IMPROVE- MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR INDICATING TO RAILWAY AND TRAM CAR PASSENGERS THE NAMES OF STATIONS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I JOHN PEASE of Valley Mills, Apperley Bridge near Leeds in the County of
York, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR INDICATING TO RAILWAY AND TRAM CAR PASSENGERS
THE NAMES OF STATIONS to be as follows:-
The object of this "invention is to indicate to the passengers in railway trains
and tram cars the name of the station next to be reached by the train or car.
Apparatus for purpose aforesaid constructed according to this my invention
comprises an endless chain of lags, the latter contains on the several lags the
names of the stations at which the train or car will stop-The lags are placed upon
a roller, having four or more, flat surfaces, the roller and lags are then placed
within a box or casing having a slit or opening through which the name of station,
on one of the lags, can be seen and read, the opposite face of box or casing (back
and front) has a like opening, a roller, and series of name lags, so that when the
box or casing, is placed in position within the partition of two compartments, of
the carriage, or tram, over the hat rail the name on one lag will be seen in one
compartment, the other lag indicating to the oppositè compartment.
The rollers are carried on bearings and on the axle of one is a catch wheel,
operated by a catch, and lever, so as to turn the roller one lag, when lever is
operated by the guard pulling a cord, or moving a lever, and sliding rod-the two
rollers are geared at the other end by spur wheels so that operating one move in
like degree the other roller and laga.
The indicating mechanism herein described is to be applied to the several
carriages and connected by cord, or by lever and sliding rod as described.
:
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant,

page_text: I JOHN PEASE, of Valley Mills, Apperley Bridge, near Leeds, in the County of
York, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR INDICATING TO RAILWAY AND TRAM CAR PASSENGERS
THE NAMES OF STATIONS" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to indicate to the passengers in railway trains
and tram cars the name of the station next to be reached by the train or car.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings
forming a part of this specification in which:
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved apparatus the box or casing being
removed.
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation through line A, B, of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is an elevation of one face of the box or casing.
Fig. 4 is an end view of same.
Fig. 5 is a section of roller and indicating lags--the latter three Figures being
drawn on reduced scale.
Apparatus for purpose aforesaid constructed according to this my invention
comprises an endless chain of laga 1 the latter contains on the several lags the
names of the stations at which the train or car will stop-The lags are placed upon
roilers or axes 2, 3, having four or more flat surfaces 4, the roller and lags are then
placed within a box or casing 5 having a slit or opening 6 through which the
name of station, on one of the lags, can be seen and read, the opposite face 7 of
box or casing (back and front) has a like opening, a roller, and series of name lags,
so that when the box or casing is placed in position within the partition of two
compartments, of the carriage, or tram, over the hat rail, the name of lags on
roller 2 will be seen in one compartment, and the name on the lags of roller 3 in
the other compartment.
The rollers 2, 3, are carried on bearings 8 which are of dove tail form so as to
facilitate removal and replacement of rollers 2, 3, when change of indicating lags is
necessary On the axle of one roller 2, is a catch wheel 9, operated by a catch 10,
and lever 11, so as to turn the roller 2 one lag, when lever 11 is operated, by the
guard pulling a cord, or moving a lever and sliding rod-the two rollers are geared,
at the other end by spur wheels 12, 13, so that operating one roller move in like
degree the other roller and lags-At 14 are cross rails-15 the supports for the
lever 11-16, 17 are locking pieces, for holding the bearings 8 in position, and
on the roller 2 is a 4 ray star wheel 18, which by the pressure of the blade
spring 19, and presser finger 20, steadies and holds the roller 2, and lags, to
the position to which they have been moved by the lever 11-the rotation of
the star wheel 18, operates the finger 21, its outer end and striker 22 sounds
the bell 23.

page_text: The indicating mechanism herein described is to be applied to the several
carriages, and connected by cord, or by lever, and sliding rod as described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
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The apparatus comprising rollers 2, 3, with the endless indicating lags 1, together
with the mechanism for operating the same in combination and as herein described
and illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 18th day of June 1885.
JOHN PEASE.
By his Agent, Walter Brierley,
Town Hall Buildings, Halifax.