Improved Means for Cleaning Tramway Rails and for Removing Snow and Sand therefrom.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 19th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 12th Apr., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Cleaning Tramway Rails and for Removing
Snow and Sand therefrom.
WILLIAM ROCHE Tailor 145 Weston Street Long Lane Borough, S.E. ALBERT
ROCHE Tailor 145 Weston Street Long Lane Borough S.E. do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A travelling machine to be screwed to bottom of car in front of the wheels near as
can with revolving brush the shaft holding machine is telescoped with india rubber
spring inside telescope shaft to work with the springing of the car.
The travelling wheel brush and cog wheels are covered in with a case that can be
unscrewed the shaft or telescope is screwed to the top of case.
It can be used
with or without the plough. The plough has two shafts with two sockets to hook on
the fronts axles outside the case with pins and chains attached.
The guiding pin is fixed in telescope and a screw in front working in two slots.
Dated this 6th day of January 1890.
WILLIAM ROCHE.
ALBERT ROCHE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Cleaning Tramway Rails and for Removing
Snow and Sand therefrom.
WILLIAM ROCHE and ALBERT ROCHE 145 Weston Street Long Lane Borough S.E.
Tailors 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 :-
Tramway brush machine for cleaning the metals to be fitted to the bottom of car
with screw and 2 bolts it has one travelling wheel 2 cog wheels and 1 circular brush
covered within a case or box with a small steel comb inside case over brush.
Telescope attached to bar for the india rubber spring with small giding bar at back
and screw in front that works in 2 slots in telescope case steel bar on a disk going of
height of spring through center thereof attachment a plough to hook on with pins and
chains attached.
Sheet No. 1 Fig. 1st & 2nd section shewing A. revolving brush to run in grove of
metal and cog wheels with reversing action by cog wheels at C-B india rubber
spring fitted in gun metal tube E screwed and bolted to wrought iron casing for
wheels F.
D shewing revolving nut for screw with fixed wheel for turning screw G.
H plates fixed on car and on braces of machine to hold revolving nut in position.
I screw to adjust machine and cylinders to hold spring B and E.
J pivot in slot of cylinder attached to screw to prevent machine from dropping,
K wheel to run on surface of metals.
L tramway metals.
Sheet No. 2 Fig. 3 showing snow plough for fixing in front of machine and to form
guard at front of wheels and machine.
A shewing cutters in steel: fixed in slot at B with spring & loose plate at the
cutter so fixed will rise or fall to any unequality of the roadway D are screwed pivots
to hold cutters in position E is guard plate at front of machine the plough can be
easily removed from machine by removing screw plate at E Fig. 4.
Sheet 3 Fig. 4.
Shewing method of fixing machine to car at A.

page_text: B shewing braces to hold machine in proper position over the tram metals C showing
snow plough fixed and front guard D showing tram metals E showing method of
fixing plough to machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1st. The revolving brush.
2nd. Telescope with india rubber spring.
3rd. The elevator.
4th. Plough.
Dated this 7th day of January 1890.
WILLIAM ROCHE.
ALBERT ROCHE.