Year: 1888

page_text: I, EDWARD JACOB HILL, of 6, Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street, in the
City of Westminster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
:-
My Invention relates to the hand brakes with which railway wagons or trucks
are generally provided; and it has for its object to enable the brake to be operated
from both sides of the wagon or truck instead of from one side only as is at present
the case.
In order that this may be done, I employ a transverse shaft which extends beneath
the wagon or truck and is connected at one end by a crank with the ordinary brake
lever while its other end projects from the opposite side of the wagon or truck, and
is provided with a crank or lever by which it may be operated. This shaft is supported
in brackets attached to the frame of the truck and is capable of longitudinal move-
ment sufficient to enable the lever to be released from, and be engaged with, the rack
which holds the brakes on and off the wheels.
EDWARD J. HILL.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brakes for Railway Trucks or Wagons.
I, EDWARD JACOB HILL, of 6, Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street, in the
City of Westminster, Engineer, 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 relates to the hand brakes of railway goods and mineral wagons or
trucks of that kind which are worked by the shunters (by means of a long hand
lever at one side of the wagon or truck) in the operations of making up and unmaking
a train and the invention has for its object to enable the brake to be operated from
both sides, that is to say enable the brake lever to be operated from the side opposite
to that at which it is situated, as well as from its own side.
:
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
Specification, wherein figure 1 is a side elevation, and figure 2 an underneath plan,
of as much of a mineral truck as is necessary for the illustration of my invention.
Figures 3, 4, 5, shew modifications of details. The same letters of reference indicate
like parts in all the figures.
The Invention consists in the combination, with the ordinary hand lever A, (situated
at one side of the truck and connected with the brake gear for working the same in
the ordinary way) of a cross-shaft B connected at one end with the lever A by a
crank Cor its equivalent and provided at the opposite end with a handing lever D by
which it may be turned for the purpose of raising and lowering the lever A. The
shaft B is so mounted in its bearings E as to be capable of longitudinal motion and
is so connected to the lever A that when the former is moved longitudinally the latter
will be moved sideways for the purpose of being engaged with, or disengaged from,
the rack F which is provided for holding the brake lever in any position. For the
purpose of my invention, I prefer to place the rack F outside the lever A and with
its teeth presented inwards instead of outwards as usual. The crank C may be con-
nected to the lever in various ways. In Figures 1 and 2, a slotted plate a is rivetted
to the lever and the crank works in its slot. In figure 3, the lever A itself is slotted,
and in figures 4 and 5, the lever is embraced by a shackle c whose eyes take on to
the crank-pin.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
In a hand brake for railway trucks or, wagons, the combination with the side handing
lover, of a cross shaft connected with the said lever by a crank or its equivalent and
provided at the opposite end with a handing lever, the shaft being capable of being
turned and of being moved longitudinally for the purpose of raising and lowering the
brake lever and of engaging and disengaging it with its holding rack, substantially as
specified.