Improvements in Elevated Railway Systems and Vehicles therefor.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 28th Jan., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Elevated Railway Systems and Vehicles
therefor.
I, ARTHUR ETHELBERT HOTCHKISS, a citizen of the United States, residing at
Mount Holly, in the County of Burlington, and State of New Jersey, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature and objects of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
ELEVATED RAILWAY SYSTEMS AND VEHICLES THEREFOR, and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statements :-
My invention relates to a novel elevated railway system and of a vehicle provided
with suitable traction mechanism for permitting of the propulsion thereof upon,
over and along the permanent ways of the elevated structure.
The principal objects of my invention are first, to provide a novel elevated
railway system for the conveyance of passengers or merchandise from point to
point; second, to provide an elevated railway system that is perfectly safe and
reliable and at the same time free from dangers heretofore attending overhead or
elevated railway systems; third, to provide a simple, durable and easy running
vehicle adapted to traverse the permanent way of the elevated structure; fourth,
to furnish efficient mechanism for permitting of the propulsion of the vehicle upon,
over and along the elevated permanent way with an easy gliding motion and
without undue exertion; and fifth, to prevent the vehicle from accidentally leaving
the elevated permanent way or course.
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My invention consists of a railway system constructed, arranged and adapted for
operation substantially in the manner hereinafter described and claimed.
My invention further consists of a vehicle provided with a main-frame having
two depending members, whereof one or both extremities thereof is or are extended
for the reception of traction and driving wheels and a guide roll or rolls.
My invention further consists of a vehicle having a main-frame provided with a
guide-roll or rolls, a front driving wheel, a rear traction wheel and propelling
mechanism for permitting of the actuation of said driving-wheel; and
My invention further consists of a permanent or elevated way or course and a
vehicle adapted thereto and provided with suitable means, whereby the same may
be propelled over the course or way in substantially the manner hereinafter
described and claimed.
The nature and scope of the invention will be more fully understood from the
following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which
illustrate some of the ways in which my invention may be conveniently carried
into effect; and in which
Figure 1, is a side elevation of a supporting structure provided with a track and
showing also a vehicle adapted thereto, and the said view illustrating one of the
ways in which my invention may be carried into effect.
Fig. 2, is a vertical section through said structure with a vehicle mounted thereon
and adapted to run over the elevated permanent way or course.
Fig. 3, is a side elevation of the supporting track structure adapted for a vehicle
to travel over, arranged in this instance adjacent to a building in order to illustrate
how the same may be provided with gates having a section of track secured thereto
and at the same time serve as a supporting track structure for the vehicle to
travel over.
Fig. 4, is a side elevation of the supporting track structure showing a gap in the
course between cross-roads.
Fig. 5, is a perspective view of an elevated course or permanent way with a
vehicle embodying features of my invention mounted thereon and showing in

page_text: connection therewith the pilot wheel and handle bar with brake-mechanism in
application thereto and adapted to be brought into engagement with the surface of
the pilot-wheel for stopping or retarding the movement of the vehicle, as occasion
may require.
Fig. 6, is a front elevational view of the vehicle.
Fig. 7, is a vertical central section through a part of the driving-wheel which is
mounted on a shaft journalled to the vertical extension of the main-frame, a
sprocket wheel, chain and a ratchet-wheel and pawl engaging therewith; and
Fig. 8, is an elevational view of the ratchet-wheel and of the pawl secured to the
sprocket-wheel illustrated in Fig. 7.
Referring to the drawings e and e', are respectively the upper and lower longitu-
dinal stringers secured in any preferred manner to vertical supports, held firmly
in the ground a, Fig. 1, or to base or foundation blocks of wood, iron or other material,
Fig. 5. These longitudinal stringers may be provided with intermediate stringers g'
and 9 snitably secured to the vertical supports b, in order to increase the strength
or solidity of the supporting structure of the elevated course or permanent way.
The upper longitudinal stringer e, is provided with a rail, of any preferred form
or shape and the lower longitudinal stringer e¹, may have attached thereto in any
preferred manner rails g, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, or the lower stringers e¹,
may be made to serve as guide-rails as illustrated in Fig. 5. H, is a vehicle which
may be of any preferred construction, but I have, however, found a vehicle con-
structed and arranged substantially in the manner illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2
or 5 and 6, as well adapted for the purposes of my invention. This vehicle H, is
preferably provided with two wheels E and F, of different diameters and designated
as "driving" and "pilot" wheels, which are connected from their respective hubs
with each other by means of a back-bone or main-frame *. This back-bone or
main-frame is provided with a vertical arm 3, provided with a handle-bar L. M, is
a seat or spring actuated saddle having the front extremity thereof connected with
the vertical arm, while the rear extremity thereof by means of a spring m, is
clipped to the back-bone or main frame. The back-bone or main frame h³, is
provided with depending bars or members H¹ and H2, and jourualled thereto is a
guide-wheel or wheels G, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 6. The driving-wheel E, is
constructed of a greater diameter than the pilot-wheel F, in order that a high speed
may be readily obtained by the rider of the vehicle without the employment of
complicated or expensive gearing. To the depending bars or members H₁ and H',
are pivotally attached levers i and i¹, provided with pedals and . These levers i
and, are pivotally attached to cranks n and n¹, connected with the hub of the
driving-wheel E, by means of the connecting-rods and o, as shown in Fig. 1,
whereby a person seated on the saddle of the vehicle with the legs straddling the
supporting track structure and the feet in engagement with the pedals and r¹, of
the levers i and, and the hands in engagement with the handle-bar L, may readily
propel the vehicle over the course without undue exertion.
The handle-bar L, is provided with suitable means for actuating a brake-shoe p,
caused to contact with the peripheral surface of the wheel For E, in order to
permit the rider to retard the movement of the vehicle or to stop the same.
The peripheral surface of the guide-wheel G, Figs. 1 and 2, may be made of any
preferred form or shape, for example, it may be flanged to conform to the shape or
form of the guide rail or rails, as shown in Fig. 2. The vehicle may, if preferred,
be provided with double guide rolls in order to engage with and travel over the
flanged guide-rails g, disposed on opposite sides of the supporting track structure.
By providing the vehicle with a guide-wheel or wheels to contact with and travel
over the guide rail or rails g, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the vehicle can be main-
tained in its proper upright or vertical position; and moreover, by arranging the
saddle or seat of the vehicle below the axes of the driving and pilot wheels greater
certainty of action is afforded and greater security from accident or danger ensured.
Moreover, by supporting the pedal or treadle levers below the general plane of the
rail of the structure and on opposite sides, the rider is permitted thereby to occupy

page_text: a position in connection with the vehicle astride the supporting track structure and
hence the weight of the rider will fall in a vertical line or approximately a vertical
plane to the structure, thereby avoiding undue friction at the point or points of
contact of the guide wheel or wheels with the guide-rail or rails and consequently
avoiding any tendency to retard the movement of the vehicle and also prevents the
expenditure of an undue amount of labor or power in the propelling of the vehicle
over the elevated course or permanent way. A further advantage derived from
arranging the guide-wheels below the treadles or pedals of the vehicle, is that in
passing over gaps in the supporting track structure, the guide wheel or wheels
become the carrying wheels of the vehicle for rolling the same over the ground.
The arrangement of the driving and pilot wheels of the vehicle in advance of one
another and with the seat or spring actuated saddle supported between them, the
rider is in such proximity to the trackway as to afford case of movement of the
vehicle, as well as safety. Moreover, with the depending members of the vehicle
arranged to carry the pedal or treadle levers and guide wheel or wheels there is
afforded absolute freedon from accident or derailment of the vehicle in operation,
for as will be observed from Figs. 1 and 5, if the driving-wheel or the pilot-wheel
should from any cause leave the track the depending bars or members of the vehicle
will hug against the sides of the supporting track structure and prevent the
precipitation of the vehicle to the ground.
While my elevated railway system is especially adapted for the use of a vehicle
in the nature of a bicycle, it is manifestly obvious that other types of vehicles or
different forms of bicycles may be used without departing from the spirit of my
invention; and moreover, the supporting structure may be modified without
departing from the spirit of the invention.
A description of the vehicle illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings will
now be given.
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The main-frame or back-bone h³, of the vehicle is provided with a bifurcated
forward extension B. H' and H2, are depending frames or members provided with
vertical wings or arins x and x'. The front or driving-wheel E, is mounted on a
shaft h, which is journalled to the vertical ways or arms a and r¹, of the depending
frames or members Hand H2, connected with the main-frame or back-bone h³.
y and y, are the rear sloping or slanting arms of the depending members H' and H2,
to which is journalled a traction or pilot wheel F. At the lower extremities of
the depending frames H¹ and H³, are journalled guide rolls G, provided with
rubber or other suitable tires. Above the guide-rolls G, suitably connected with
the forward depending arms of the triangular shaped frames H' and H², are
pivotally attached pedals or treadles and Mounted on the shaft, of the front
or driving wheel E, are sprocket-wheels and 7, engaging chains hand h',
connected at one of their ends with the pedals or treadles r and r¹, and at the other
of their ends with spiral springs and, suitably attached to the depending
frames H¹ and H2. To the ends of the shaft h, of the front or driving wheel E,
are mounted ratchet-wheels 10 and the teeth of which are held normally in
engagement with the pawls by means of the spring 3, for permitting of the
actuation of the vehicle by the movement of the feet of the rider in connection
with the respective pedals or treadles and r¹. Each ratchet-wheel and pawl with
its spring is enclosed within a housing and are thus protected from dust or
moisture. ³, is a vertical rod connected with the back-bone h³, and carrying at
the upper end thereof a cross handle-bar L. To the vertical arm 48, is suitably
secured the front part of the saddle or seat M. The rear portion of the seat or
saddle M, is mounted on or connected with a coiled spring m, suitably held to
position in contact with the back-bone or main frame h. To the handle-bar L, is
pivotally attached a lever p', which is connected with a brake-shoe p, adapted to be
brought into engagement with the grooved wall of the driving-wheel E, for
stopping or retarding the speed of the wheel, as may be required. To each of the
triangular-shaped frames H' and H³, depending from the back-bone or main-

page_text: frame h³, is suitably attached a wire or other netting 2, to protect the apparel of
the rider in mounting and while sitting upon the vehicle during the propelling of
the same over the elevated course or permanent way. The front of the back-bone
or main-frame h², is provided with a shield or guard o³. This device is located so
as to be in proximity to the tire of the driving-wheel E, in order to prevent not
only the apparel of the rider from coming in contact with the driving-wheel E, but
also to obviate any dust or small particles being thrown into the clothing of a
person seated on the vehicle in operation. The tires or rims of the front and rear
wheels of the vehicle are constructed semi-circular or V-shaped, in order to fit
over preferably an inverted T-shaped rail secured to the top stringers of the. 1
elevated course or permanent way.
The mode of propelling the vehicle over the elevated permanent way or course
is, as follows:-
The vehicle is first placed in position over the elevated course or way as fully
illustrated in the drawings with the guide rolls in engagement with the guide rails,
as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 or in engagement with the lower longitudinal
stringers e', as illustrated in Fig. 5, serving as ways therefor. The vehicle having
been placed in position, the rider places one foot on one of the intermediate
stringers g¹ or 9, mounting then the saddle or seat M, placing the two feet in
engagement with the pedals or treadles and, with the hands in engagement with
the handle bar L, when the vehicle may be propelled by the operation of the pedals
or treadles by the feet over the elevated course or permanent way in a well
understood manner.
Having thus ascertained the nature and objects of my invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The combination with a single supported rail, of a vehicle provided with .a
frame depending below and on both sides of said rail and having a saddle located
above and treadles below said rail and brake mechanism connected with said vehicle,
substantially as and for the purposes described.
2. The combination with a supported track, of a vehicle having a seat or saddle
arranged and adapted to carry the rider astride the track, treadles located below
the track and brake mechanism connected with the vehicle, substantially as and for
the purposes described.
3. The combination with an elevated structure provided with a single rail, of a
vehicle provided with a saddle or seat arranged and adapted to carry the rider
astride said structure and treadles located below and on opposite sides thereof and
adapted to be operated by the feet of the rider, substantially as and for the
purposes described.
4. The combination with an elevated supporting structure provided with a single
rail, of a vehicle provided with a saddle or seat arranged and adapted to carry the
rider astride said structure and with treadles located below and. on opposite sides of
the structure and adapted to be operated by the feet of the rider, a driving wheel
adapted to run on the rail and means whereby the driving wheel is connected with
the treadles, substantially as and for the purposes described.
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5. In an elevated railway system, the combination of the frame of a bicycle or
similar vehicle extending below and on opposite sides of the structure and provided
with a seat arranged between the supporting wheels and adapted to carry the rider
astride thereof and below the axes of the supporting wheels of the vehicle,
substantially as and for the purposes described.
6. In an elevated railway system, a vehicle provided with a frame depending
below a supporting rail and having a saddle above said rail and a handle bar
arranged and supported in front of said saddle and propelling mechanism connected
with a driving wheel, said driving wheel. and propelling mechanism being located
substantially in rear of the rider, substantially as and for the purposes described.
-..7. The combination, in an elevated railway system, of a track, a bicycle mounted

page_text: thereon, a bar or bars connecting the axles or journals of the wheels thereof,
depending bars and treadles pivotally supported to the depending bars above a
lower guide wheel or wheels, substantially as and for the purposes described.
8. In an elevated railway system, a vehicle provided with an upright arm
arranged above the track rail and supporting a handle-bar and the front end of a
saddle and propelling means located below the plane of said supporting rail,
substantially as described.
9. In an elevated railway system, the combination with a structure supporting a
single rail, a vehicle provided with a saddle disposed above the track supporting
structure, propelling treadles arranged below the same, means connecting the
treadles with a driving wheel, and a guide wheel or wheels supported by the frame
of the vehicle on one or both sides of the track structure and serving to maintain
the vehicle in an upright position, substantially as described.
10. In an elevated railway system, the combination with the elevated track, of a
vehicle provided with a double frame connected with the axles of wheels supported
on said track and having a vertical arm to sustain the front end of said saddle and
means to secure the rear end of the saddle spring to said double frame, substantially
as described.
11. In an elevated railway system, the combination with a track supporting
structure, of a vehicle provided with a spring actuated saddle, a handle-bar and
brake mechanism arranged and supported above the track rail by the frame of the
vehicle, and said frame connected with the axles of the supporting wheels and
supporting treadles below said track or rail, substantially as described.
12. The combination with an elevated track, of a vehicle provided with two
wheels arranged one in advance of the other and a bar or bars connected with the
axles or journals of said wheels and provided with a spring actuated saddle located
between the wheels and above the track rail and substantially below the axes of
said wheels, substantially as described.
13. The combination with an elevated track, of a vehicle provided with two
wheels arranged one in advance of the other and a bar or bars connected with the
axles or journals of said wheels and provided with a spring actuated saddle arranged
above the track rail and substantially below the axes of the said wheels and a
stationary handle-bar connected with forward part of said vehicle, substantially as
described.
14. The combination with an elevated track, of a vehicle provided with two
wheels arranged one in advance of the other and a bar or bars connected with the
journals of said wheels and provided with a saddle, brake mechanism arranged
above said track, and a part of the vehicle extending downward and supporting the
treadles, substantially as described.
15. The combination with an elevated track, of a vehicle provided with wheels
arranged one in advance of the other and a bar or bars connected with the axles of
said wheels and carrying a spring actuated and adjustable saddle, handle-bar and
brake. mechanism and depending arms supporting treadles and said treadles
connected with the cranks of one of the wheels of said vehicle, substantially as
described.
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16. The combination with an elevated track, of a vehicle provided with two
wheels arranged one in advance of the other, a bar or bars connected with the
axles of said wheels and provided with a seat adapted to carry the rider astride said
bar or bars and depending arms supporting propelling treadles and one of said
depending arms elongated and provided with a guide-wheel, substantially as and for
the purposes, described.
17. The combination with an elevated structure provided with a single top
supporting rail and one or more lower guide rails of a vehicle provided with wheels
supported and adapted to run over said rails, a seat located substantially above
said top rail and below the axes of the supporting wheels and said vehicle being
provided with a handle-bar, brake mechanisin and propelling treadles, substantially
as described. .

page_text: 18. The combination with an elevated supporting structure provided with a
traction rail and guide rail or rails, of a vehicle provided with a seat adapted to
carry the rider astride the elevated supporting structure, with propelling means
arranged below and on opposite sides of the traction rail, and a guide-wheel or
wheels adapted to engage with guide rail or rails, substantially as and for the
purposes described.
19. The combination with an elevated track supporting structure, of a two
wheeled vehicle provided with a saddle adapted to carry the rider astride said
structure, and propelling treadles and a handle-bar, substantially as and for the
purposes described.
20. In combination with an elevated track supporting structure, of a vehicle
provided with a seat adapted to carry the rider astride said structure, propelling
means, a handle-bar and a depending frame embracing said structure, substantially
as and for the purposes described.
21. In combination with an elevated supporting structure provided with traction
and guide rails, of a vehicle provided with traction and guide wheels adapted to
engage with said rails, a seat adapted to carry the rider astride said structure,
a handle-bar, a frame connected with said wheels and depending on both sides of
said structure and provided with means for actuating one of said traction-wheels,
substantially as and for the purposes described.
22. The combination with an elevated railway structure, of a vehicle provided
with a vertical guide wheel journalled in the lower part of the frame of said vehicle
below the propelling treadles, and substantially in a vertical line below a seat or
saddle arranged between the supporting wheels, substantially as and for the purposes
described.
23. The combination with an elevated railway structure, of a vehicle provided
with two supporting wheels adapted to run upon the track or rail of said structure,
and a vertical arm supporting a handle-bar, brake mechanism and the front end of
a seat or saddle, substantially as described.
24. The combination with an elevated railway structure, of the frame of a bicycle
extending below the traction rail and on opposite sides thereof and provided with a
saddle adapted to carry the rider astride the structure, a handle-bar and brake
mechanism suitably connected with the frame of said bicycle, substantially as and
for the purposes described.
25. In an elevated railway system, the combination with a traction-rail, of a
vehicle adapted to travel thereon and provided with a saddle and one or more
guide wheels, substantially as described.
26. The combination with an elevated track supporting structure, of the frame
of a bicycle disposed below the track and on opposite sides thereof and provided
with a saddle adapted to carry the rider astride the structure, substantially as and
for the purposes described.
27. The combination with a supported rail, of a vehicle provided with a frame
connected with the axles or journals of driving and pilot wheels and the axle or
journal of a guide wheel or wheels located below the plane of said track and
carrying a seat above the plane of the track and provided with a handle-bar and
brake mechanism arranged in front of the rider and adapted to engage the pilot or
front supporting wheel, substantially as described.
28. The combination with a supported rail, of a vehicle provided with a frame
connected with the axles or journals of the driving and pilot wheels and the axle
or journal of a guide wheel and carrying a seat above the plane of the track rail
and supporting propelling treadle-levers below the plane of said track rail and
provided with a handle-bar and brake mechanism arranged in front of the rider
and adapted to engage the pilot or front supporting wheel, substantially as and for
the purposes described.
29. In an elevated railway system, a vehicle provided with a seat above the top
supporting rail, a driving wheel adapted to run on said rail, treadles located below
said rail and on opposite sides thereof, means interposed between aud connected with

page_text: said driving-wheel and treadles to effect the actuation of said vehicle thereby and
an arm extending below the plane of the treadles and supporting a guide-wheel, sub-
stantially as and for the purposes described.
30. In an elevated railway system, a bicycle or similar vehicle provided with a
seat located above the track or rail, a driving-wheel adapted to run on said track
or rail, treadles located below said track or rail and on opposite sides thereof,
means connected with said driving-wheel and treadles to effect the actuation of the
vehicle thereby and an upright arm supporting the front end of the saddle or seat,
substantially as and for the purposes described.
31. In an elevated railway system, the combination with vertical supports of one
or more longitudinal stringers with rails secured thereto to form a trackway and one
or more intermediate stringers tying or binding said vertical supports, of a bicycle
adapted to engage with said rails and said vehicle provided with a saddle located
above the top rail and below the axes of said supporting wheels and adapted to be
operated by the rider straddling said vehicle, substantially as described.
32. The combination of an elevated track, a vehicle provided with two wheels
arranged one in advance of the other and adapted to travel over said track and
a bar or bars connected with the axles or journals of said wheels and provided with
a vertical arm supporting the front end of a spring actuated saddle arranged and
adjusted to carry the rider astride said elevated track, substantially as described.
33. An elevated railway structure provided with one or more guide rails and a
bicycle or similar vehicle provided with a saddle and one or more guide wheels,
substantially as described.
34. The combination with a supporting rail, of a vehicle provided with wheels
supported and adapted to run on said rail, a saddle located above said rail and in
proximity to the axes of the supporting wheels, a frame connected with the axles
of the supporting wheels and provided with an upward extending arm supporting
the front end of the saddle and a downward extending arm supporting a guide-wheel,
substantially as described.
35. The combination with a supported rail, of a vehicle provided with wheels
supported and adapted to run on said rail, a seat located above said rail and
substantially below the axes of the supporting wheels and arranged and adapted to
carry the rider astride said supported rail and said vehicle provided with a handle-
bar, propelling treadles, a driving-wheel connected with said treadles and a depending
guide-wheel, substantially as and for the purposes described.
36. The combination with a supporting track structure provided with a single
top supporting rail, of a vehicle having a depending frame on both sides of said
track structure and provided with wheels supported and adapted to run on said
supporting rail, one of said wheels being of larger diameter than the other, and
connected with treadles journalled in the depending frame below the plane of the
top rail, substantially as and for the purposes described.
37. The combination. with an elevated track structure provided with one or more
guide-rails, of a bicycle or similar vehicle provided with two supporting wheels and
a guide wheel or wheels, one of which supporting wheels is of relatively smaller
diameter than the other, and said smaller wheel arranged in front of the rider and
brake mechanism adapted to be brought into engagement with the periphery of said
wheel, substantially as and for the purposes described.
38. The combination of an elevated track structure provided with a single top
rail, of a bicycle provided with a saddle arranged above the bottom line of the
supporting wheels thereof, propelling treadles arranged below the bottom line of
said supporting wheels and one or more depending guide wheels adapted to engage
with guide rails to maintain said vehicle in an upright position in its passage over
the structure, substantially as described.
39. In an elevated railway system, the combination of a post and rail structure
with a rail arranged on one of its stringers, a vehicle provided with wheels supported
and adapted to travel over said rail, a divided frame extending downward on
opposite sides of said structure and a spring supported saddle connected with said.
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page_text: vehicle and arranged to carry the rider astride said structure with the feet in
engagement with the propelling mechanism of the vehicle, substantially as shown
and described.
40. In an elevated railway system, the combination with a fence having a track
rail, a guide rail, and one or more intermediate stringers, of a vehicle adapted to be
supported and guided on said rails, a seat and a stationary handle-bar, substantially
as shown and described.
41. In an elevated railway system, the combination with a fence or similar
structure having a supporting rail, a lower guide rail or rails and one or more
intermediate stringers, of a vehicle adapted to be supported and guided on or over
said rails and provided with a seat adapted to permit of the rider straddling the
frame, a stationary handle-bar and brake mechanism connected with said vehicle,
substantially as described.
42. The combination in a railway system, of a fence having a track-rail secured
to its top stringer, a guide-rail secured to a lower stringer and one or more
interposed stringers, a vehicle adapted to be supported and guided by said rails
and provided with a handle-bar, brake and propelling mechanism, substantially as
described.
43. The combination with a post and rail structure having a rail pinned to the
top stringer, a guide-rail secured to the lower stringer and one or more interposed
stringers, of a vehicle adapted to and capable of being guided on said rail and
provided with a spring actuated seat and adapted to carry the rider astride them,
a driving wheel and propelling treadles connected with said driving-wheel, substan-
tially as described.
44. The combination with a post and rail structure having a track rail arranged
on its top stringer, a guide-rail arranged on its lower stringer and interposed
stringers, of a vehicle guided on said track rail and provided with a seat adapted
to carry the rider astride thereof, propelling treadles and a guide-wheel located
below said treadles, substantially as and for the purposes described.
45. The combination of a post and rail structure having a track-rail arranged on
its top stringer, a guide-rail arranged on its lower stringer and one or more
interposed stringers, of a vebicle provided with a frame extending downward on
opposite sides of the fence and supporting propelling treadles and a lower guide-
wheel on one side of the fence in engagement with the guide-rail of the lower
stringer, substantially as described.
46. The combination with a post and rail structure having a track secured to
its top stringer, a guide-rail arranged on its lower stringer and with one or more
interposed stringers, of a vehicle provided with a wheel supporting frame arranged
astride the post or rail structure and adapted to carry the rider substantially
between said supporting wheels and above a guide-wheel caused to engage with
said guide-rail, substantially as described.
47. The combination with a post and rail structure having a track secured
thereto and guide rails arranged on opposite sides of said post and rail structure, of
a vehicle having wheels supported and adapted to run upon the top rail and a lower
guide-wheel arranged to extend below interposed stringers of said structure and to
engage with the guide rail on either side of the lower stringer of said structure, as
described.
48. The combination with an elevated structure provided with a track rail and
one or more guide rails located below said track rail, of a vehicle provided with a
double frame and a saddle, a handle-bar, propelling treadles and means for
connecting said treadles with a driving wheel, said vehicle being arranged and
adapted to straddle said track structure and supported in a vertical position by the
wheels of the vehicle engaging with the supporting and guide rails, and said
vehicle and track structure arranged to carry the rider on said saddle with the
hands resting on the handle-bar and feet resting upon the treadles while working
the propelling treadles located below the plane of the supporting rail, substantially
as described.

page_text: 49. The combination with an elevated structure provided with a track rail and
one or more guide rails located below said track rail, of a vehicle provided with a
double frame and a saddle, propelling treadles, and means for connecting said
treadles with a driving wheel, said vehicle being arranged and adapted to straddle
said track structure and supported in a vertical position by the wheels of the
vehicle engaging with the supporting and guide-rails, and said vehicle and track
structure arranged to carry the rider on said saddle with the feet resting upon the
treadles while working the propelling treadles located below the plane of the
supporting rail, substantially as described.
50. In an elevated railway system, a vehicle comprising a main-frame provided
with supporting wheels, a seat and brake mechanism and depending frames located
on opposite sides of the main-frame and connected therewith and provided with
propelling means and guide-rolls, the construction being such that the rider is
carried by the vehicle astride the same, substantially as and for the purposes
described.
51. In an elevated railway system, a vehicle comprising a main-frame provided
with divided depending shield frames having upper extensions supporting driving
and pilot wheels, guide-rolls and propelling mechanism connected with the lower
portion of the divided depending frames, a seat and brake mechanism connected
with the main-frame between the driving and pilot-wheels, substantially as and for
the purposes described.
52. The combination with an elevated structure of a wheeled vehicle having a
main-frame provided with triangular-shaped depending devices and the upper and
lower extensions provided with supporting and guide wheels, a seat or saddle
supported by the main-frame and brake mechanism connected with a wing or arm
of said main-frame, substantially as and for the purposes described.
53. A wheeled vehicle adapted for an elevated course or way provided with a
longitudinal main-frame and depending frames or devices straddling said structure
provided with guide-rolls, supporting wheels journalled to vertical extensions
thereof, a seat or saddle and a vertical arm provided with a handle-bar and brake
mechanism, substantially as and for the purposes described.
54. The combination, in a vehicle, of a main-frame having triangular-shaped
depending members, supporting wheels and guide rollers journalled to said frame
and the depending members thereof, a seat or saddle supported above the main-
frame and brake-mechanism connected with a handle-bar and a saddle or seat
partially supported by said bar, substantially as and for the purposes described.
55. The combination, in a vehicle, of two grooved faced wheels journalled to a
frame provided with depending members having guide-wheels journalled thereto,
a spring actuated saddle supported above said frame and to a vertical arm provided
with a handle-bar, brake mechanism and means for permitting of the actuation of
said vehicle, substantially as and for the purposes described.
56. The combination with a vehicle adapted to straddle an elevated structure or
permanent way and provided with two wheels and depending frames having guide-
rolls and pedals or treadles pivotally connected therewith, means suitably connected
with said depending frames and pedals or treadles and a sprocket-wheel mounted
on the shaft of the forward supporting wheel, substantially as and for the purposes
described.
57. The combination, in a vehicle for an elevated course or way, of a horizontal
frame provided with bifurcated extensions and triangular-shaped depending frames
having vertical extensions, supporting wheels journalled thereto and guide-rollers
journalled to the lower forward extremities of said depending frames, pedals or
treadles pivoted to the arms of said depending frames, sprocket-wheels mounted on
the journals of the forward supporting wheel and springs and chains connected
with the slanting arms of said depending frames, sprocket-wheels and pedals or
treadles, a spring actuated saddle or seat and brake mechanism connected with the
handle-bar of the main-frame and adapted to be brought into engagement with the
forward supporting wheel, substantially as and for the purposes described.

page_text: 58. A two-wheel vehicle provided with a main-frame having supporting wheels
and depending frame, propelling means, guide-rolls, a saddle or seat, and brake
mechanism, substantially as and for the purposes described.
59. A two-wheel vehicle provided with a main-frame having divided depending
members or devices and extensions, supporting wheels and guide-rolls, a brake,
propelling and supporting means connected with said members or devices, substan-
tially as and for the purposes described.
60. A vehicle provided with a main-frame or back-bone, supporting pilot and
driving wheels, a saddle or seat, a handle-bar and brake mechanism, propelling
devices and a guard or shield connected with the forward part of the main-frame or
back-bone, substantially as and for the purposes described.
61. A two-wheel vehicle adapted for an elevated track structure, substantially
as described, and provided with traction, propelling mechanism and depending
devices provided with shields or guards, substantially as and for the purposes
described.
62. An elevated track structure and two-wheel vehicle adapted to travel thereon
provided with front and side shields or guards, substantially as and for the purposes
described.
Din Oth dox of December & D 1800