Improvements in Railway Waggon Brakes.
Year: 1895

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Date of Application, 6th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 6th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 29th Feb., 1898
Improvements in Railway Waggon Brakes.
I, JAMES WATTS GODDARD, of 397 Goldhawk Road, Hammersmith, in the
County of Middlesex, Engineor and Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to brakes operated by one or other of two handles (on
the two sides of the waggon) which work independently of each other and which
both move in the same, say a right hand, direction.
In such brakes I pivot the ends of tho push rods operating the blocks to the
ends of a lever pivotted centrally on a short transverse shaft working in bearings
beneath the waggon. This short shaft carries a projection working in a recess in
the lever so that it can turn through a small angle relatively to the latter. In the
recess is a bow or other spring tending to keep the projection at one end of the
recess. One end of the short shaft projects beyond the side of the waggon and
carries one of the handles the arrangement being such that if when facing the
side of the waggon the handle be turned to the right hand the shaft carries the
lever with it and puts on the brakes whereas if the lever be turned as hereinafter
described by the other handle the spring is compressed and the short shaft with
its handle remains stationary.
The other handle on the other side of the waggon is carried by a second trang-
verse shaft to which an arm or orank is fixed. Pivotted to this crank is one end
of a link whose other end is slotted to receive a pin carried by the lever.
As before if this handle be turned to the right hand (facing its side of the
waggon) it carries the lever with it and puts on the brakes but if this operation
has been performed by the other bandle then the pin simply travels along the alot
and the handle does not move.
Dated this 6th day of March 1895.
1, JAMES WATTS GODDARD 36 Stamford Brook Road Shepherd's Bush,
London, W. Engineer and Contractor (late of 397 Goldhawk Road Hammersmith
London W.) 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 :-
This invention relates to brakes operated by one or other of two handles (on
the two sides of the wagon) which work independently of each other and which
both move in the same-say a right hand direction.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood the means I prefer to
adopt in carrying my improvements into effect are illustrated on the accompanying
two sheets of drawings which are marked with figures and letters of reference
corresponding with those in the following description.

page_text: DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a wagon shewing the general arrangement of the
apparatus
A. being the nctuating lever which works on the short shaft K.
B. is the lever ("or arm or crank" as it is deemed in the Provisional Specification)
which is fixed on the shaft E.
C. is the link with slot.
E is the long transverse shaft.
F. is the lever sleeve (or "projection" as it is termed in the Provisional
Specification.)
K. is the short transverse shaft.
N. & R. are the two side levers (or "handies" as they are termed in the
Provisional Specification).
Fig. 2. is an end elevation shewing the two transverse shafts, the letters indicate
the parts.
Fig. 3. is a front and end view of the actuating lever A. the end view shewing
part of the short shaft K. passing through the lever sleeve F.
Fig. 4. is a front and end view of the lever B.
Fig. 5. is a front and edge view of the link C. with slot.
D. is the spring.
The operation is as follows-When the lever R. is moved in a downward
direction the projection on the lever sleeve F moves the lever A. and applies the
break, but as the link C. bas a slot, as shewn, the lever A. is free to move in the
necessary direction without actuating the lever B. and its attachments so when it
is necessary to apply the break on the opposite side the downward movement of
the lever N. turns the shaft E and lever B in the necessary direction, the link C.
engages the lower end of the lever A. and applics the break without actuating
the shaft K. or the lever R.
While I prefer to form the lever sleeve F. as shown and fix it on the shaft K. it
can, if necessary be forged solid on the shaft K.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
1. So arranging one or both of the two handles (or power levers) as applied to
railway wagons as shewu, one on each side of the wagon that each is free to work
independently of the other and work in a right hand direction and apply or
operate the break.
2. The construction and formation of the lever sleeve F the combination and
arrangement of levers A. B. and the link C. for the object and purpose set forth,
as hereinbofore described and as illustrated on the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 6th day of December 1895.
JAMES WATTS GODDARD.