An Improved Method of Braking Railway Wagons.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 14th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 14th Dec., 1895
An Improved Method of Braking Railway Wagons.
I, JOHN HENRY RUDDICK of 80 Gloucester Street Newcastle on Tyne
Signalman N.E. Ry. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Reference being made to the drawings accompanying this Provisional Specifi-
cation
Sheet 1 is an elevation shewing the brake gear of an ordinary railway goods
wagon in which A is the brake shaft suspended by bracket C. DD one of the
brake levers and E a revolving rod passing from side to side of wagon with a crank
at each end, another position of the crank being shewn in dotted lines at F.
Sheet 2 isa plan A B being the brake shaft C & C¹ brackets, DD and D' D¹ brake
levers, E E E the cranked rod, another position of the cranks being shewn by
dotted lines at F.
The brake shaft A. B, supported by brackets C & C¹, extends equal distance at
each side of the wagon. On the shaft A B the brake levers D & D¹ are fixed in
corresponding positions on each end. The spindle E E E extending from side to
side of wagon with a crank on each end is the means of suspending the levers when
the brake is out of use. By turning the canked spindle EEE to position F both
levers are released thus enabling the brake to be applied to the four wheels
simultaneously and from either side of the wagon.
In like manner both levers are suspended simultaneously when taken out of use.
Dated this 20th day of May 1895.
I, JOHN
HENRY RUDDICK, 80 Gloucester Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne,
Signalman N.E. Ry. 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 being an improved method of braking railway wagons consists of
a spindle with crank at each end of same, one connecting rod or shackle fixed on
one crank only, and two gravitating racks, the whole so arranged as to apply,
secure, and release the brakes.
Reference being made to the drawings accompanying this Complete
Specification
Sheet No. 1 is an elevation, and Sheet No. 2 a plan of the brake gear
of a railway goods wagon, in which the part marked a is the brake lever,
bb brackets fixed to frame of wagon on both sides, c c push rods, d d brake blocks,
e an iron rod or spindle passing from side to side of wagon with a crank at both
ends, and working in bearings attached to frame of wagon, f connecting rod or
shackle forming connection between radial arm e and brake lever a, g g two iron
racks attached one on each side of wagon, and movable about centre x, k an iron
pin fixed in side of wagon.
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page_text: Sheet No. 3 (references as above) consists of a drawing of the improvement in
two positions (Fig. 1 being in same position as in Sheet No. 1,) shews the lever a
when the brake is suspended by the connecting rod or shackle f and the cranked
rode the latter being over the horizontal centre. By turning e in the direction of
the arrow the lever is forced downwards, and the brake applied. After the
brake is applied it is pinned down by pushing the rack 9 over and fixing the arm e
into one of the teeth of the rack as shewn in Fig. 2 Sheet 3. The brake is
released by applying hand pressure to either of the cranks e when the rack g will
fall to a perpendicular position. The pin k prevents the crank e from moving
beyond the vertical centre when the brake is applied, and keeps the crank e in its
proper position when the brake is suspended.
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. That I apply, pin down or secure, and release the brakes of a railway goods
wagon from either side of the wagon.
2. That I accomplish this using one brake lever only, fixed to the wagon.
Dated this 13th day of November 1895.
JOHN HENRY RUDDICK.