to Enable the Passenger or Fare to Signal Directions to the Driver.
Year: 1886

page_text: to Enable the Passenger or Fare to Signal Directions to the
Driver.
We HENRY AUGUSTUS SCHLUND of the Kynoch Gun Factory, Aston, in the
county of Warwick Engineer and ABRAHAM MARTIN also of Aston aforesaid
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to the construction and application to cabs and other
carriages of a novel and simple apparatus whereby the passenger or fare is enabled
to signal directions to the driver.
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For this purpose within the carriage we fit a disc on the face of which is marked
the directions to be signalled such as "stop"
"" to the right
go on
"to the left."
The axis of the said disc can rotate and is connected by means of endless cords or
their equivalents to a rotating disc marked with similar directions and placed
outside the vehicle so as to be conveniently seen by the driver. The latter disc
is placed within a case having an opening in front so as to allow only one of the
directions on the disc to be seen at a time.
By this arrangement the fare in order to give a direction to the driver turns
a pointer or handle around the disc to the direction to be given and thereby moves
the disc on the outside of the carriage the movement of the disc at the same time
ringing a bell so as to call the attention of the driver to the signal. The parts are
brought back to their normal position by means of a suitable spring.
A
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: An Improved Apparatus Applicable to Cabs and other Carriages
to Enable the Passenger or Fare to Signal Directions to the
Driver.
We HENRY AUGUSTUS SCHLUND, of the Kynoch Gun Factory, Aston, in the
county of Warwick, Engineer, and ABRAHAM MARTIN, also of Aston aforesaid,
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:-
This invention relates to the construction and application to cabs and other
carriages of a novel and simple apparatus whereby the passenger or fare is enabled
to signal directions to the driver.
For this purpose within the carriage we fit a disc on the face of which is marked
the directions to be signalled, such as "stop," "go on,"
27 45 to the right," " to the left."
The axis of the said disc can rotate and is connected by means of cords, chains
or their equivalents to a rotating disc or a sliding plate or tablet marked with
similar directions and placed outside the vehicle so as to be conveniently seen
by the driver. The latter disc or tablet is placed within a case having an opening
in front so as to allow only one of the directions on the disc or tablet to be scen
at a time.
By this arrangement the fare, in order to give a direction to the driver, turns
a pointer or handle around the disc to the direction to be given and thereby moves
the disc or tablet on the outside of the carriage, the movement of the disc or tablet
at the same time ringing a bell so as to call the attention of the driver to the
signal. The parts are brought back to their normal position by means of a
suitable spring.
In order to enable our invention to be fully understood we will proceed to
describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawing, the several figures
of which illustrate an apparatus constructed according to our invention, applicable
to cabs and other carriages to enable a passenger or fare to signal directions to
the driver.
Figure 1 of the drawing represents an elevation and figure 2 a cross section
of the disc which is fitted within the carriage; figure is an elevation and figure 4
a cross section of the indicator which is placed outside the vehicle; figure 5 is
a horizontal section on line A B of figure 3; similar letters in all the figures
represent similar parts.
a, represents the disc which is fitted within the carriage and which forms a
portion of a case fixed to a convenient part of the said carriage, the said disc
having marked on its face the required directions to be signalled; b is the axis
of the disc a, which axis is arranged to rotate; c is the chain, one end of which is
attached to the axis b; d is the pointer or handle fixed to the axis b, and which
is moved over the disc a to the required position by the passenger or fare, in order
to give a signal; e is the sliding plate or tablet to which the other end of the
chain c is attached, and which is placed outside the vehicle so as to be conveniently
seen by the driver; f is the case in which the tablet slides on suitable guides g g;

page_text: h is the opening in the front of the case f for allowing only one of the directions
on the tablet e being seen at a time; is the bell, whereby the attention of the
driver is called to the signal which is given by the passenger or fare; the bell i, is
sounded by a hammer, fixed to a lever k, pivotted at 1, and passing outside the
case f; the lever k is provided with a hook or pawl k¹, which engages with a series
of cams or teeth m the number of which corresponds with the number of directions
or signals which the sliding tablet bears; n is a spring for pressing the lever k back
into its normal position after it has been operated as hereinafter described; o is
the spring for returning the tablet to its normal position when released from the
pawl ; p is a slot or opening in the case f in which the free end of the lever k
works.
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By this construction of apparatus, in order to give, for example, a signal to the
driver of the carriage to "go on
the passenger or fare has only to turn the
handle d to the said signal or direction on the disc a whereby the chain will be
drawn down and will move the tablet until the corresponding signal or direction
is brought opposite the opening h, in the case f; at the same time the driver's
attention will be called to the said signal or direction by the bell being sounded
three times as the cams or teeth m move over the pawl which will retain the
tablet e in the position to which it has been moved; the driver then moves the
lever so as to disengage the pawl k¹ from the cams or teeth m, and the tablet will
be moved back to its former position by its spring o and will carry back with it
the pointer or handled to the position shewn in figure 1; the lever kon being
released, will return to its former position, as shewn in figure 3, and will, at the
same time, sound the bell i whereby the passenger or fare will know that his or
her signal or direction has been observed by the driver.
Although we have described the directions as being carried on a sliding tablet it
will be obvious that we can employ a rotating disc (or part disc) having the said
directions thereon, in which case, the teeth are formed on the periphery of the
disc, which is operated by an endless cord or chain passing around the axis of
the two discs.
Having now particularly described and .ascertained the nature of our said
invention and the manner in which the same is to be performed we declare that
what we claim is:-
1. A signalling apparatus for vehicles consisting of two sets of indicators con-
nected by means of cords or chains so arranged that a signal can be clearly brought
to the notice of the driver by a fare or person inside any vehicle substantially as
herein before described.
2. In an apparatus for signalling directions in a vehicle the combination of cams
or teeth for effecting the ringing of a bell at the time that the signal is given as
and for the purpose described.
3. The improved apparatus applicable to cabs and other carriages to enable a
passenger or fare to signal directions to the driver substantially as herein before
described and represented in the accompanying drawing.