A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF COMMUNICATING BETWEEN THE GUARD AND DRIVER OF A RAILWAY TRAIN
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left, by George Price at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th
October 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, GEORGE PRICE, of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford,
Auctioneer, lo hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF COMMUNICATING BETWEEN THE GUARD
AND DRIVER OF A RAILWAY TRAIN" to be as follows:-
It consists of an elastic continuous tube of any required length. The
said tube is coiled round a hollow drum, and the said drum is enclosed
in a case fixed in the guard's van. One end of the tube passes through
the drum into the axis thereof, which is made hollow for the purpose
of receiving it, and projects from the said axis. The other end of the
tube is passed over looped rollers attached to each carriage and truck,
and is fixed to a box on the engine; the said box contains a sounding
instrument. The junction of the pipe or tube to the said box may be
effected by a union joint, or otherwise. The box on the engine to
which the tube is connected contains a number of metallic vibraters
or reed pipes, capable of producing a loud noise when air is forced

page_text: through them. That end of the tube which passes out at the axle of
the drum has a mouthpiece attached to it, and a winch or handle on the
said drum enables the guard to wind up the said tube after it has been
liberated from the engine. To re-attach it the guard takes the end of
the tube, and walking along the side of the train passes it through the
roller loops on the carriages or trucks, and finally affixes it to the
sounding instrument on the engine. I prefer making the tube of
vulcanised caoutchouc, the elasticity of which allows it to expand and
contract sufficiently to accommodate the varying length of the train.
By applying his mouth to that end of the tube in his van, and blowing,
the guard can immediately sound the instrument in the box on the
engine and call the driver's attention; or, instead of applying his mouth;
the guard can compress a pair of bellows or other suitable instrument
attached to the tube.

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION-left by George Price at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th
October 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, GEORGE PRICE, of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford,
Auctioneer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF COMMUNICATING BETWEEN THE GUARD
AND DRIVER OF A RAILWAY TRAIN" to be as follows:-
It consists of an elastic continuous tube of any required length. The
said tube is coiled round a hollow drum, and the said drum is enclosed
in a case fixed in the guard's van. One end of the tube passes through
the drum into the axis thereof, which is made hollow for the purpose
of receiving it, and projects from the said axis. The other end of the
tube is passed over looped rollers attached to each carriage and truck,
and is fixed to a box on the engine; the said box contains a sounding
instrument. The junction of the pipe or tube to the said box may be
effected by a union joint, or otherwise. The box on the engine to
which the tube is connected contains a number of metallic vibraters
or recd pipes, capable of producing a loud noise when air is forced

page_text: through them. That end of the tube which passes out at the axle of
the drum has a mouthpiece attached to it, and a winch or handle on the
said drum enables the guard to wind up the said tube after it has been
liberated from the engine. To re-attach it the guard takes the end of
the tube, and walking along the side of the train passes it through the
roller loops on the carriages or trucks, and finally affixes it to the
sounding instrument on the engine. I prefer making the tube of
vulcanised caoutchouc, the elasticity of which allows it to expand and
contract sufficiently to accommodate the varying length of the train.
By applying his mouth to, that end of the tube in his van, and blowing,
the guard can immediately sound the instrument in the box on the
engine and call the driver's attention; or, instead of applying his mouth,
the guard can compress a pair of bellows or other suitable instrument
attached to the tube.