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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
  • B60R21/34—Protecting non-occupants of a vehicle, e.g. pedestrians

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• My invention relates to an improvement in car-fenders, and has for its object to provide a cheap and effective fender by the use of which a body upon being struck by a car is taken up in the fender and the car is prevented from passing over the body.
• I attain this object by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which-- Figure l is a general side view, and Fig. 2 is a top view omitting the lower fender.
• Fig. 3 is a view of my device in operation with a body held therein. The lower portion or part of my device directly beneath the car is not shown in this view.
• My device is attached to the front endfof a street-car and in construction consists of a frame A, pivotally fastened to the under side of car A at a.
• the front end of the frame A is movably carried upon the rod A and has depending from it a secondary frame A ,which carries the arms a and a which in turn carry a frame G, which carries upon its forward end a scoop H, pivotally fastened to the front end of the frame G.
• the frame G is braced by the arm G, which is rigidly fastened to the frame A and is pivotally connected to the car at. g, concentric with the fastening a of the frame A.
• a guiding-arm g is pivotally fastened at g to the frame G and is employed to guide the fender around curves when the underground conduit system is used, the said guiding-arm g working in the slot of the conduit.
• a small roller h may be mounted upon the frame A and run in the slot and may also be employed as a guide for the fender in turning curves.
• the scoop H extends the full width of the track and is provided with the arms h, pivotally fastened to the frame G and spaced about twelve inches apart.
• roller it may be extended to each side and en gage in the track.
• the frame A is extended to form the side pieces or frame B, which is turn carries the frame 0, hinged thereto at c.
• a frame D is pivotally fastened at d to the frame 0 and has the upright arms 01, extending upwardly from it, and pivotally fastened to the said upright arms d at d are the frames E and E,
• An arm F formed with a tooth f, is pivotally fastened to the frame or side piece B and is weighted at its lower end f.
• the tooth f is adapted to engage and hold in position the frame D.
• an arm 6 Pivotally fastened to the frame E is an arm 6, which is adapted to engage the ratchet teeth e uponthe frame E when the frameE has swung around toitslowest position, thereby locking the said frame.
• the device operates as follows: When the car is in motion and a person is standing in the path of the car, the lower portion 6 of the frame E will strike the body and the impact will force back the said frame E This frame revolves about d and moves the upper frame E forward by means of the lug e until it'falls forward and downward, catching the body, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3.
• the frame E is provided with a suitable netting about half the distance to the joint d
• the impact of the body against the fender acts to throw or swing the frames E and E back until they strike the arm F, which, being pivoted, swings back until the tooth fdisengages the frame D, thereby allowing it to drop and swing about on 6
• the arm e engaging in the ratchet-pieces 6 acts to lock the frames E and E, thereby securely holding the body within the fender.
• The'lower portion of the fender embodying the scoop acts in case the body is not caught by the larger fender and falls to the track, whereupon the scoop H will strike it, and the impact will cause the scoop H to be forced back and down and scoop up the body, which will slide under the arms h and be held upon the scoop by the same.
• the dotted lines in Fig. 1 show the position of the scoop when forced back by impact of the body.
• the framework of the fender is so constructed as to allow its being folded back against the dashboard of the car, thereby albring the car toa stop.
• the rod or arm g acts to cut off the electric current, thereby preventing the motors of the car from operating.
• a fender for streetcars of collapsible frames, a frame beneath the car and pivotally connected to the car, said frame carrying the collapsible frames, a movable frame fastened to the lower portion of the frame under the car, a scoop carried upon the movable frame, a guiding-roller for guiding the fender around curves, and lugs located upon the surface of the ground and adapted to bring the car to a standstill instantly when the scoop is in lowered position, substantially as described.

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• 1899
  • 1899-07-05 US US72288499A patent/US644596A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

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