Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 21st Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 24th Feb., 1388
1, ALUIS TENDI, O V
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improved apparatus for facilitating the starting of tramway
and other vehicles.
The said apparatus comprises a lever arranged in connection with a disc secured on
one of the axles of the vehicle, the said lever being pivotted to a ring free to rotate
on the said axlo.
The draw bar of the vehicle is adapted to slido longitudinally and carries a hook
which engages with an eye at one end of a rod the other end of which is connected
by a chain or the like with the free end of the said lever.
When the vehicle is runing the draw bar is pulled to its extreme forward
position.
The hook is thereby
If then the horses
attached to the chain,
When braking the vehicle, the draw rod owing to the backward pull of the horses
upon the pole, or to a spring, moves back with the hooks thereon.
pushed under the eye of the rod and engages with the same.
commence to pull, the draw rod with the hook and the rod
draws the said chain and the free end of the lever upwards. The other end of the
said lever is then clamped against the disc keyed upon the wheel axle in such a
manner that during the upward motion of the lever the latter imparts about of a
revolution to the axle whereby the vehicle is set in motion.
As soon as by the pull of the horses the draw rod is drawn forwards to a cortain
point, the hook strikes against a projection and is pressed down by the latter so that
it is liberated from the eye. The lever then falls down and draws back the rod with
the eye.
An adjustable collar upon the draw rod prevents too great a forward motion of the
saine.
During the next stopping and starting of the vehicle the described operations are
repeated.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, ALOIS FENDT, of 40 Wallgasso, Vienna, in the Empire of Austria, Manufacturer,
do hereby declaro the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My invention relates to improved apparatus for facilitating the starting of tramway
and other vehicles.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figures 1, 2 and 3 show in diagram the various positions of the improved starting
apparatus.
Figure 4 shows the starting apparatus in elevation.
Figure 5 shows another position of the starting lover.
Figure 6 shows the apparatus applied to a one horse tram car.
Tho said apparatus comprises a lever garranged in connection with a disc in secured
on one of the axles of the vehicle, the said lever being pivoted to a ring free to rotato
on the said axle. The draw rod a of the vehicle is adapted to slide longitudinally and
causes a hook 6 which engages with an oyo c at one end of a rod d the other end of
which is connected by a chain for the like with the free end of the said lever g. When
the vehicle is running the draw bar is pulled to its extreme forward position.
When braking the vehicle the draw rod a owing to the backward pull of the horses
upon the pole, or to a spring, moves back with the hook 6 thereon. The hook is thereby
pushed under the eye c of the rod d and engages with the same. If then the horses
commence to pull, the draw rod with the hook band the rod attached to the chain,
draws the said chain fand the free end of the lever g upwards. The other end of the
said lever g is then clamped against the disc m keyed upon the wheel axle in the
middle between the two wheels in such a manner that during the upward motion of
the lever the latter imparts about 1 of a revolution to the axle whereby the vehicle is
set in motion.
As soon as by the pull of the horses the draw rod d is drawn forwards to a certain
point the hook & strikes against a projection h and is pressed down by the latter, so
that it is liberated from the eyo c. The lever 9 then falls down and draws back the
rod d with the eye c.
An adjustable collar i upon the draw rod a provents too great a forward motion of
the same.
During the next stopping and starting of the vehicle the described operations are
repeated.
In tram cars for one horse the rod a, as there is no pole, is pushed back by the device
represented in Figure 6. The rod is diminished in thickness at the rear end, and upon
the latter is slid a spring k which is secured with the plate to the rod a, and carries at
its other end the plate n that bears against tho ring p.

page_text: On pulling the draw rod the spring k is compressed towards p; on stopping, the
spring expands again and draws the rod backwards.
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 :-
First. In starting apparatus for tramcars and the like; the combination of the
drawing rod a with the hook which on being pushed back engages with the ring c
and on being pulled forwards first takes with it the ring c together with the lever g
connected therewith, thus turning the wheel axle and the wheels, setting the car in
motion, the hook 6 on coming into contact with the projection h is unhooked from
the ring e, whereupon the ring e together with the lever g connected therewith moves
back.
Second. In tramears for one horso the combination of the draw rod a with the
spring and the plates and n, for the purpose of drawing back the draw rod by
the expansion of the spring on stopping.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
PRICE LIST way or any
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.