An Apparatus for Facilitating the Moving of Rail-road Vehicles Short Distances by Hand.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd June, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Mar., 1892-Accepted, 9th Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Apparatus for Facilitating the Moving of Rail-road Vehicles
Short Distances by Hand.
I, PIERRE MONLEBOUT, of Rouen, in the Republic of France, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
The object of this invention is to provide an apparatus whereby rail-road vehicles
can be readily moved short distances by one servant for the purpose of loading or
unloading, forming trains or shunting.
To this end a shoe shaped casing is employed to slide on the rail behind the
wheel of the vehicle to be moved, the base of which is formed concave to correspond
with the curvature of the rail and each side with an arm projecting respectively
against the side of the wheel and serving to guide the apparatus on the rail.
Inside the said casing are mounted, in gear with each other, two toothed levers, one
being adapted to be lowered and raised by hand and the other to act onto the
periphery of and push the wheel of the vehicle to be moved. The said hand lever,
near its fulcrum, is formed with a finger, which bears against a rod suitably guided.
in the said casing and formed in front with a wedge shaped head, adapted to be
forced between the rail and the periphery of the vehicle wheel and thus push the
latter.
In order to facilitate the use of the apparatus described, between two vehicles or
between the wheels thereof, the hand lever is formed with a joint, which permits of
moving it side ways and depressing it from the outside of the vehicle, in lieu of on
the track thereof.
Dated this 2nd day of June 1891.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Apparatus for Facilitating the Moving of Rail-road Vehicles
Short Distances by Hand.
I, PIERRE MONLEBOUT, of Rouen, in the Republic of France, 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:-
The object of this invention is to provide an apparatus whereby rail-road vehicles
can be readily moved short distances by one servant for the purpose of loading or
unloading, forming trains or shunting.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. is a side elevation and partly longitudinal section of the apparatus.
Fig. 2 is a plau.
Fig. 3 a vertical section of the casing thereof through the trunnion bearings.
In carrying out my invention and referring to the figures generally, a shoe shaped
casing, formed in two parts C, C'and secured together by bolts D, D', is employed
to slide on the rail V behind one wheel E of the vehicle to be moved. The base
of this casing is formed concave, see Fig. 3, to correspond with the curvature of
the rail and each side with an arm K, K projecting respectively against the side of
the wheel E and serving to guide the apparatus on the rail V. Inside the
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page_text: casing C, C are mounted, in gear with each other, two toothed levers G & F, the
lever G being formed with trunnions g mounted in bearings formed in the casing C, C¹
and adapted to be lowered and raised by hand and the lever F which is formed with
trunnions mounted in bearings also formed in the casing C, C', to act onto the
periphery of and push the wheel E of the vehicle to be moved. The lever G
carries a shaft H and near its fulcrum, is formed with a finger J, which bears
against a rod i suitably guided in the casing C, C' and in a portion of the lever F
formed in front with a wedge shaped head I, adapted to be forced between the
rail and the periphery of the vehicle wheel E and thus push the latter.
In order to facilitate the use of the apparatus described, between two vehicles or
between the wheels thereof, the hand lever or shaft H is formed with a joint, by
fixing it by means of a bolt L and washers M between straps formed on the lever G,
which permits of moving it side ways and depressing it from the outside of the
vehicle, in lieu of on the track thereof. The inner end of the shaft H is furnished
with a cap N having a projection p adapted to move in a cavity m formed in the
head of the lever G.
The apparatus described operates as follows:-
On depressing the hand lever or shaft II, the toothed part of the lever G actuates
the lever F and raises its free end against the periphery of the wheel E into the
position shown in dotted lines, thus displacing the vehicle. The finger J of the
fever in the meantime causes the wedge shaped rod i to advance and position
itself between the rail V and periphery of the wheel E thus retarding its back
movement. During this operation the casing C, C has not changed its position,
but after raising the hand lever or shaft H to its former position and thereby
causing the free end of the lever F to descend, the casing C, C₁ is slid on the
rail V towards the wheel E, whereby the head I and its rod i is pushed back into
its former position. Thus the action described repeated will with little effort, effect
a continuous moving of the vehicle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inveu-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
claim, is-
An apparatus for facilitating the moving of rail-road vehicles short distances by
hand, characterised by the combination of a toothed lever F with a hand lever or
shaft H and wedge rod I contained in a casing C, C', adapted to slide on the rail V,
all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of March 1892.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.