agon Bгaкes."
Year: 1896

page_text: agon Bгaкes."
I, WALLACE FAIRWEATHER, C.E., of 62 Saint Vincent Street, in the City of
Glasgow, Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
(as communicated to me by Walter Scott, 6 Rue du Havre, Paris, in the Republic
of France, Engineer) to be as follows:-
This invention which relates to brakes for railway wagons has for its object to
enable the shunter to apply or release the brake froin either side of the vehicle, and
to obtain an increased power over that of the ordinary "side lever brake."
The improved brake consists of a hand lever to which the usual brake rods and.
gear are connected the lever being placed transversely on the wagon under the
headstock and working centrally in a fulcrum bracket. A rack is provided on one
side having two sets of teeth out in opposite directions to hold the lever in any
position applied. This is done by having two catches forged on the lever one
alongside the other to correspond with the position of teeth in the rack which is
cranked or set with the teeth on one side nearer to the centre of the lover or in
advance of the other set of teeth, so that, ou the brake being applied, the catches.
on the lever work independent of each other.
The running position of the lever is always central, so that whichevor way the-
lever is pulled, the catches engage one or other set of teeth of the rack and the-
brake is applied.
Dated this 21st day of August 1896.
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER.
I, WALLACE FAIRWEATHER, C.E., of 62 Saint Vincent Street, in the City of
Glasgow, Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention which relates to brakes for railway wagons has for its object to
enable the shunter to apply or release the brake from either side of the vehicle,
and to obtain an increased power over that of the ordinary "side lever brake."
The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 being a side
elevation, Fig. 2 an end elovation and Fig. 3 a plan of a wagon shewing the
improved brake applied thereto.
The improved brake consists of a band lever A to which the usual brake rods B
and gear are connected, the gear consisting in this instance of a lever arm C formed
on a shaft D baving at its other end an arm E connected to a rod or rods F which
actuate the brake G, the lever being placed transversely on the wagon H under

page_text: the headstock and working centrally in a fulcrum bracket I. A rack J is provided
on one side having two sets of teeth K, L, cut in opposite directions to hold the
lever A in any position applied. The lever is held by either of two catches M, N,
forged on the lever A one alongside the other to correspond with the position of
the teeth K, L, in the rack J which is cranked or set with the teeth L on one side
nearer to the centre of the lever or in advance of the other set of teeth K so that,
on the brake G being applied, the catches M, N, on the lever A work independently
of each other.
The running position of the lever A is always central, so that whichever way the
lever is pulled, the catches M, N, engage one or other set of teeth of the rack J
and the brake G is applied, the brake rods B being slotted in order to permit of
the brake being actuated from either side.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A wagon brake the several parts of which are constructed or combined and
arranged to operate substantially as described.
2. In a wagon brake of the class set forth the combination of the cranked holding
rack formed with two sets of teeth, and the brake lever having catches formed
thereon to engage one or other of the sets of rack teeth substantially as described.
Dated this 21st day of May 1897.
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER.