Improvements in Car renuers.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Sept., 1897-Accepted, 23rd Oct.,
1897
Improvements in Car renuers.
I, GEORGE WIEMERS, residing at 170 South 9th Street, Brooklyn, in the County
of Kings and State of New York, United States of America, Inventor, do hereby
to be per-
declare the nature of this invention and in wha manner the same is
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
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This invention relates to car fenders, and more particularly to that class thereof
which is particularly adapted for use on electric motor cars.
In the above described class of car fenders, it has been found in actual use that
when the contacting surfaces of the fender come in collision with the object to be
removed from its dangerous position in front of the car, the tendency of the fender
is to throw said object and permit of its escaping between the fender and the
truck of the car.
The object of the invention is to provide a fender whose contacting surface will
be sufficiently resilient to overcome the first jar of the collision, and instead of
throwing the object violently to the track, permit of its being thrown into the
fender itself, and also permit an action which would admit of a person using the
A further object of
upper cross bands to prevent his being thrown under the car.
the invention is to provide a fender which will be simple in construction, effective
in operation, and so constructed and arranged as to be inexpensive to manufacture.
The invention consists in those novel features of construction hereinafter set
forth and described, and moite particularly pointed out in the claims hereto
appended.
Referring to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this Specification.
Fig. 1, is a side elevation of my improved fender shown attached to the dash
board of a car;
Fig. 2, a front elevation of said fender;
Fig. 3, a section on line 3, 3, of Fig. 2, and,
Fig. 4, shows a modification in means of attachment.
Like letters refer to like parts throughout the several views.
In the accompanying drawings, a, denotes the body of the car, to the dash or
tail board b, of which, the fender is designed to be permanently attached. d,
denotes rods preferably flat in construction, which are attached to the dash board
and an angle iron f, secured to the lower portion of the platform of the car, by
means of bolts or rivets f, thus making a permanent connection between the car
body and the fender. The rods d, at each extremity thereof, are provided with
eyelets d, d³, sufficiently large to accommodate the material of which the netting of
the fender consists.
Passing through each of the eyelets ³, ³, is a suitable flexible band g, prefer-
ably made of rope which is made readily attachable by means of the spring hook g²,
and eyelet g, secured. respectively to each end thereof. This rope or band has
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page_text: mounted thereon at suitable distances between the eyelets d², and d³, collars h, h2
and h³, which serve by means of eyelets thereon, as attachments, to which are
secured cross bands k, 2, and 3, similarly constructed as the band g. On the
rods d, at a point thereof where they curve forward, so as to protrude sufficiently
before the car, is a connecting rod m, which with a similar rod m², connecting the
lower portions of said rods d, serve as a support for an auxiliary platform n, which
is designed to prevent objects from passing between the cross bands k, 12, and ³,
and thence under the car.
It is to be observed that the bands g, k, l, and ³, may be covered with canvas,
leather or other suitable material to prevent undue wear thereof, and the lower
extremity of the rods d, may be padded. The last mentioned bands may be
multiplied indefinitely without departing from the spirit of my invention.
In the modification shown in Fig. 4, d, denotes a hook attached to or made
integral with each of the rods d, by means of which the fender may be attached to
the dash board of the car when it is desired to use only one fender, transferring it
from one end of the car to the other at the end of each trip.
The operation of my improved car fender in so far as it has not already been
described, is as follows.
The rods d, are brought in the proper relation with the dash board b, and the
angle iron f, and permanently secured to said relation by means of the bolts or
rivets The outer band g, forming a resilient frame for the fender is then
strung through the eyelets 2, 3, in each of said rods, and the ends thereof secured
at the top of the fonder by means of the hook g³, and eyelet g³. The cross bands k,
, and, are then attached to the collars h, h2, and h³, mounted on said resilient
trame by any suitable means preferably by hooks and co-operating eyelets.
The auxiliary fender n, is composed of netting firmly attached to the rods d,
and the cross bars m, m2, attached at the lower extremities of said bars.
The operation of the device shown in the modification Fig. 4, is similar to that
of the preferred form of the invention, except that it is adjusted to the dash board
by means of the hook d³, instead of by the rivets as shown in the preferred form
of the invention.
When the car fender comes into collision with an object on the track, the
resiliency of the lower portion of the flexible frame will as aforesaid, avoid the
first great jar or collision, and thus prevent said object from being thrown beneath
the fender, and permitting the car to pass over the same. If the object shall be
of sufficiently small dimensions to pass between the cross bands k, 2, and 3, the
auxiliary fender n, will act to prevent the object passing under the car in the
same manner as the cross bands herein shown, the lower portion of the resilient
fraine acting in all cases similarly.
It is to be observed that there may be many variations in minor detail of con-
stiuction without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. In a car fender, the combination with a resilient frame, of mens for attach-
ing the same to the car, and removable resilient cross bands, substantially as shown
and described.
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2. In a car fender, the combination with a resilient, frame, of rods attached to
the car having eyelets by means of which said frame is attached thereto, and
resilient removable cross bands, substantially as shown and described.
3. In a car fender, the combination with a resilient frame, of rods attached to the
car, and adapted to support said frame, an auxiliary fender supported by the lower
portions of said rod, and resilient removable cross bands, substantially as shown
and described.
4. In a car fender, the combination with a resilient frame, of rods attached to
the car having eyelets by means of which said frame is supported, an auxiliary

page_text: fender supported by the lower portions of said rods, and resilient removable cross
bands supported by said frame substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 23rd day of September 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE.
40 Chancery Lane London, W.C., Agents.