IMPROVEMENTS BY RAILWAY OR BY ANY OTHER CONVEYANCE FOR ENABLING PASSENGERS TO COMMUNICATE INSTANTLY AND AT THE SAME TIME TO ALL THE GUARDS, ENGINE DRIVERS, OR OTHER OFFICIALS ATTACHED TO A TRAIN OR ANY OTHER CONVEYANCE, AND MAY BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1875

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Mark Henry Howard King at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 29th March 1875.
I, MARK HENRY HOWARD KING, of No. 2, Montpellier Villas,
Arthur Road, Horsham, in the County of Sussex, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS BY RAILWAY
OR BY ANY OTHER CONVEYANCE FOR ENABLING PASSENGERS TO COMMUNICATE
INSTANTLY AND AT THE SAME TIME TO ALL THE GUARDS, ENGINE DRIVERS, OR
OTHER OFFICIALS ATTACHED TO A TRAIN OR ANY OTHER CONVEYANCE, AND MAY BE
USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows: :-
Firstly. This Invention consists of a circular rod or rods, pole or
poles, made of wood, iron, brass, or any other metal or material, having
a number of levers attached thereto, and in connection with a handle in
each compartment of a railway carriage. The circular rod or pole I fix
beneath the floor, or as required, of each carriage or coach, by means of
metal or wooden brackets having eyes or holes to receive the circular
rod so as to permit of motion at will.
Secondly. For connecting two or more carriages or coaches or other

page_text: nication and signaling I fix on the ends of each circular rod or pole cylin_
ders of metal or other material, having at the joint end of the rod a
series of knuckle joints; one cylinder is hollow and of triangular shape,
and the other cylinder contains a solid piece of similar shape for sliding
in and out; I fix a number of springs to act as guides and to regulate.
Thirdly. I fix a bell or gong or any other instrument in each guard's
van, breake, engine, or any other place, which I connect to the circular
rod fitted and fixed under the floor of the guard's van, breake, or engine,
or other place, so that any passenger or person on pulling and pressing
back any of the handles fixed in the compartments or other places causes
all the bells, gongs, and instruments to ring, and make a noise.
Fourthly. I fix in the sides of the carriages a number of doors,
shutters, or discs, one on each side of cach compartment; I fix a number
of springs, levers, and use wire, which I fix so as to come into contact
with each handle; and in this manner indication is made to the guard,
engine driver, or any other person, what place or part of the train
requires attention; and for night purposes I fix a coloured glass inside the
carriage over the hole or door or shutter way, which on being thrown
open when touched by the springs, the colored light is seen without; I
thus utilise the ordinary light of the lamp placed in the roof of each
compartment.
Fifthly. I fix a second circular rod, having a cylinder at each end,
in which I fix a spring having attached a chain, cord, or wire, with a
hook at the end, which I fix over or under or as required, the first circular
rod passing through a second eye of the same brackets, or I use seperate
brackets at will; I use the hooks at the end of each chain, cord, or wire
to connect with, and in like manner connection is carried to the bell,
gong, or any other instrument fixed in the guard's van, breaks, engines,
or in other places, which gives notice in the event of a train parting or
breaking asunder; I also explode detonating caps for that or other
purposes by these means.
Sixthly. I also adapt this last named circular rod if necessary, to be
used by passengers for communicating to guards, and engine drivers,
either of which may be used seperately for that object.