ments
Year: 1888

page_text: I JOHN TUCKER WILLIAMS of 11 Ffynone Street Swansea in County of
Glamorgan Monumental Sculptor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This Invention relates to Improvements in fixed Tramway points, that is for pointe
in Tramway lines situated at what are called siding junctions and is intended to obviate
the difficulty frequently experienced by the wheels taking the wrong line, or leaving
the rails at those points.
In constructing points under this Invention I provide and affix a movable guide or
stop in such a manner as to form a guide to the flange of the wheel which ever way
the said wheel is running and the aforesaid guide is so fixed that the flange of the
wheel can depress it into a groove allowing the wheel to pass over it when
running one way but it remains in position as a. guide when wheel is running the
opposite way.
T: 9th dess of October 1888
JOHN TUCKER WILLIAMS.

page_text: I, JOHN TUCKER WILLIAMS of 11 Ffynone Street Swansea in the County of
Glamorgan, Monumental Sculptor do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN POINTS FOR TRAMWAY AND OTHER RAILS, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in fixed tramway points that is for points in
Tramway lines situate at what are called Siding Junctions, and is intended to obviate
the difficulty frequently experienced by the wheels taking the wrong line or track.
Also as a preventative against the sudden jar caused in the ordinary fixed points by
the flange of the wheels when leaving the siding junctions to drop to the proper or
main track.
In constructing points under this invention I provide and affix a movable guide
or tongue in such a manner as to form a guide to the flange of the wheel which
ever way the said wheel is running, and the aforesaid guide is fixed that the flange of
the wheel can depress it into a groove, allowing the wheel to pass over it when
running one way, but it remains as a guide when the wheel is running the
opposite way.
The accompanying drawings will show the simplicity and construction of my
invention.
Fig. 1. shows a plan of the point or removable guide and casting.-A is the casting.
B. the removable point, and the easily removable pin-the latter fixed in position by
removing the small cover E. which is similar in design &c. to an ordinary street water
fire plug cover, & it is taken off in a similar way. The cover has a slot formed in one
of its sides, which keeps the removable pin in position.
Fig. 2. shows a longitudinal section of the point casting A. with the removable
point B. in position, and its spring D attached underneath. is a steel or other metal
washer inserted in a recess provided in the casting as an extra wearing plate or surface
should it be required.
Fig. 3. shows a longitudinal section of the point casting A, with the removable
point B depressed.
Fig. 4. Transverse Section on line G. H.
Fig. 5. Transverse Section on line I. J. showing the removable pin.
Fig. 6. shows elevation of the removable point taken out of the casting A. The
slot for the removable pin is easily observable and has no projecting part to prevent
the point being withdrawn or inserted into the casting A.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner, the same is to be performed 1 declare that what
I claim is.
Firstly. An automatic removable depression point for Tramway or other Rails.

page_text: Secondly. A removable point which can be displaced or replaced in a few seconds,
either for the purpose of removing the dirt, that would naturally accumulato in the
well beneath the depression point, or for the purpose of renewing the point,
without disturbing any stone or other work surrounding the casting for the said
point.
Thirdly. A removable point with its point of bearing at its root.
Fourthly. A removable depression point provided with a vertical slot about the
centre of its length, for the reception and working of a removable pin.
W. D. REES,
2, Eaton Crescent, Swansea,
Agent for Applicant.