An Improved Motor Carriage for Railways.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Apr., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 11th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 3rd Apr., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Motor Carriage for Railways.
I, WILHELM HILDEBRAND of 3, Mittelsbacher Strasse, Munich in the Kingdom
of Bavaria and German Empire, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The subject of the prosent application for Letters Patent has reference to a four-
wheeled' motor car arranged in the form of a trolley to run on a railway.
It consists essentially of a frame preferably of steel tubes provided with ball
bearings for the two axles and is provided with a four-stroke twin motor whose coupled
transmission bars act direct upon the hinder axle. The twin motor is supplied from
a boiler or cylindor placed preferably over the fore axle in the upper part of the
frame, whilst the horizontal part of the frame carries two or three seats for the
passengers arranged in a similar manner to those of a tandem cycle. The hindermost
rider sets the machine in motion by pushing on the ground and then takes his seat
when the apparatus is in motion. The foremost rider controls the regulation of the
mixture of gases and also the speed of the apparatus. As the travel on such a machine
does not involve any labour for the passengers and as in addition to ordinary speeds,
very great speeds such as 70 kilometres can be attained, the apparatus is not only
better designed for use of the railway inspector than the ordinary trolley with hand
power, but it would also be applicable on a clear line for the quick transport of
assistance, doctors, etc. etc.
Furthermore the light weight allows of the machine in case of need being easily
removed from the rails. The inclines which are found on ordinary railways offer no
obstacle to its use.
An Improved Motor Carriage for Kauways.
I, WILHELM HILDEBRAND, of 3, Mittelsbacher Strasse Munich in the Kingdom
of Bavaria and German Empire, Morchant, 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 subject of the present application for Letters Patent has reference to a four-
wheeled motor car arranged in the form of a trolley to run on a railway.
It consists essentially of a frame preferably of steel tubes provided with ball
bearings for the two axles and is provided with a four-stroke twin motor whose
coupled transmission bars act direct upon the hinder axle. Tho twin motor is
supplied from a cistern or cylinder placed preferably over the fore axle in the upper
part of the frame, whilst the horizontal part of the frame carries two or three seats

page_text: for the passengers arranged in a similar manner to those of a tandem cycle. The
hindermost ridor sets the machine in motion by pushing on the ground and then
takes his seat when the apparatus is in motion. The foremost rider controls the
supply of the mixture of gases and consequently the speed of the apparatus. As the
travel on such a machine does not involve any labour for the passengers and as in
addition to ordinary speeds, very great speeds such as 70 kilometres can be attained,
the apparatus is not only bettor designed for use of the railway inspector than the
ordinary trolley with hand power, but it would also be applicable on a clear line for
the quick transport of assistance, doctors, eto. etc.
Furthermore the light weight allows of the machine in case of need being easily
removed from the rails. The inclines which are found on ordinary railways offer no
'obstacle to its use.
Referring to the accompanying drawings :-
Figure 1 is an elevation of the apparatus.
Figure 2 shows a plan and partial section and
Figure 3 a vertical section."
The apparatus is preferably constructed of a frame of steel tubos g resting in ball
bearings n upon the two wheel axles a a' and supports a four stroke twin motor Z,
whose coupled connecting rods p act directly upon the hinder axle a'.
The twin motor is supplied from the cistern k placed above the front axle in the
upper part of the frame, whilst the horizontal portion of the frame supports two or
more scats S arranged similarly to those of a tandem cycle to carry the passengers.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1.) A light weight motor carriage for railways actuated by a motor employing
gaseous or liquid fuel and capable of carrying one or more persons or light loads
at a high rate of speed.
2.) The improved motor cycle for railways substantially as hereinbefore described
and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dazed this on any of January 1897
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, W.O., Patent Agents for the Applicant.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, W.O., Patent Agents for the Applicant.