A NEW STOP FOR RAILWAY AND OTHER CARRIAGES
Year: 1854

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jeremiah Johnson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th March
1854.
I, JEREMIAH JOHNSON, of Church Street, Leatherhead, in the County of
Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW
STOP FOR RAILWAY AND OTHER CARRIAGES" to be as follows:-
A, A, A, A, four straight connecting iron rods passing from end to end of
each carriage, under each carriage, and fastened to the bottom of the carriages
by bolt eyes, similar to common door bolts, for the rods to work forwards or
backwards when required; the eyes to be screwed on with nuts and screws.
B, B, B, B, steel draw springs fastened to one end of the iron connecting rods,
made similar to hand steelyards, and fastened with a link to the connecting
rods, to prevent the gear from breaking when passing a curve, or when the
carriages are not screwed up tight. C, C, C, C, iron hooks with steel springs
fastened to one end of the connecting rods, with link to hook into the draw
spring of the connecting rods to fasten the gear the same way from end to end
of a train, so that any number of carriages can be used at any time. This has
nothing to do with fastening the carriages together; this is merely to connect
my Invention from carriage to carriage. E, substantial iron ratchet stop
wheels, fastened either with bolts, nuts, or screws to the metal wheel inside, or

page_text: put on a square axletree; but strong stops will answer the same purpose,
bolted or made on the metal wheel to save expence. F, substantial iron hooks
to be fastened under the bottom of the carriages, with bolts, plates, nuts, and
screws to work in a bolt hinge, to be raised and let down by a chain passing
over a pulley wheel, and attached to the connecting rod at the bottom of the
carriages. G 2, stud wheels with a spindle passing from one side of the last
and first carriage of a train. The chain passes over the stud wheels and is con-
nected with the rods, and by pressing the lever the machinery is put in motion,
and every wheel can be firmly stopped in one moment, so as to cause the
train to slide a short distance, like a boy on the ice; this part will be better
understood by seeing my working model that will stop the carriage in a few
feet when running on an incline of one thousand three hundred and twenty
feet in a mile. By removing the bottom rods and applying a ratchet handle to
the last carriage end, it will then be self-acting by drawing out an iron pin,
which the guard can in a moment, and then the full power will be on every
wheel instantaneously. H, catch stop for the lever when the train is in
*motion.
What I claim as my Invention is, a combination of known materials to a
new purpose, for arresting a railway train to prevent collisions, and also for
omnibusses and stage coaches. The stop, hooks and pulley wheels and bolts
for the connecting rods to be fastened in the inside of the carriages with plates,
nuts, and screws. I, iron pin with chain ratchet handle. K, brackets for the
spindles of the end carriages with the stud wheels.