Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 7th June, 1887.
Specification Accepted, 8th July, 1887.
I, GIOVANNI BALLISTA SICCARDI, of the City and State of New York, United
States of America, 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:—
In the accompanying drawing: Fig. 1 represents a longitudinal section of a horse
car with side view of a brake and starter attached to one of the axles and fig. 2 is a plan
of the brake and starter.
Fig. 3 represents part of the apperatus in detail at an enlarged view referred to
hereafter.
Upon the axle A a gear wheel B is arranged capable of turning freely upon said
axle and provided with an internal clutch C sliding upon a key or feather attached to
the axle. By moving this clutch outward the wheel B will be fastened to the axle A
or left free to move independent of the axle.
This clutch C is operated by the lever D connected through rod d with the lever a
arranged at the end platform of the car for operating the same.
Behind the axle A a frame F is firmly attached to the underside of the car,
supporting double armed levers or frames ff turning on centers g, in frame F. The
ends of each arm of the levers or frames are connected through rods G G with a
lever H turning on a center h fixed to the underside of the platform at the ends of
the car for the purpose of operating said levers or frames f.
By moving this lever H in one or the other direction the upper or lower arms of
the frames will be moved towards the wheel B. The arms of the frames support
shafts n and n' turning freely in said arms. The shaft n carries the pinions m and m²
as well as drum w and the shaft n' carries a pinion m². The pinions m² and m' work
into each other and the pinions m m² are so arranged that by the moving of the
frames either one or the other of said pinions will be made to mesh into the
wheel B.
M are spiral springs placed around bolts or rods supported in fixed frames E E¹
and abutting against the frame E while the other ends of said springs abut against a
bar E sliding upon the bolts and attached to the central rod . The rod vis
connected through a cord or chain P with the drum w fast on the shaft n.
The upper

page_text: surface of the rod is provided with teeth into which the end of a hinged lever
works. These teeth are shaped in such a manner that during the outward movement
of the said rod ¹ the end of this lever D will easily slide over the same, falling in
after each tooth so as to prevent the action of the spring to move the rod inwards
except when the lever L is moved away from the same see fig. 3.
The other end of this lever is bent and passes upwards through the platform of the
car and is held in that position by the action of a spring y.
The operation is as follows:
During the forward motion of the car, the driver moves the lever H so as to move
thereby the pinion m' into gear with the wheel B.
Whenever the driver wishes to stop the car, he connects the clutch C with the
wheel B by moving the lever a which as before mentioned, moves this clutch C through
rod d and lever D causing the wheel B to be connected to the shaft A and thus
communicating motion through pinions m³ and m² to the drum w when the chain P
will be wound around the said drum w pulling the rod ¹ outward and thus com-
pressing the springs M until the tension of the springs will overcome the motion of
the car and stop the revolution of the axle A.
The end of the rod L lays against one of the teeth c of the rod v' and consequently
holds the same in whatever position the action of the drum has moved the rod.
During the time the car stops the driver changes the position of the frames by
moving the lever H in the opposite direction so that the pinion m¹ will come clear
of the wheel B and the pinion m will mesh into the teeth of the wheel B.
This operation can easily be performed, as the springs M are locked in their
compressed position by the operation of the lever L as before described.
During the action of stopping the car the wheel B has turned the drum w so as to
wind the chain P around its circumference, has drawn out the rod and compressed
the spring M. By changing the position of pinions m'm so as to bring the pinion min
gear with the wheel B the action of the drum w (when ever the springs are left free
to expand) will cause the wheel B and axle A to turn in a direction to move the car
forward.
When the driver desires to start the car he presses with his foot upon the end Y of
the lever I, which projects through the platform, moving thereby the other end of said
lever clear of the teeth a on the rod v¹, when the action of the spring (now at liberty)
will operate the drum w causing the same to turn the axle A and start the car in the
manner above described. As soon as the car has been started the driver disengages
the clutch from the wheel B thus leaving the car at liberty to be propelled by the
horses.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
1. In combination with the axle A of a car, loose wheel B and clutch C the
pivoted frames ff carrying pinions m, m³, m², and drum w connected with spring M
and with locking mechanism L arranged to operate in the manner and for the purpose
described.
2. In combination with the rod operating the springs M and provided with
teeth the lever L one end of which engages with said teeth and the other end of
which extends through the platform of the car arranged to operate in the manner and
for the purpose described.
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FEE
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1000
HERBERT J.. ALLISON,
Agent for the Applicant.