An Audible Signalling Apparatus for Warning Drivers, Plate- layers, and others on Railways.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 6th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 8th Feb., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Audible Signalling Apparatus for Warning Drivers, Plate-
layers, and others on Railways.
SAMUEL HOUGHTON No. 1 Paradise Dudley in the County of Worcester
Railway Wagon Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The apparatus is made with a 8 inch bell with 2 brackets cast on the top with
slotole betweene for clapper to work a hollow steel spindle for bell to hang on loose
the clapper is made fast to the forsaid spindle betweene the forsaid brackets which
keeps the bell in its working place the forsaid spindle is fixed in 2 cast steel
brackets with slotole in a crank is made fast on the forsaid spindle end with slot in
to work up and doun by the side of the slot in forsaid steel brackets there is a pin
works through the slot forming crank pin there is 2 cast stee brackets screwed to a
peice of in. + wrought iron 18 in. long at each end forming the frame of the
apparatus there is a cranked latch fits in one pair of brackets by a pin passing
through the forsaid brackets at the other end of the latch forms the crank to work
the bell there is a double sping fits betweene the forsaid latch and the botton
bare of the apparatus there is 2 clips made to fit the bottom of the rail inside with
2 glans outside to fit up to the rail with 2 pins screwed fast to the forsaid rail the
forsaid clips to stand out 8 in. from the outside of the rail set up squar 3 in. to
screw the forsaid apparatus to for its place of work by drilling a inch hole in the
frunt guard of the engins 6 in. from the level of the top of the rail screw a pice
of 1 in. round iron or steel in the forsaid guard to stand out to a distance required
to trap the forsaid appratus by fixing this invention to the rail a distance required
each way from the men at work as the engins coms the stud in the forsad guard of
the engins will bare doun the forsaid latch and ring the bell then it will be the
duty of the enginmen to blow the wistle and look. out for men at work in frunt
this invention can be fixed to do the distance fog signal there is no dout it will
save lives and money the simple invention is fixed to the rail in 2 min. taken of
in the same time when fixed is out of the way of axelboxies guards and brake
levers or aney thing belonging to the releing stuck on the main lines the for said
pice of 1 in. round iron or steel fixed in the frunt guard of the engins is the only
thing that will trap the signal not tuch ancything beside where the engins may go
it cannot easley be nocked out of repair for the weight of a mans hand will trap
the signal and ring the bell the appratus is not costley it is the very invention that
as been wonted for years when at work will soprise the engineers to think of so.
simple not seen before to clame the stud as my inventon it may be put to work
other signals by the same appratus for level crossings.
The forsaid appratus can be made with raught iron mallable iron or cast steel or
aney kind of hard metal.

page_text: An Audible Signalling Apparatus for Warning Drivers, Plate-
layers, and others on Railways.
I SAMUEL HOUGHTON of 1 Paradise Dadley in the County of Worcester
Railway Wagon Builder 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 has for its object an audible signalling apparatus for warning
drivers platelayers and others on railways by which I provide a simple, cheap and
effective apparatus which is clear of axle box guards brakes and other parts of the
rolling stock on main line being actuated by means of a stud fixed upon the life
guard of the engine. My apparatus requires but very slight pressure to operate it
and thus sound a hell which is provided to give warning to the driver so that he
may sound his whistle and thus communicate the caution to platelayers and others
on the line or it may be used as a fog signal being perfectly portable and, self
contained.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have
fully illustrated the nature of my said improvements and the mode of carrying the
same into effect..
Figure 1 is a section through one of the rails of the permanent way shewing
my apparatus in elevation.
Figure 2 is a sectional elevation through Figure 1 on the line 1. 2.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide a supporting frame A. A' which is
attached to the rail T between the sleepers S by the clips a' and a and bolts a³.
A spindle D is mounted in the frame A and carries the bell E which is hung loose
on the spindle D and slotted for the stem of the hammer F which is fixed at f¹
to the said spindle. At the end of the spindle D. the lever H is mounted and is
retained in the normal position shewn by the spring which is connected with
the lever by the rod h³ a stop a being formed on the frame A to controll any.
reverse movement of the lever. A stud or arm J is provided upon the ordinary
life guard K of the engine and this stud depresses the lever H sufficiently to
cause the hammer F to strike the bell, with the result that a warning is given
to the driver of the train to look out and sound his whistle.
The main portion of the apparatus which is mounted upon the frame A' is
connected to the clip part A by means of two pins M and N by which means the
apparatus can be readily removed from the clip part simply by the removal of the
two pins or by the removal of the one pin N the apparatus may be turned with
the remaining pin M as a pivot until the lever H is clear of the stud J as shewn
by dotted lines in Figure 1 or the apparatus may be turned still further on its
pivot until it lies in a horizontal position.
I may vary the details and arrangement of the various. parts without departing
from the nature of my said invention as for instance I may make the apparatus in
a double form i.e. so that it may be actuated from either direction.
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
1st. The audible signalling apparatus for warning drivers plate layers and others
on railways substantially as herein set forth and shewn.

page_text: 2nd. In audible signalling apparatus the stud or arm J attached or formed upon
the ordinary life guard of the engine substantially as and for the purpose herein
set forth and shewn.
Dated this 2nd dow of December 1805
SAMUEL HOUGHTON.