Improvements in Station or Stopping-place Indicators for Railway Carriages.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 16th July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 16th May, 1890-Accepted, 16th July, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Station or Stopping-place Indicators for Railway
Carriages.
I ROBERT EVANS Engineer 2 Roseworth Terrace Gosforth Newcastle on Tyne
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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My Invention relates to means enabling every passenger travelling in a railway-
carriage to see plainly in the carriage-the name of the
and to know
next station
directly on or before starting, which is the next station where the train stops.
Hitherto passengers by rail, when arrived at a station had to rely on spying the
nameboard on the platform in the station arrived at, often invisible and frequently seen
too late to leave the train in comfort. ⚫
next station
"
By my Invention passengers in a railway-carriage can travel with greator ease in
mind to arrive safely at their destination, for the name of the
where
the train will stop is indicated--in the carriage-during the time occupied in going
from the last station to the "next staflon" and this is continued in succession as every
station is reached untill the journey is completed.
To this end I have an up and down sliding indicator or pointer, moving in a frame
or holder, fixed in the "window
" or any
other part of the carriage. The indicator is
actuated by rack-works or by an end-less-band working on a pulley or pulleys, so that
the indicator slides up and down.
The rack-wheel or pulley are mounted on an arbor running in the before named
frame and the arbor is of sufficient length to square and key the same, and projecting
outside the carriage, in order that by turning the key, the indicator slides down and
up the name-table to indicate the name of the "next station" printed on the name-
table before named. The sail indicator is attached to the rack, or end-less-band; when
on the latter; the indicator is fast on one side of the endless-band with a bearing an
support on the other side of the endless band, in order to keep the indicator steady
when made to slide up or down.
A double plate or name-table, one visible from the inside the other from the outside
of the carriage has the names of the stations to be touched by that particular train
printed or painted on it, forming a table of the different stations to be touched, and
so placed that the before named indicators point only to one station at the time namely
"the next station where the train stops."
The said indicator is of a double nature, showing on the inside as well as on the
outside name-table before described.
The guard or any other person sets the indicator-from the outside of the
carriage at every station, to indicate the "next station " by turning the key before
named.
When placed in the window of the carriage the name-plate and indicator are seen
on the inside and outside of the carriage on account of the double name-plate and.
indicator before described.
One rack work or pulley and end-less-band is sufficient for the inside and outside
indications.
The rack or pulley arrangements are extended by rod or endless-band & pulleys to
every compartiment of a carriage or carriages, so that these indicators act in concert
in every compartment of a carriage or carriages, requiring only one setting at each
station.
The setting of the indicator for the next station is so easily done, that the time
occupied is only such, as would be required for inspecting the indicator.
In order to make the indicator and arrangement suitable alike to all conditions of
train-service viz. express,-.special, ordinary and excursion train,. E provide different

page_text: name-tables each having only those stations named on them, that are touched by each
particular train. The said name-tables can be taken out and replaced by other name-
tables, as each particular train-service may require.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Station or Stopping-place Indicators for Railway
Carriages.
I ROBERT EVANS of 2 Roseworth Terrace Gosforth Newcastle on Tyne 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:
My Invention relates to means enabling every passenger travelling in a railway-
carriage plainly to see the name of the next station and to indicate directly on or
before starting, which is the station where the train stops.
Hitherto passengers by rail when arrived at a station had to rely on spying the
nameboard on the platform for the name of the station arrived at, often too late to
leave the train before it moves again.
By my Invention passengers in a railway-carriage can travell with greater ease to
arrive safely at their destination, for, the name of the next station where the train
stops, is indicated in the carriage during the time occupied in reaching from the last
station to the next station and this is continued in succession as every station is
reached until the completion of the journey.
To this and I fix preferably in the window of a compartment of a. railway carriage
or any other part a frame A provided with guides a-a into which a double-bended
plate B, open on one side, slides up and down-as further on described. This double-
faced-plate B or indicator has two square surfaces, one facing the inside the other the
outside of the carriage, on which I print or paint the words "The next station where
the train stops is-
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A nameboard D with the names of the stations touched by that particular train-
service and other direction for changing printed or painted on both sides, is
interchangeable and fits in the frame A showing the said names and directions both
inside and outside the carriage; when so placed the before named double indicator B
covers and hides some of the names on the nameboard D in order to indicate the next
station with more precision. The said nameboard D is scooped out, in order to cover
and hide the mechanism by which the indicator B is made to slide up or down and
brought to point out and indicate the next station. Both on the top and bottom of the
frame A or the bottom of the frame A and the upper part of the carriage window is a
pulley E, in the later case, attached to bevelled wheel g., pivoted, over which an
endless band or chain f. runs, one side of the endless chain f. is fast to the back
part b. b. of the indicator B for the purpose of moving the same up or down in the
guides a. a. of the frame A when actuated as further on described.
A four toothed rotched is attached to one of the pulleys E into which a spring-click
falls holding the said indicator B and to drop in a position corresponding with division
of the names on the nameboard B when sliding up and down. I actuate the said
indicator B sometimes by a current of electricity generated by a battery, or by the
rotation of running wheels of the carriage, or I actuate the said indicators B by hand
and connecting rope or as in the accompanying drawing by chain f. bevelled wheel
and rod connection under the controle of the guard or other person which permits
of easy connecting or separating of carriages required for different train-service.
g
In the drawing the endless chain f. and pully E is continued to the top inside the
carriage. The upper pully E has a bevelled wheel g attached, which gears with a
corresponding bovelled wheel g g fast, on rod M. This rod M runs the full length of
the carriage, projecting outside the carriage and in connected carriages terminates in
a swivel-like-fork ending N. connecting the several carriages and allowing for the

page_text: closing and opening space between the carriages always existing in a working or
running train."
In the accompanying drawing only one window is shown. The rod M runs the
full length of every carriage and each window in the compartment of a carriage has
or may have the same indicator B all actuated and moving in concert by the turning
of the rol M. At the end of each rod M or at the end of the last rod in connected
carriages-as before described is an indicator and nameboard corresponding with all
the other nameboards D and indicator B in a running train to which a knob or
handle m. is attached or only squared to fit a key, by which the rod M revolves on
turning and acting on the bevelled wheels g. 9 g. pullys E. E. the indicators B in all
the compartments simultaneously indicate the next station. The handle or knob m. m.
or the key on the squared end of the rod M. permits turning both ways causing the
indicators B to move upwards or downwards on the before named nameboard D." The
nameboards D are all interchangeable to suit all kinds of train-service.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my Invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed and applied I wish it to be understood
that what I claim as the invention to be protected by the hereinbefore in part recited
Letters Patent is
1. Indicating the next station during the time occupied in reaching from the last
station to the next station in the manner hereinbefore described.
2. The indication in the window of every compartment of a railway carriage and
train as herein before described.
3. Connecting and actuating all indicators simultaneously in a long train permitting
separating or adding carriages as may be required hereinbofore described.
Dated this the 15th day of May 1890.
ROBERT EVANS.