Improvements in Audible Signalling Apparatus for Warning Drivers, Platelayers, and others on Railways.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Sept., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 17th June, 1898-Accepted, 23rd July, 1898
Improvements in Audible Signalling Apparatus for Warning
Drivers, Platelayers, and others on Railways.
I, SAMUEL HOUGHTON, of 1, Paradise, Dudley, in the County of Worcester,
Railway Wagon Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention has for its object an improvement on my Patent No. 6923
A.D. 1895 by, which I provide the bell or sounding apparatus upon the engine
where it can be more readily heard than when situated on or near the permanent
way.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide a supporting frame which is
attached to the rail by suitable clips and upon the frame I mount a spindle upon
which a jagged lever is mounted and controlled by a suitable spring. A stud or
arm is provided upon the ordinary life guard of the engine and upon this stud or
arm I mount a wheel having a serrated periphery.
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A vertical rod is eccentrically pivoted to this wheel and passes up through a
hole in the foot plate supporting at its top a bell which is connected thereto by a
spring. The rod is kept up by means of a coiled spring between a fixed collar on
the rod and the foot plate. The action is as follows, when the engine travels past
the actuating arrangement, the serrated wheel is partly revolved by the jagged
lever with the result that the vertical rod is vibrated and the bell rung.
actuating arrangement is portable and can be moved and fixed as described in
my before mentioned patent, and the vertical rod may be 'so attached to the
whistle that upon being actuated it sounds the whistle of the engine. I may
perforate the bell to a limited extent for the better emission of the sound. As
only a quarter of the serrated wheel is in action I may reverse the same wheel
when worn to three new positions by altering the position of the pivot of the rod.
Dated this 16th day of September 1897.
Improvements in Audible Signalling Apparatus for Warning
Drivers, Platelayers, and others on Railways.
I, SAMUEL HOUGHTON, of 1, Paradise, Dudley, in the County of Worcester,
Railway Wagon Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
1. innantion has Som its
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page_text: A.D. 1895 by which I provide the bell or other sounding apparatus upon the
engine where it can be more readily heard than when situated on or near the
permanent way.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practise I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have 5
illustrated the nature of my said improvements and the mode of carrying the
same into effect.
Figure 1 is a diagram side view of part of a locomotive shewing. my device
attached.
Figure. 2 is a diagram part-sectional elevation to Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a part plan of the operating portion of Figure 1.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide a supporting frame B which is
attached to the rail C by suitable clips c¹ and upon this frame B I mount a
spindle 6 upon which the jagged lever A is mounted and controlled by any suit-
able spring a¹. The stud or arm E is provided and attached to the ordinary
life guard or step F of the engine and upon this stud or arm E the wheel H which
may have a serrated periphery is mounted. The vertical rod K is eccentrically
pivoted to this wheel at k¹ and passes up through a hole in the plate N
supporting at its top the bell M which may be connected thereto by a spring m¹.
The rod is kept up by means of a coiled spring between the fixed collar on
the rod and the plate N. The action is as follows, when the engine travels past
the actuating arrangement the serrated wheel H is partly revolved by the jagged
lever A with the result that the vertical rod K is vibrated & the bell M rung.
The actuating arrangement is portable and can be moved & fixed as described
in my before mentioned Patent or the frame B may be mounted on the pivot ba
so that the frame may be turned in the direction of arrow and thus bring the
inclined lever into a position clear of the wheel H.
The vertical rod K may be so attached to the whistle that upon being actuated
it sounds the whistle of the engine and I may perforate the bell to a limited extent
for the better emmision of the sound: '
As only a quarter of the serrated wheel H is in action I may reverse the same
wheel when worn to three new places by altering the position of the pivot k¹ of
the rod to h¹.
I may vary the particular form and arrangement of the bell and its support as
also the lever A and frame B.
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:-
1st. The improvements in audible signalling apparatus for warning drivers,
platelayers and others on railways consisting of a bell M mounted on the engine
and having the actuating disc H in combination with the actuating spring lever A
substantially as herein set forth & illustrated upon the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 16th day of June 1898.
LEWIS WM. GOOLD,
Agent for Applicant, 5, Corporation Street, Birmingham.