An Improved Indicator for Enabling the Passenger to Signal to or Communicate with the Driver of Road Vehicles.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1886.
Complete Left, 19th Aug:, 1887
Complete Accepted, 11th Oct., 1887.
TRUYIDIUNAL MOTIVATION.
An Improved Indicator for Enabling the Passenger to Signal to
or Communicate with the Driver of Road Vehicles.
I LEONORA EMILY WHITESTONE of 17 Prospect Road Child's Hill in the County
of Middlesex Spinster do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My Invention relates to an improved means for enabling the passenger to
communicate with and to direct the driver of Road Vehicles; for this purpose 1
provide an Indicator which I attach to the outside of the vehicle in such a position so
as to be readily seen by the driver this Indicator may be made as a round dial with a
pointer, or it may be made in any other suitable shape or form and marked with the
various directions or communications which may be required to be made, and I place
inside within reach of the passenger an indicator which corresponds with the indicator
attached to the outside and marked with the same directions or communications (these
directions or communications may be denoted by letters figures or by other marks or
devices). I form a connection between the Indicator outside the Vehicle and the
Indicator inside the Vehicle by suitable mechanism so that by operating the indicator
inside the vehicle the one on the outside is simultaneously operated; by this
mechanism I also at the same time operate on a Gong or Bell:
When the passenger
wishes to direct or communicate with the driver he operates the indicator inside the
Vehicle which may be done by a handle or other means the Gong or bell is sounded
and attracts the attention of the driver and the Indicator which is outside points to the
communication and which is the same as Indicated by the Indicator inside and under
the control of the passenger.
Dat this 6th day of Dacomber 1886

page_text: An Improved Indicator for Enabling the Passenger to Signal to
or Communicate with the Driver of Road Vehicles.
I LEONORA EMILY WHITESTONE of 17 Prospect Place, Child's Hill London in the
County of Middlesex 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:-
My Invention relates to an improved means for enabling the passenger to
communicate with and to direct the driver of Road Vehicles for this purpose I
provide an Indicator which 1 attach to the outside of the vehicle in such a position 50
as to be readily seen by the driver this Indicator may be made as a round dial with a
pointer, or it may be made in any other suitable shape or form and marked with the
various directions or communications which may be required to be made, and I place
inside within reach of the passenger an indicator which corresponds with the
indicator attached to the outside and marked with the same directions or communica-
tions (these directions or communications may be denoted by letters figures or by
other marks or devices); I form a connexion between the Indicator outside the
Vehicle and the Indicator inside by suitable mechanism so that by operating the
Indicator inside the Vehicle the one on the outside is simultaneously operated by
this mechanism I also at the same time operate upon a Gong or Bell: When the
passenger wishes to direct or communicate with the driver, he operates the indicator inside
the Vehicle which may be done by a handle or other means, the gong or bell is
sounded and attracts the attention of the driver and the Indicator which is outside
points to the communication, and which is the same as indicated by the Indicator
inside, and under the control of the passenger.
In the accompanying drawings I show the form in which I prefer to construct the
Indicator, which may be used for a cab, a carriage, or other similar road vehicle. In
the different views the same letters indicate the same parts. Fig. 1 is an elevation of
the Indicator Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken through the roof or side of the cab, where
the Indicator is fixed and through the Indicator itself; Fig. 3 is a plan looking down
on the Indicator from the outside of the cab; Fig. 4 is a view looking from the underside
of the Indicator showing the dial which is inside the cab and the handle for the
passengers use; Fig. is a sectional view showing the bell or gong with ratchet
wheel for operating the striker or hammer.
In Figs. 1 & 2, a, is the roof or side of the cab through which the spindle, b, is
passed, and works in the bush or guide, c, on the end of the spindle which projects
outside the roof is fixed the hexagonal shell, d, which is marked on its sides with the
various communications which may have to be made to the driver, as shown on the drawing
(Right, other side, left, go on, go back, stop, etc.), this hexagonal shell is fixed to and
revolves with the spindle, b, underneath this shell is a bell or gong, e, a ratchet wheel, e,
which is fixed to and revolves with the spindle causes the hammer, h, to strike the
bell when the spindle is rotated. On the underside or inside of the vehicle fixed to the

page_text: roof is a dial, /, which is marked with the communications or devices exactly
corresponding with those on the hexagonal shell on the end of the spindle projecting
outside of the cab, through this dial the spindle, b, passes and which carries a hand or
pointer, the spindle is operated by a handle or cross-picce, p, which is fixed to the
end as shown. The hand or pointer, », is adjusted so as to point to the particular
communication or device on the dial which will correspond to the communication or
device on the hexagonal shell, which is opposite to and most easily seen by the driver,
at this assumed position where it may be most easily seen, a mark may be made on the
roof of the cab.
The dial on the inside of the cab may be covered by a glass cover as shown, with
casing K.
The means of operating the Indicator is as follows :-
The passenger desiring to make any of the communications which are on the dial
to the driver of the vehicle, turns the pointer, n, to such communication or device and
in doing so the ratchet wheel, w, causes the hammer, h, to strike the bell or gong, ‹
calling the drivers attention and also brings the corresponding communication or
device on the shell outside to the mark before described on the roof or side of the cab,
and which is in the position most easily seen by the driver.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and the manner of operating the same, I would have it understood that. I do not confine
myself to the exact details of the construction which may be varied under
circumstances, but I declare that I claim:
An Indicator constructed substantially as described, by means of which the passenger
in a road vehicle can attract the attention of the driver by a bell or gong, and at the
same time make communications to the driver for the purposes as herein setforth.
Dated the 19th day of August 1887.
LEONORA EMILY WHITESTONE.