ticket, the latter will be tightly
gripped or clamped between the said plate or bracket and the said arms or eccentrics,
and the edges of the said label or ticket will be covered by the frame.
I find it advantageous to make the said frame with an eccentric at each end
thereof, and to so arrange the eccentrics that, when the frame is pressed against a
label or ticket, the said eccentrics will be moved beyond their "dead centre," and
there will therefore, be no liability to accidental opening of the device and conse-
quent loss of the label or ticket. This arrangement affords the further advantage
that, when the device is secured to the side of a wagon with the free end of the
frame uppermost, the frame must, in order to release the label or ticket and permit
the withdrawal thereof, be turned so far about its pivot or hinge-joint that it will
fall and hang in a vertical position and cannot be left projecting from the wagon
in a horizontal or inclined position, and therefore will not be liable to injury by
.passing vehicles or otherwise.
I sometimes make the frame. with short arms instead of with eccentrics, and
make the said plate or bracket with inclined or curved surfaces between which and
the said arms the label or ticket will be gripped or clamped when the frame is
turned down upon the same.
In order that the label or ticket may be firmly held and at the same time may not
be torn or injured by the action of the said arms or eccentrics I prefer to place on
the said plate or bracket at the points where the label is gripped, suitable pads
of india rubber or other yielding or elastic material. The device is sometimes so
constructed that these pads can be renewed without removing or disturbing any
other part of the device.
I prefer to provide a projection or ledge on the said plate or bracket to form a
.stop for the label or ticket, thereby facilitating the insertion of the same in its
proper position.”,
Dated the 19th day of November 1892.
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Securing Address and other Cards, Labels,
or Tickets to Railway-wagons and other Objects.
I RONALD SMITH of 33 East Mount Road late of 2 South Parade York, in the
County of York, Engineer, 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:-
My invention is chiefly designed to provide a more simple and efficient device
than those heretofore employed, for securing address and other cards, labels or
tickets to railway-wagons, trunks, hampers, and other objects.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing or carrying
the same into effect or practice may be properly understood I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings in which the same reference letters are
used to indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where shown.
Figures 1 and 2 are elevations showing one. arrangement of my label holder in
its folded up gripping position and in its folded down released position respectively,
while Figure 3 is a perspective elevation corresponding to Figures 1 and 2 showing
the holder frame in position gripping a label on the side of a wagon.
Figures 4, 5, and 6 are views corresponding to Figures 1, 2 and 3 respectively
showing the most suitable form of my improved label holder when made of wire.
Figures 7 and 8 are detached sections showing the rubber or elastic acting
spring or cushion as applied to the forms of holders shown in Figures 1 and 4
respectively and
Figure 9 is a detached horizontal section corresponding to these latter figures.
Referring to Figures 1, 2, 3 and 7, my improved device comprises a bow or
inverted Ushaped frame A beneath which the label or ticket X is to be placed,
and through which the address or other notification thereon may be seen. This
frame A is connected at each end by a hinge-joint at B¹ to a plate or bracket B
which is screwed or secured to the wagon or other object, and this frame A is
constructed with one or more arms or eccentrics A A' in such a manner that,
when a label or ticket X is placed behind or beneath it, and the said frame A is
turned to bring it over the said label or ticket, the latter will be tightly gripped
or clamped between the said plate or bracket B.and the said arms or eccentrics A',
and the edges of the said label or ticket X will be covered by the frame A, as
shown in Figures 1 and 3.
I find it advantageous to make the said frame A with an eccentric A¹ at each
end thereof, and to so arrange the eccentrics that, when the frame A is pressed
against a label or ticket X, the said eccentrics will be moved beyond their
"dead centre," and there will, therefore, be no liability to accidental opening of the
device and consequent loss of the label or ticket. This arrangement affords
the further advantage that, when the device is secured to the side of a wagon with
the free end of the frame A uppermost, as shown in Figure 3 the frame A must,
in order to release the label or ticket X and permit the withdrawal thereof, be
turned so far about its pivot or hinge-joint B' that it will fall and hang in a vertical
position, as shown in Figure 2 and cannot be left projecting from the wagon in a
horizontal or inclined position, and, therefore, will not be liable to injury by passing
vehicles or otherwise.
By an alternative and equivalent arrangement I sometimes make the frame A
with short arms instead of with eccentrics A', and make the said plate or bracket B
with inclined or curved surfaces, between which and the said arms the label or
ticket will be gripped or clamped when the frame is turned down upon the same.
In order that the label or ticket may be firmly held and at the same time may
not be torn or injured by the action of the said arms or eccentrics A¹, I would
or may as shown particularly in Figures 7 and 9 place on the said plate or

page_text: bracket B, between it and the wagon W at the point where the label X is gripped,
suitable pads of india-rubber or other yielding or elastic material and the device
is so constructed that these pads can be renewed without removing or disturbing
any other part of the device.
I prefer to provide a projection or ledge B' on the said plate or bracket B to
form a stop or seating for the label or ticket X, thereby facilitating the insertion.
of the same in its proper position.
In the arrangement shown in Figures 4, 5, 6 and 8, the bow frame A is formed
of spring steel or other wire, and at the eccentric parts A' which act on the
rubber b it is preferably formed of a duplex parallel shape before entering the
eye B of the hinge, and rollers A' are loosely fitted at these parts A' so as to
have an eccentric or cam movement and operate with a minimum of friction and
prevent any injury when acting on the label or card X which is likewise easier
inserted and removed and not covered to any deleterious effect and this roller may
be made of rubber or other elastic material instead of and as an equivalent for the
fixed pad b.
With this improved device when applied to railway wagons, the shunter or man
in charge, can with his one hand insert and secure or withdraw a label, and thus
enable him to have the free use of his other hand for his personal protection or for
carrying his lamp or shunting pole.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A device for securing address cards, labels and the like consisting of a bow
or frame with eccentric, cam or equivalent acting organs at its lower or fulcrumed
ends, and a fixed plate or bracket on which it is mounted to oscillate, and so that
in its raised position it securely grips and holds the label while in its folded down
position it releases the same, substantially as herein described, in reference to and
by way of application shown in the accompanying drawings.
2. A device for securing address cards, labels and the like, consisting of the
combination of an oscillating frame with eccentric or cam acting ends, a fixed plate
or bracket, and rubber or equivalent acting spring pads cushions or organs sub-
stantially as herein described in reference to and by way of application shown in
the accompanying drawings.
3. In a device for securing address cards, labels and the like the fitting and use
of rubber or equivalent acting spring, pads, cushions, or organs, substantially as
and for the purposes herein described in reference to and by way of application
shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 18th day of August 1893.
RONALD SMITH.