New or Improved Device or Appliance for Receiving and Holding Tickets or Labels to the Sides of Railway Trucks and other Vehicles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th July, 1894-Accepted, 1st Sept., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Device or Appliance for Receiving and
Holding Tickets or Labels to the Sides of Railway Trucks and
other Vehicles.
I, THORO MILLS, of Spring Cottage, Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge, in
the County of York, Clerk, 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 :-
This invention relates to a new or improved device or appliance to be attached
to the sides of railway trucks and other vehicles for the purpose of holding and
exposing a label or ticket. According to my invention I attach a bracket to the
sides of the truck having an inclined tube projecting from the said bracket. I
place a socket over the tube provided with a rectangular fork or double arm.
A spiral spring is inserted into the inclined tube and it forces the rectangular
fork against the side of the truck so that when a label is placed under the
rectangular fork such label is forced against the truck and held in that position,
whilst the writing on the said label is exposed to view.
Such being the nature and object of my invention, I will proceed to describe the
same more fully, and for that purpose make reference to the accompanying sheet of
drawings, wherein
Fig. 1 is a front or plan view of my improved device or appliance,
Fig. 2 is sectional plan taken on line 1, 2, of Fig. 1, and Figs. 3 and 4 are side
elevations of same.
A is a bracket secured to the side of the truck by screws B, and C is an inclined
tube projecting from the said bracket. Over the tube C is a movable socket D
provided with rectangular fork or prongs E, the underside of the said prongs being
serrated for the purpose of more effectually holding the label G to the side of the
truck. Within the tube C is a spiral spring F which forces the socket D outward
in the direction of arrow a, the effect of such outward motion being to force the
serrated fork against the label placed under it whereby it is held in position. When
it is desired to remove the label so as to reverse it or to substitute another label,
the attendant places his thumb on the socket at D and on compressing the spring
and sliding the socket in the direction of arrow b the rectangular fork will be raised
from the label as shewn in Fig. 4 whereby the said label is free to be changed.
By the use of the rectangular fork the label is rigidly held at both ends of it and
cannot be blown off by a gust of wind, and as the spiral spring is enclosed within
the tube and socket, it is not affected by the weather nor damaged by coal dust and
other gritty matter getting to it. My improved appliance will be found ready and
handy when being used, and it is also easily applied to a railway truck.
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 :-
The appliance (as herein shewn for holding labels and tickets) consisting of the
sliding rectangular fork E in combination with socket D inclined tube C and
spring Gall as described.
ST1001
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents.