AN IMPROVED METHOD METHOD OF STOPPING RAILWAY TRAINS AND PREVENTING RAILWAY ACCIDENTS
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Henry Noone, of No. 53, Salisbury
Street, Portman Market, in the County of Middlesex, Journey-
man Coach Builder, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED METHOD
Sealed the 21st December 1853, and dated the 22nd June 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Henry Noone
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 22nd June 1853.
1, JOHN HENRY NOONE, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF STOPPING RAILWAY TRAINS AND
PREVENTING RAILWAY ACCIDENTS" to be as follows:-
I propose to have two metal bars three inches square, and the length
to be regulated according to the distance of the front and hind wheels,
the said bar to be firmly fixed to the carriage sides, with a square hole
made exactly over each wheel. Another bar three inches deep and
one inch thick, with an inclined plane top and bottom; the said
inclined plane to be reversed and cast, or otherwise manufactured

page_text: within one inch of each end of the said bar; such distance to be regu-
lated by the same rule as the first bar named; such inclined plane to be
nine inches long and three inches deep and three inches wide, which said
bar works or slides on the first bar named; a core is cast or otherwise
made in the second bar named nearly the length of the said inclined
plane to allow a bolt (which is attached to the boxes of the wheels) to
work up the inclined plane; such bolts to have nuts and collars so
arranged as the wheels may have a proper bearing when in the right posi-
tion. The second bar has a spur or projection in the centre so arranged
that the front buffer rods, when struck by a sufficient force, strike the
said projection, and carry the bolt (attached to the wheels) three inches
up the inclined plane. I propose to have small wheels of the same width
of tire with flange, &c., and one third the diameter of the ordinary
wheels; the said small wheels to have a racket wheel on the outside,
to which is fitted a stop or catch to prevent the said wheels revolving
forward; these small wheels to be hung one inch and a half from the
rails, and as soon as the bolts attached to the ordinary wheels are
driven up, as before mentioned, the small wheels fall on to the rails,
and the train is stopped. By means of other machinery, consisting of
levers and connecting rods (which said rods connect, when required,
throughout the train of carriages), the guard, driver, or other person
appointed can accomplish the same result as the buffer rods.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Henry Noone in the Great Seal Patent
Office, on the 21st December 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
JOHN HENRY NOONE, of No. 1, Peter Street, Bishopsgate Street, in the
City of London, Journeyman Coach Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of June, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the
seventeenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and succes-

page_text: sors, give and grant unto me, the said John Henry Noone, Her special
licence that I, the said John Henry Noone, my executors, administra-
tors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Henry Noone,
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF STOPPING RAILWAY TRAINS AND PRE-
VENTING RAILWAY ACCIDENTS," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said John Henry Noone, by an instrument in writing under
my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Henry Noone, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:
I propose to have two metal bars three inches square, the length to be
regulated according to the distance of the front and hind wheels; one bar
to be firmly fixed to the under frame work of the carriage, with a square
hole made exactly over the centre of each wheel; another bar three
inches deep and one inch thick, with an inclined plane top and bottom;
the inclined plane to be reversed and cast or otherwise made within one
inch of each end of the bar; the length to be regulated by the same rule
as the first bar named, the inclined planes to be an incline of three
inches, and about three inches wide and nine inches long; the said
bar works or slides on the first bar named; a core is cast or otherwise
made in the inclined planes to allow a bolt (which is attached to the
boxes of the wheels) to work up the inclined planes; such bolts to have
nuts and collars so arranged that the wheels may have a proper bearing
when in their right position. The second bar has a spur or projection

page_text: so arranged that the front buffer rods and levers, when struck by a
sufficient force, strikes the spur or projection, and carry the bolt
(attached to the wheels) three inches up the incline planes. I propose
to have small wheels or rests, as hereafter described, of the same width
of tire, with flange, &c., and one third the diameter of the ordinary
wheels; the small wheels to have a racket wheel on the outside, to
which is fitted a stop or catch to prevent the wheels from revolving
forward; the small wheel or rests, whichever adopted, to be hung one
inch and a half from the rails, and as soon as the bolts attached to the
ordinary wheels are driven up, as before mentioned, the small wheels
or rests fall on the rails, and the train is stopped. By means of other
machinery, consisting of levers and connecting rods (which rods
connect, when required, throughout the train of carriages), the guard,
driver, or other person appointed can accomplish the same result as
the buffer rods.
I shall now proceed to describe the accompanying Drawings.
Figure 1. is the side view of the lower frame work of a railway
carriage. A, is the bar to which is attached the inclined planes B.
E, is the levers; when moved by the connecting rod A, Figure 2,
passes over a spring catch or stop on the bar C, and strikes the pro-
jection or spur on bar A, which forces the bolt D, up the inclined
planes, by which the wheels are raised as before mentioned; F, are
the small wheels or rests, as may be adopted, hung one inch and a
half off the rails. Figure 2, shews the connecting rod, which works
in a tube attached to the lower part of the carriage; E, is the levers
mentioned in Figure 1; B, is a pin or bolt fixed in the rod A, which
guides the levers; C, is a chain attached to cach carriage, and secured
to the rod of the last carriage, and, when applied by mechanical
means from the engine driver, moves the rod and levers of the last
carriage first, whereby acts a retarding motion.
Having thus described the nature and particular of my Invention,
I desire it to be particularly understood that I do not confine myself to
exact details herein set forth, as such may be varied or modified
without departing from the principle thereof. But I claim a new mode

page_text: of stopping a railway train by lifting the wheels off the rails, and
allowing the carriage to rest on other wheels or supports, which have
no motion forward, and to the best of my belief has not been hitherto
used within this realm.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Henry Noone, have set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of December, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
JOHN HENRY NOONE. (L.S.)