US551904A - Car-fender - Google Patents

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` CAR FENDER. No. 55L904. Patented Dec. 24, 1895.

ANDREW BGRANAM. PHOTO-LH'UWASHINGUN. D C.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPH IJUTZ, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,904, dated December 24, 1895.

Application filed April 25, 1895. Serial No. 547,121.` (No model.) l

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ADOLPH LUTZ, of Brooklyn, N ew York, have invented an Improved Car-Fender, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a car-fender provided with two pivotally-connected guards placed beneath one another and operating in such a manner that the obstacle is caught up by the lower guard if missed by the upper guard.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical transverse section of my improved car-fender on line l 1, Fig. 3, showing the guards lowered. Fig. 2 is a similar section Y showing the guards raised and Fig. 3 a plan,

partly in section, of the fender.

The letter A representsthe frame of the upper guard, and B the frame of the lower guard. The frame A is hinged at its rear ends to the car-body D at a and is provided with the downwardly-extending arms a, to the lower ends of which the lower guard-frame B is pivoted. The pivotal connection between the arms a and the frame B may be effected by means of eyes b, formed on the frame B, and engaging the inwardly-turned ends of the arms a'. In the back ofthe eyes b the frame B is provided-with the rearwardly-extending arms or stops b', adapted to engage a proj ection CZ of the car-body D. These stops hold the forward ends of the frames A B slightly above the rails, as shown in Fig. l. The upper frame A is longer than the lower frame and extends in front of the same, so that nor- Inally the lower frame is concealed and out of action. A sheet of wire-cloth, canvas, or other material e covers the upper frame A, a similar sheet f covers the lower frame B, and

a third folded sheet or apron g connects the frames A Bin front of the hinges. The front edges of the frames A B ma7 be provided with rubber buffers h z'.

In use both guards are normally lowered, as shown in Fig. l. If an object strikes the upper guard it will ordinarily be thrown upon such guard and saved from harm; but if the object should be caught beneath the lower edge of the frame A it will at once raise such frame, as shown in Fig. 2. The raising of the frame A will cause a corresponding raising of the rear end of the lower frame B, so that the stops b are liberated and permit the lower frame to vibrate or open. Thus-the apron g will be unfolded and the object will be caught upon the lower guard and the apron and will be protected against harm. My improved fender therefore possesses the important advantage of providing a double protection and of preventing an object that should miss the main guard from reaching the wheels of the car.

What I claim is- 1. A car fender composed of a pair of guards,

projections on the car body adapted to engage saidstops, and of a folded apron g, that connec-ts the guards, substantially as specified.

` ADOLPH LUTZ.

Witnesses:

F. v. BRIESEN, WILLIAM SCHULZ.

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