A New or Improved Safety Guard for Railway Carriages.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left. 31st July, 1894-Accepted, 1st Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Safety Guard for Railway Carriages.
I, WILLIAM PATRICK HARRIS, 37 George's Avenue, Blackrock, Dublin,
Assistant Station-master, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to a new or improved safety guard for railway carriages
and has for its object a device for preventing individuals from falling or being
pushed between railway carriages whilst in motion or at a standstill.
According to my invention I provide a device comprising in its construction a
metal rod having a hook or other grappling means at one end, whilst the other is
designed to enter and slide within a cylinder in such a manner that the said rod
can be closed or extended telescopically within such cylinder.
The other end of the cylinder to that in which the rod is introduced, is provided
with a hook or other grappling means similar to the one at the projecting end of
the rod.
In operation one of the devices is attached to two adjoining carriages by
hooking or otherwise attaching the end of the sliding rod to the end of the
carriages near one corner, at any suitable altitude, whilst the hooked end of the
cylinder is attached in a similar manner to the front corner of the next carriage.
The other sides of the carriages would be similarly provided. I may if desirable,
employ two or more of the devices to each side of the carriages and arrange them
one above the other.
Dated this 9th day of March 1894.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
12, Basinghall Street, London, E.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Safety Guard for Railway Carriages.
I WILLIAM PATRICK HARRIS of 37 George's Avenue, Blackrock, Dublin,
Assistant Station-master, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
claimed in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to a new or improved safety-guard for railway carriages,
and has for its object to provide a device for preventing individuals falling or
being pushed between railway-carriages, whilst the latter are either in motion, or
at a standstill.
And in order that the said invention may be the more readily understood, I have
shewn same upon the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, wherein :
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the device,
Fig. 2 being a section of same, while
Fig. 3 shews the device applied to the opposing ends of two railway-carriages.
Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corre-
sponding parts throughout the several figures, a is a steel or other metal rod
having a hook a' or other suitable grappling device at one end, whilst the other
end a' is designed to enter and slide within a cylinder b so as to be capable of
being drawn from or closed telescopically within, such cylinder b.
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page_text: The other end of the cylinder to that in which the forward extremity of the
rod a is introduced, is provided with a hook b' or other suitable grappling means,
similar to that at the end a' of the rod a. The device is coupled to the ends of
the railway-carriages c by hooking the ends a¹, b', of such device to suitable
eyes provided at a desirable altitude close to the corners of the said
carriages c.
A similar device would be coupled to the opposite corners of the carriages, and
if desirable an additional device may be connected to such carriages at a suitable
distance above each before mentioned device, for the purpose of securing
additional safety.
The rod a has no projection or stop at the end a², so that in case of the carriages
becoming uncoupled, the two portions of the device will readily become detached
one from the other, thereby preventing damage being caused to such carriages by
either portion of the device.
The length of the two portions a and b, is in relation to the length of the buffers
and couplings of the carriages to which the device is connected, so that the two
said portions will not become detached, one from the other unless the carriages are
uncoupled.
Suitable books or brackets are provided, upon the ends of the carriages to
receive and support the free ends. of the portions a and b of the device, when the
carriages are uncoupled and the two portions of the said device disconnected.
If desirable, the hooks a¹ and 6 may each have a hole formed in same, to
receive a pin connected by a chain to the respective end of the carriage, to act as
a means for preventing the said ends a¹¹ becoming unhooked from their eyes c¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.;-
1. The safety device for railway-carriages, comprising in its construction a rod
hooked at one end for connecting to the end of a railway-vehicle, and having at.
its other end working telescopically in a cylinder provided at one end with a hook
for connecting to the end of a railway-vehicle, substantially as and for the purpose
described and illustrated.
2. The safety device for railway-carriages, consisting of a rod provided with a
hook or similar means for connecting same to a railway-vehicle, the other end
working telescopically within a cylinder, similarly provided at one end with a hook
or its equivalent for connecting to a railway-vehicle, pins attached by chains to
the ends of the vehicles and adapted to enter holes in the hooked ends of the rod
and cylinder, and hooks or brackets fixed to the ends of the vehicles to support
the detached ends of the rod and cylinder substantially as and for the purpose
described and illustrated.
Dated this 31st day of July 1894.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
12, Basinghall Street, London.