DEI DI MIFICATION Car Starter.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 28th Oct, 1893
CODE DEI DI MIFICATION
Car Starter.
I, PETER HENRY JACOBUS, of Millstadt, County of St. Clair, State of Illinois,
U.S.A., Gentleman 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 has relation to improvements in car movers and consists in the
novel arrangement and combination of parts more fully set forth in the Specification
and pointed out in the claim.
In the drawings,
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my complete invention as applied to a rail;
Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same taken through the middle of the
fulcrum, and
Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on the line - of Fig. 2.
The car mover or starter to be described is provided with grappling hooks
pivoted within a suitable saddle in such a manner that the same are brought in
contact with the rail when power is applied to the lever for starting the car.
This
is accomplished by providing the grappling hooks with cam surfaces above their
pivotal connections with which co-operates a wedge-shaped block or fulcrum of a
Suitable lever.
The
Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the ordinary rail and 2 the car mover or
starter. 3 represents a saddle or frame the contour of which is best shown in Fig. 1
which shape is best adapted for the purpose, said saddle being provided with a
curved bottom 4 which conforms with the upper surface of the rail whereby the
same may be casily moved or slid upon the rail in working the device.
saddle is suitably hollowed out to receive the various parts and movably secured
within the same are two grappling hooks 5, 5, by bolts 6, 6, passing through
the said hooks and saddle. The grappling hooks are provided with cam surfaces 7, 7,
above their pivotal connections against which surfaces a movable wedge-shaped
block 8 is simultaneously brought in contact; and when power is applied in the
manner hereinafter described the said block operates as a fulcrum and is forced
between the cam surfaces causing the books 5, 5, to assume the position as shown
in Fig. 2, thus locking the saddle firmly to the rail.
The wedge-shaped block 8 is bifurcated to receive a lever 9 the two being
united by a pin, the bifurcations allowing sufficient room for the manipulation of
the lever as best shown in Fig. 2. The opposite sides of the block 7 are located
within suitable guides 10 formed in the opposite inner sides of the hollow of the
saddle thus holding the same in their proper position with relation to the cam
surfaces of the grappling hooks (sec Fig. 2). 11. 11, represent two flat springs
which are secured to the opposite outer sides of the saddle the free ends of which
normally hear or press upon the outer curved surfaces 12, 12, of the grappling hooks
which cause the same to be moved out of contact with the rail, thus allowing the
saddle to be moved freely in any direction upon the rail. Secured to the upper
surface of the short arm of the lever 9 is a plate 13 having an upwardly turned
end 14 having an edge 15 which edge is adapted to be brought in contact with the
tread of the wheel of the car to be moved when power is applied at the end of the
long arm of the lever.
In carrying out my invention the saddle is adjusted upon the rail at a proper
distance from the wheel of the car in order that the edge 15 of the plate 13 will be
brought in contact with the tread of the wheel when the long arm of the lever is
depressed, in which action the wedge-shaped block or fulcrum 8 will be forced
downward between the cam surfaces of the grappling hooks 5 causing the same to

page_text: grip the rail simultaneously the instant the power is applied; and thus the saddle
is held to its position as the car is moved. On releasing the lever the springs 11
spread the grappling hooks sufficiently to allow the saddle to be moved to its new
position and thus the same series of actions can be repeated indefinitely.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
A car mover or starter consisting of a saddle, grappling hooks movably secured
within the same, cam surfaces formed on said hooks, a bifurcated wedge-shaped
block movable within the saddle and resting upon said cam surfaces, a lever
movably secured between said bifurcations, and spring attached to the outside of
said saddle the free ends of which bear against the curved outer surfaces of said
hooks, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 15th day of September 1803
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.