APPARATUS CONNECTED WITH TRAINS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 8th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 8th Feb., 1887.
We CHARLES THOMAS JONES of 51 Blondell Street Battersea Park Road in the
County of Surrey Machinst and GEORGE WETMON of Squirrel Heath Romford in the
County of Essex Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of our invention
for APPARATUS CONNECTED WITH TRAINS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS to be as
follows:-
The object of our apparatus is to prevent collisions between railway trains. To
effect a warning to the driver and to the guards of each train we fix two or more bells
or gongs on the front and rear of each engine or carriage and at a convenient place
in the guards van of each train. These bells or gongs are actuated by a catch which
is held in an upright position by two strong springs affixed to the engine (or any
carriage on the train). Between the metals fixed as may be found convenient to the
sleepers we fix a tube, pipe, or trough with an opening running longitudinally at top
and with various shorter openings running longitudinally at the bottom for allowing
the escape of dirt, dust, or small stones." In this tube runs a traveller, a suitably
shaped piece of steel or flexible metal of suitable length; by the addition of these a
length of from fifty to one hundred yards may be made up. A small projection is
placed at the end of each traveller these two projections being the only part rising
above the surface as the traveller (or travellers) is pushed forward in the tube by the
advance of the train. The aforementioned catch is so pivotted that on striking the
projection of the traveller the bells are rung on the gong, or other aların sounded.
The valve of the break if a vacuum break is used may also be attached to the afore-
said catch if desired. For crossing points and levels the catch is wedged back so as
to run for a moment over the projections on the travellers.
LULMAN & Co.,
Agents for Applicant.

page_text: We CHARLES THOMAS JONES now of 28 Anerley Street, Battersea Park Road, and
late of 51 Blundell Street Battersea, in the County of Surrey, Machinist, and GEORGE
WETMON of Squirrel Heath, Romford in the County of Essex, Commercial Traveller,
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
The object of our invention is to provide an apparatus for preventing collisions
between railway trains, to effect a warning to the driver and to the guards of cach
train. We fix two or more hells or gongs on the front and rear of each engine or
carriage and at a convenient place in the guard's van of each train. These bells are
actuated by a catch held in an upright position by two strong springs affixed to the
engine or any carriage in the train. Between the metals fixed as may be found
convenient to the sleepers we fix a tube, or trough, or pipe, with an opening running
longitudinally at top and with various shorter openings running longitudinally at the
bottom for allowing the better escape of dirt, dust or small stones. In this tube runs
a traveller or suitably shaped piece of steel or flexible metal of suitable length. By
the addition of these a length of from fifty to one hundred yards or more may be
made up.
A small projection is placed at the end of each traveller, these two
projections being the only part rising above the surface, as the traveller (or travellers)
is pushed forward in the tube by the advance of the train. The catch afore-mentioned
is so pivotted that on striking the projection of the traveller, the bells are rung or the
gong or other alarm sounded. The valve of the break (if a vacuum break is used)
may also be attached to the aforesaid catch if desired.
At crossing points and levels the catch is wedged back so as to run for a moment
over the projections on the travellers.
In order that our invention may be better understood we append drawings.—
A A Fig. 1 shows the metal of the rail. B is the tube carrying the traveller,
B Bb Bb Fig. 2 shows a section of the tube with the traveller or carrier in position.
Be shows the projection of the traveller above the tube. C is the catch or shield
formed to engage the projection on traveller. Ca fig. 4 is a curved alternative form
of this catch or shield. D. D. are springs for keeping the said catch or shield in
position. E is lever actuating gong or bell F. Similar letters in all figures refer to
similar parts.
An arrangement not shown in drawings is also provided to allow the driver to lift
the catch or shield when at the terminus or other place it is desired to pass the
projection without causing an alarm.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of our said invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed we now declare that what we claim is :-
I. The combination of a traveller running in a tube or trough with projection and
a catch or shield attached to engines or carriages on railway trains as described and
illustrated substantially and as set forth.
TITTMANT 6.