Padding or Covering Railway Buffers, Wheels and Brakes, with India Rubber, Gutta Percha, or Felting to render such Buffers, Wheels, and Brakes Noiseless.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Apr., 1897
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Complete Specification Left, 20th Jan., 1808 Accepted, 12th Mar., 1800
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Padding or Covering Railway Buffers, Wheels and Brakes, with
India Rubber, Gutta Percha, or Felting to render such Buffers,
Wheels, and Brakes Noiseless.
I, WILLIAM TRAIN, of Station House, Hornsea, East Yorkshire, Station Master,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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An invention for covering, affixing or fastening to buffers of railway engines
carriages & trucks, a pad or padding of solid indiarubber, gutta percha or felting,
to render such buffers noiseless, and also for inserting in engroved wheels of rail-
way engines carriages & trucks, and also tramcars, solid india rubber, gutta percha
or felting, to make such wheels travel noiselessly; and further for inserting in
engroved brakes of railway engines, carriages & trucks, and other vehicles, solid
indiarubber, gutta percha or felting so as to act in combination with such engroved
padded wheels of railway & other vehicles.
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Padding or Covering Railway Buffers, Wheels and Brakes, with
India Rubber, Gutta Percha, or Felting to render such Buffers,
Wheels, and Brakes Noiseless.
I, WILLIAM TRAIN, of The Station House, Hornsea, near Hull, in the County of
Yorkshire, 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 ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
My invention consits of covering, affixing or fastening to buffers of railway
engines, carriages, and trucks or the like, a pad or padding of india-rubber, gutta
percha or felting, to make such buffers noiseless, and also of inserting in or attach-
ing to the wheels of railway engines, carriages, trucks, tramcars and the like, india
rubber, gutta percha, or felting to make such wheels travel noiselessly, and further
of inserting in or attaching to brakes of railway engines carriages, trucks and other
vehicles, strips or the like of india-rubber, gutta percha, or felting so as to act in
combination with the wheels of railway carriages or the like vehicles.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.

page_text: Fig. 3. Is a plan view of Fig. 1, the wheel having only one band of india-rubber
or the like.
Fig. 4 Shows a front view of Fig. 1, the wheel having only one band of india
rubber or the like.
Fig. 5. Is a sectional view of Fig. 4.
Fig. 6. Is a sectional view of Fig. 2.
Fig. 7. Shows a side view of a buffer with a pad of india-rubber or the like let
into the buffer face.
Fig. 8. Is a sectional view of Fig. 7.
Fig. 9. Shows a side view of a buffer with a pad of india-rubber or the like
forming a cap.
Fig. 10. Is a sectional view of Fig. 9, and
Fig. 11. Shows a plan view of a brake with a groove in it to take the rubber or
the like band on the wheel, and with two rubber or the like pieces let in to bear on
the metal parts of the wheel when applied.
For the purpose of my invention, I provide the wheels A, of railway engines,
carriages, trucks, tramcars or the like vehicles, which run on rails or metals, with
a band, covering or padding B, of india-rubber, gutta percha, felting or other suit-
able resilient material, running around their outer peripheries, in a circumferential
direction.
This may be done by recessing or grooving the wheel to any suitable depth to
allow of the band or the like B fitting therein, and being held within the recess,
such band or the like projecting a suitable distance above the rim, so that it bears
on the rail C instead of the metal part of the wheel bearing on such rail, see Figs. 1,
2, and 3. This band or filling B, preferably only takes up the centre of the rim of
the wheel and leaves a space or spaces for the brake D to come in contact with when
applied, see Fig. 3, such brake having the centre of its face grooved as at E, Fig. 11,
so that it does not touch the band or filling B when it is applied, but only grips the
metal part of the wheel at the sides of the band or filling; if more than one band
or filling are employed, as in Fig. 2, the brakes may be grooved so as to miss such
bands or the like and to allow of the metal parts of such brakes coming in contact
with the metal parts of the wheel, but if desired the wheel may be covered the
whole width of the rim, (with the exception of the flange) with a band or the like,
and the said brakes may be provided with a face of rubber, gutta-percha, felting or
the like, or be recessed to receive strips of such material or materials, see Fig. 11,
which, when the brake is applied may bear either against the metal of the wheels
or the bands or fillings thereon, thus firmly gripping the wheel itself or the bands,
covers or the like.
The recess E, in the brake may be provided with a lining or strip E¹ of rubber or
the like, to come in contact with the rubber on the wheel of the vehicle I provide
the buffers of railway engines, carriages, trucks, or the like, with a pad or cover G
of india-rubber, gutta percha, felt or the like, either by attaching the pad by means
of solution or the like to the buffer face or by recessing such buffers and fixing the
pad in by means of solution, countersunk screws or any other suitable means of
attachment see Figs. 7 and 8 or by making the pad in the shape of a cap to fit
over the buffer face, see Figs. 9 and 10.
In the latter case, the cap covers the back part of the buffer as well as the front
part, and So, to a great extent prevents the concussion and noise now caused when
the buffer is compressed and the back part comes in contact with the buffer holder
or receiver H, such receiver H may if desired also be provided with a pad, ring or
cover of rubber or the like H¹ for the same purpose.
The bands pads covers or the like may be attached to the wheels, brakes, and
buffers in a finished state, or may be applied in a liquid state if the substance or
materials admits of it, and allowed to set on the wheels or the like.
By the employment of coverings or paddings of rubber gutta percha, felting or
the like, to the wheels, brakes and buffers of the beforementioned vehicles, such
vehicles run with considerably less noise over the rails and are not subjected to the
wear and tear at present caused by metal wheels impinging on metal rails, or by:

page_text: the metal parts of buffers coming in contact with each other when trains pull up,
or during shunting operations, as with the present construction of wheels, brakes
and buffers; the noise caused by railway trains is therefore reduced to a minimum
and the damage done to goods is considerably reduced.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
1. Providing the wheels of railway engines, carriages, trucks, tramcars or the
like with one or more bands, filling, packing or covering of indiarubber, gutta-
percha, felting, or other suitable resilient material or substance in the manner and
for the purposes substantially as shown and described.
2. Providing the brakes of railway engines, carriages, trucks, tramcars or the
like with a strip or strips, cover or covers of indiarubber, gutta-percha, felting, or
other suitable resilient substance or material and recessing such brake or not, in
the manner and for the purposes substantially as shown and described.
3. Providing the buffers of railway engines, carriages, trucks, tramcars, or the
like, with a padding or cover of india rubber gutta-percha, felting or other suitable
resilient substance or material in the manner and for the purposes substantially as
shown and described.
1000
JOHN E. WALSH,
Savile Street, Hull, and Crossley Street, Halifax,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.