Improvements in or relating to the Label Carriers of Railway Wagons, Trucks, or the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 8th Jan., 1900-Accepted, 7th Apr., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Label Carriers of Railway Wagons,
Trucks, or the like.
We, WILLIAM RIGLEY, of the Firm of Rigley, Wolstenholme & Co., of Hollo-
way House, Bulwell, in the City of Nottingham, Wagon Builder, and MATTHEW
WOLSTENHOLME, of Llanfoist House, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in the label carriers of railway wagons,
trucks, or the like, and it has for its object the attachment of the label carrier
to the wagon or truck, in such a manner that it may be moved from one side of
the vehicle to the other by an attendant from either side, so that if the label is
on the opposite side of the wagon to the attendant, he can bring it to the same
side and thus read the directions without going round the wagon.
This obviates either the necessity for the use of two labels, that is, one on
each side of the wagon, or the attendant passing from one side of a line of
wagons to the other.
According to our invention the label carrier of each wagon is connected by
a preferably swivel joint, to a carriage which is mounted on a transverse rail
or bar, placed on one end of the wagon and normally in a horizontal position.
The carriage may be provided with one or more anti-friction rollers to run on
preferably the top edge of the rail, in order that it may run freely from one
end of the said rail to the other, and to protect the bearings of the roller or
rollers from the weather, they may be covered by a protecting cap or cover of
suitable shape, secured to the carriage.
In order that the carriage may be moved from one side of the wagon to the
other as described, the rail may be mounted near the middle of its length on a
horizontal axis secured to the end of the wagon, and be tilted by the attendant
in the requisite direction to cause the carriage and label carrier to run from one
end of the rail to the other. As the rail may be tilted with equal facility from
either sides of the wagon, if the label carrier should be on the opposite side to
the attendant, the latter by depressing the end of the rail nearest to him, will
cause the label carrier to immediately travel towards him, and it may then be
turned round and the label read without any difficulty.
The ends of the rail preferably move in and are thus protected by quadrants
secured to the end of the wagons, and either one or both ends of the rail may
be provided with springs which press on the said quadrants and prevent acci-
dental displacement of the rail by the jolting of the wagon.
If preferred the rail may be fixed preferably in a horizontal position, and the
label carrier carriage moved from one end of the rail to the other by an endless
band, cord, or chain, passing over pullies placed at each end of the rail. Or
each end of the rail may be provided with a spring up to which the carriage is
moved and retained by a catch, which is connected by a suitable arrangement to
a releasing device on the opposite side of the wagon, so that the said catch may

page_text: be released and the carriage be shot to the opposite end of the rail by the action
of the spring.
Where an endless band, cord, or chain, or the like is employed, the label carrier
may be attached directly to the chain. The rail may in this case be discarded
and the pullies for carrying the endless band, cord, or cliain be mounted on axles
secured to the end of the wagon.
It is also obvious that numerous other devices may be employed for moving
the label carrier from one side, of the wagon to the other without departing
from the spirit of the present invention, for example. The label carrier may
be mounted on the end of an arm which is mounted on an axis secured to the
end of the wagon, so that said arm may oscillate in a plane parallel to the end
of the wagon. By means of a transverse bar or link connected to the said arm,
the latter may be oscillated from either side of the wagon, and the label carrier
thus moved from one side of the wagon to the other as desired.
Dated this 7th day of April 1899. .
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in or relating to the Label Carriers of Railway Wagons,
Trucks, or the like.
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We, WILLIAM RIGLEY, of the Firm of Rigley, Wolstenholme & Co., of Hollo-
way House, Bulwell, in the City of Nottingham, Wagon Builder, and MATTHEW
WOLSTENHOLME, of Llanfoist House, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, 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:
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This invention relates to improvements in or applicable to the label or ticket
carrier of railway wagons, trucks, or the like, and it has for its object, the
attachment of the label carrier to the wagon or truck in such a manner that it
may be moved from one side of the vehicle to the other by an attendant from
either side, so that if the label is on the opposite side of the wagon to the
attendant, he can bring it to the same side, and thus read the directions without
going round the wagon.
This obviates either the necessity for the use of two labels, that is one on
each side of every wagon, or the attendant passing from one side of a line of
wagons to the other.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is an end elevation of the body of a wagon, showing my invention
applied thereto.
Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the body of a wagon, showing a modified
arrangement.
Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the body of a wagon, showing a further modifi-
cation.
Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the label carrier carriage shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a modified form of label carrier carriage, adapted
for use on a double rail or bar.
Figs. 4 and 5 are drawn to a larger scale than Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
According to our invention the label carrier A, in one form of our invention.

page_text: (see Figs. 1 and 4) is connected by a preferably swivel joint to a carriage B,
which is mounted on a transverse rail or bar C, placed at one end of the wagon D.
The carriage B may be provided with one or more anti-friction rollers B¹
pivotted to the said carriage, and preferably arranged as shown to run on the
upper edge of the rail C, so that the carriage will run freely from one end of
the rail to the other.
If preferred the carriage B may also be provided with a cap or cover which
is not shown, to protect the bearings of the roller on rollers from the weather.
In order that the carriage B may be moved from one end of the rail C to the
other as described, the said rail is pivotted at C to a bracket E, secured to the
end of the wagon D, and is tilted by the attendant in the requisite direction to
cause the carriage B and label carrier A, to run to the requisite end of the rail.
As the rail C may be tilted with equal facility from either sides of the wagon,
if the label carrier should be on the opposite side to the attendant, the latter by
depressing the nearest end of the roll C, will cause the label carrier to travel
towards him, and it may then be turned round and read without difficulty.
The ends of the rail C may be provided with straps or brackets. F which
engage with vertical guide bars G on the end of the wagon D, and if preferred
either one or both ends of the rail may also be provided with a spring or
springs to bear on the guide bars G, and thus prevent accidental displacement
of the rail, by the jolting of the wagon..
If desirable the rail C may be fixed in a horizontal position as shown in Fig. 2,
and the label carriage B, be moved from one end of the said rail to the other,
by an endless chain, band or cord H.
This chain, band or cord is carried over pulleys I which are mounted on axles I¹
at each side of the end of the wagon D as shown, or axles on the ends of the
rail C, and said chain is connected at one point to the carriage B as shown.
Where an endless chain, band, cord or the like, is employed, the label carrier
may be attached directly to the chain or the like H as shown in Fig. 3, and the
rail C and carriage B be dispensed with.
This arrangement may be applied on the underside or other part of a wagon
instead of at the end as shown.
In some cases a double rail C may be employed as shown in Fig. 5. In this
case the body of the carriage B runs between the rails, and is provided with
two anti-friction rollers B', one running on each rail.
It is obvious that numerous other devices may be employed for moving the
label carrier A from one side of the wagon to the other, without departing from
the spirit of this invention, For example, the label carrier may be mounted
on the free end of an arm which is pivotted to the end of the wagon, so that
said arm may oscillate in a plane parallel to the end of the wagon. By means
of a transverse bar or link, connected to the said arm, the latter may be oscil-
lated from either sides of the wagon, and the label carrier thus moved from one
side to the other as desired.
We however prefer the forms shown and described, as they do not interfere
with the loading of the wagons, and are always out of the way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that
what we claim is;-
1. The employment on a wagon truck or the like of a label carrying device
which enables the attendant to transfer the label from one side thereof to the
other substantially as described.
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2. A label carrying device for a wagon truck or the like which will transfer
the label from one side thereof to the other in order that it may be examined on
either side of the wagon substantially as described.
3. A device for carrying and moving from side to side the label of a wagon
truck or the like comprised essentially of a label carrier A a carriage such as B

page_text: and a tilting rail such as E for the said carriage to run upon substantially as
described.
4. A device for carrying and moving from side to side the label of a wagon
truck or the like comprised essentially of a label carrier A a carriage such as B
a fixed rail such as E and an endless chain band cord or the like carried over
pulleys I substantially as described.
5. A device for carrying and moving from side to side the label of a wagon
truck or the like comprised essentially of a label carrier A connected to an end-
less chain band cord or the like H carried over pulleys I at the sides of the
wagon substantially as described.
6. A device for carrying and moving from side to side the label of a wagon
truck or the like .comprised essentially of a label carrier connected to the free
end of an arm pivotted to the wagon and a transverse bar or link for oscillating
the arm substantially as described.
7. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete devices
for carrying and moving from side to side the label of a wagon truck or the like
substantially as described and illustrated in Figs. 1-2 and 3 of the accompany-
ing drawings.