An Appliance for Facilitating the Bonding of Tram Rails with Copper Bonds.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 28th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 5th Dec., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Facilitating the Bonding of Tram Rails with Copper
Bonds.
DANIEL FRANCIS SUGRUE, 1, St. Helen's Crescent, Swansea, Tramway Director,
DAVID JAMES, 5, Gordon Terrace, Swansea, Tramway Manager, GEORGE MITCHELL,
42, Bond Street, Swansea, Fitter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This is a tool designed for the purpose of bonding rails for electric tramways
as herein described.
It consists of a lever having a right angle attachment to hold a dolly
which acts with sufficient pressure on the elbow of the bond to keep the bond
securely in place whilst being expanded.
The dolly is a separate part of the tool and is made to fit in a slot on the
right angle part of the lever; the said slot is for the purpose of allowing the
dolly to be moved up or down to take either an upper or lower bond where they
are required to be single, and the dolly is also made to reverse to either end
of the bond right or left hand; the said dolly is slotted and recessed to fit on
elbow of bond to prevent bond being damaged whilst being operated upon during
expanding of same. The remaining part of the tool herein described consists
of a claw cramp to grip over the top of rail and keeps the said lever in
position being jointed with a hinge joint to the said lever and provides the
leverage to keep the dolly up in place against the elbow of the bond as herein
described for the purposes mentioned in this specification.
DANIEL F. SUGRUE,
DAVID JAMES,
GEORGE MITCHELL.
An Appliance for Facilitating the Bonding of Tram Rails with Copper
Bonds.
DANIEL FRANCIS SUGRUE, 1, St. Helen's Crescent, Swansea, Tramway Director,
DAVID JAMES (late 5, Gordon Terrace), 11, Promenade, Swansea, Tramway
Manager, GEORGE MITCHELL, 42, Bond Street, Swansea, Fitter, do hereby declare
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:-
A, represents lever. B, sliding dolly for keeping bond in position. C, shows
slot for sliding dolly. shows the cramp for gripping rail.

page_text: This is a tool designed for the bonding of rails for electric tramways as herein
described.
It consists of a lever (A) having a right angle attachment to hold a dolly (B)
which acts with sufficient pressure on the elbow of the bond to keep the bond
securely in place whilst being expanded.
The dolly is a separate part of the tool and is made to fit in a slot (C) at the
right angle part of the lever; the said slot is for the purpose of allowing the
dolly to be moved up or down to take either an upper or lower bond where they
are required to be single, and the dolly is also made to reverse to either end
of the bond right or left hand; the said dolly is bolted and recessed to fit on
elbow of bond to prevent bond being damaged whilst being operated upon during
expanding of same. The remaining part of the tool herein described consists
of a claw cramp (D) to grip over the top of rail and keeps the said lever in
position being jointed with a hinge joint to the said lever and provides the
leverage to keep the dolly up in place against the elbow of the bond as herein
described for the purpose mentioned in the specification.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that we
claim as novelties and ask protection-
1. For the dolly,
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