provements in Elevated Railways, and in Rolling Stock for the same
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Apr, 1895
Complete Specification Left 11th Jan, 1896-Accepted, 15th Feb, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Elevated Railways, and in Rolling Stock for
the same
I, KARI BEYER, Manufacturer, of 34 Bolkeistrasse, Dusseldorf, in the
German Empire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows
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This invention has for its object, to increase the safety of elevated railways, by
diminishing the tendency of the carriages to tilt sideways under the influence of
centrifugal or other forces
Instead of supporting the carnage by a pair of rails approximately at the same
level, I use a supporting rail below the middle of the criage and a guide rail
above it, the supporting rail being placed in a longitudinal trough the sides of
which are formed by a pair of girders extending nearly up to the axle of the
carriage and tie bottom of the carnage being preferably recessed oi open in the
middle to afford room for the wheel
The guide rail above the top of the vehicle is fixed to lateral arms extending
from the same columns which foim pedestals for the supporting als
The sides of the guide rail are free and torm a path for a pur of horizontal
guide rollers the vertical axles of which are secured to the roor of the carriage
right and left of the guide rail
Each supporting column has a pair of horizontal aims, that is a lower or main
arm which serves as a pedestal or base for the supporting rail, and an upper or
guide arm placed above the guide rail and serving to hold the same
If the columns are made for a double line of rails, each column has two lower
arms and two upper arms placed symmetrically right and left of the same
If a carnage runs off the rail, the wheels are still retained by the sides of the
trough which contains the rail, and the carriage is thereby prevented from falling
down
Each carriage may have two or more supporting axles and two or more pairs of
guide rollers
Dated this 29th day of April 1895
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
Agents for the Applicant
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Elevated Railways, and in Rolling Stock for
the same
I, KARL BEYER, Manufacturer, of 54 Bolkerstrasse, Dusseldorf, in the
German Empire, 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
This invention has for its principal object, to increase the safety of elevated
railways by diminishing the tendency of the carriages to tilt sideway under the
influence of centrifugal or other forces

page_text: In the accompanying drawings
Fig 1 is a side view of an elevated double railway embodying my invention,
Fig 2 is a transverse section of the same,
Fig 3 is partly a plan taken above the upper guide rail, and partly a horizontal
section through a carriage, to show the arr ingement of sents
Fig 4 is cross-section of an elevated single-line railway
Instead of supporting the carriage by a bur of tails approximately at the same
level, I use a supporting 1ail c below the middle of the curage and a guide rule
above it, the supporting rail being placed between a pan of girders a, a, extending
nearly up to the axle of the carriage, and the bottom of the cage being
preferably recessed or open in the middle to afford room for the wheel The rails
rest on chairs which connect the girders of each pan at short intervals of about
1 yards, and est on the lower flanges of the same
The guide il e, above the top of the vehicle is fixed to longitudinal beam or
girder, which in its tuin is secured to lateral arms extending from the same columns
which form pedestals for the supporting rails
The sides of the guide rail e are free and form a path for a pair of horizontal
guide 1ollers d, d, the axles of which are secured to the 100f of the carriage light
and left of the guide rail
Each supporting column has, therefore, a pair of horizontal aims, that 18, a lower
or main arm which serves as a pedestal for the supporting giraeis, and an upper of
guide aim, placed above the guide rail and serving to hold the same, as mentioned
above
The seats of the carriage are preferably placed lengthwise along its middle line,
and symmetrically right and left of the same, as indicated by Fig 3
If the columns are made for a double line of rails, as shown in Figs 1 to 3, each
column has two lower and two upper m, placed symmetrically right and left of
the same
If a carriage runs off the rail, the wheels are still ictained between the supporting
guders or by the sides of the trough which cont uns the rail, and the carriage rests
on the top of the said guders
Lach carriage may have two or more supporting axles, and two or more paus of
guide rollers
Having now particularly described and isert uned 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 a system of clotted railways, the combination of a supporting wheel or
carriage wheel situated under the middle of the curage and between a pan of
supporting guders, with a pan of guide rollers situated above the roof of the
carriage night and left of a guide i ul, substantially is described
2 An elevated railway and carnage aanged and adapted to opeiate substantially
as described
Dated this 11th day of January 1896
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, Loudon, Agents