Improvements in and relating to Tramcars.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 8th July, 1896-Accepted, 8th Aug., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Tramcars.
I, WILLIAM GOODING, of North Road, Holloway, in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to tramcars, and it consists in using plain wheels instead
of flanged wheels and in the use of auxiliary small flanged wheels adapted to run
in the grooves of the rails and guide the car so that its plain wheels run on the
rails, the object being to provide a ready and simple means of allowing tramcars to
be run off the rails in case of accident or obstruction.
In carrying my invention into effect I mount at each end of the tramcar a suitable
frame in which is mounted a pair of small flanged wheels the flanges of which are
adapted to run in the grooves of the tram rails, the said wheels being controlled
by suitable springs and fitted with any suitable lifting gear whereby the flanges of
the wheels may be raised clear of the rails when it is desired to run the car off the
rails. As an alternative construction only one flanged wheel may be used at each
end of the car.
Dated this 8th day of October 1805
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in and relating to Tramcars.
I, WILLIAM GOODING of North Road, Holloway, in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturer, 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 tramcars, and it consists in using plain wheels instead
of flanged wheels and in the use of auxiliary small wheels adapted to run in the
grooves of the rails and guide the car so that its plain wheels run on the rails, the
object being to provide a ready and simple means of allowing tramcars to be run
off the rails in case of accident or obstruction.
In carrying my invention into effect 1 mount at each end of the tramcar a
suitable frame in which is mounted a pair of small wheels adapted to run in the
grooves of the tram rails, the said wheels being controlled by suitable springs and
fitted with any suitable lifting gear whereby the said wheels may be raised clear
of the rails when it is desired to run the car off the rails.
I will now more particularly describe my invention making reference to the
accompanying drawings in which :-
Figure 1 is a broken view in side elevation of one form my invention may assume
as applied to a tramcar.
Figure 2 is a broken view in plan thereof.

page_text: Figure 3 is a broken view in side elevation of a modification as applied to a
tramcar.
Figure 4 is a broken view in plan thereof.
Figure 5 is a detail end view, and
Figure 6 is a similar view of a modification.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
X designates the tramcar fitted with wheels A which have plain or unflanged
peripheries and are adapted to run on the usual rails Y. On each or either end of
the tramcar X is mounted a pair of small wheels B, B. These wheels B, B are
mounted on a framing C in such a manner as to allow the said wheels to be easily
raised or lowered from or on to the rails, so that when it is desired to run the car
off the rails for any purpose it is only necessary to raise the said wheels B, B clear
of the rails as shown in Figure 1. The framing carrying the wheels is pivotted
at c and the end c¹ of the framing is adapted to be raised or lowered, thus lowering
or raising its opposite end (as shown by dotted lines in Figure 1), by means of a
screw adapted to he operated by a handle or other arrangement. A spring c² may
or may not be used for returning the wheels to their lower position, or the
wheels B, B may be operated in any other way either directly or indirectly.
When it is desired to use my invention in connection with existing tramcars
I prefer the form illustrated by Figures 1 and 2, wherein the small wheels B, B
are mounted slightly in advance of the ordinary wheels A, A, the said ordinary
wheels having their flanges turned down so as to convert them into wheels having
plain or unflanged peripheries.
When the tramcar is built specially for use with my invention I prefer the
construction shown by Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings in which it
will be seen the wheels A, A have a narrower tread and therefore allow the
small wheels B, B to be mounted in the same axial line as the wheels A, A, in
this position it will be seen they are practically unnoticeable. The small
wheels B, B may either be plain, narrow treaded wheels adapted to enter the
groove in the rail as illustrated by Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the accompanying
drawings, or they may be flanged wheels as shown by Figure 6 of the accompanying
drawing.
As an alternative construction only one of the small wheels B, B may be used at
each end of the car.
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.) The improvements in and relating to tramears, substantially as herein before
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
(2.) In tramears capable of being used on tram lines, rails or ways and having
plain or unflanged wheels, the use of two or more auxiliary wheels either flanged
or not, adapted to be mounted so as to be raised or lowered into the groove of
the rails, as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 8th day of July 1896
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.