Improvements in Gripping Apparatus suitable for use on Cable Tramways.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May, 1898
Complete Sporification Loft 25th Feb 1000 Arconted
25th Mor
1800
Date of Application, 27th May, 1898
Complete Specification Loft 25th Feb 1900 Accented, 25th Mor
4800
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gripping Apparatus suitable for use on Cable
Tramways.
I, GEORGE ARTHUR WOOLLEY, of No. 5, Penrose Street, Walworth, in the
County of Surrey, Superintendent of Works to The London Tramway Company
Limited, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to the gripping apparatus in use on tramways, whereon
the cars are, during a portion of their journey, worked by cable, and during the
other portion, by horse or other power.
Heretofore in such cases the gripping apparatus has been carried by a separate
vehicle or
dummy," by which the car is hauled over the section worked by
cable. At the end of that section the "dummy" is detached from the car, the
latter being then worked by horse or other power. This arrangement entails a
large amount of wear & tear to the permanent way and loss of power, by reason of
the additional weight of the dummy," and increases considerably the cost of
construction and maintainance.
"
Now this invention is designed to obviate the use of a separate vehicle or "dummy,"
by attaching the gripping apparatus to, and operating it from, the car itself.
According to one arrangement the framework carrying the gripping apparatus
is attached to the axles of the car, suitable gearing or other means being provided
to enable the gripping apparatus to be worked from either end of the vehicle, the
arrangement being such that, when desired, the operating, mechanism can be
moved from one end of the car to the other when working on the cable section, or
out of the way altogether when the car is being worked by horse or other power.
Datal thin 971 dow of D 1000
JAMES G. STOKES,
8, Dane's Inn, Strand, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gripping Apparatus suitable for use on Cable
Tramways.
I, GEORGE ARTHUR WOOLLEY, of No. 5, Penrose Street, Walworth, in the
County of Surrey, Superintendent of Works to The London Tramway Company
Limited, 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 improvements in the gripping apparatus in use on

page_text: the spiral spring 7", the bolt 5 withdrawn by means of the rod 6, when the car
can be removed, leaving the gripping apparatus free to be attached to another
car or removed entirely from the slot, thus reducing the liability of an accumulation
of vehicles, by reason of delay on the part of the cars arriving from the section of
line worked by horse or other power.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
The hereinabove described arrangement of and means for operating gripping
apparatus for use on tramways worked by cable and horse or other power con-
structed and operating as explained with reference to Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive of the
drawings annexed.
Dated this 24th day of Wobruary 1800
JAMES G. STOKES,
4, Dane's Inn, Strand, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.