US717075A - Railroad signal and alarm. - Google Patents

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No. 717,075. Patented Dec. 30, I902.

- A. E. CAUGHEY.

RAILROAD SIGNAL ANDALARM.

(Application-flied Dec. 12, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT E. CAUGHEY, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE TO E. HOLLENBECK, OF PDTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY, IOWA.

RAILROAD SIGNAL AND ALARM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717,075, dated December 30, 1902.

Application filed December 12, 1901. Serial No. 85,581. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it 777/(bjL/007Z067'7b: an opening within the partition 16, passing Be it known that I, ALBERT E. OAUGHEY, transversely across the housing. Secured residing at 2541 Davenport street, Omaha. in within the compartment formed by means of the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, the end a and the partition 16 are the two have invented certain useful Improvements insulating-blocks f, positioned one above the in Railroad Signals and Alarms; and I do other. and to the upper barfis secured aninhereby declare that the following is a full, verted-J-shaped spring D, while to the lower clear, and exact description of the invention, blockfis secured a smaller J-shaped spring such as will enable others skilled in the art to E, the end of these spring-terminals being adzo which itappertains to make and use the same, jacent one another, as shown in Fig. 1. Exreference being had to the accompanying tending from the spring D is a suitable trackdrawings, which form a part of this specifiwire W, while extending from the remaining cation. spring E is a second track-wire V, as shown.

This invention relates to a new and novel Positioned adjacent the spring-lever H is a 15 track mechanism to be used in connection stop 12, provided with the extension 10,

with a suitable alarm. against which the lever H works.

The aim of my invention is to provide a Whentheinstrumentalitieshavebeen propmechanisu'l adapted to be placed adjacent the erly arranged, the operation of my device will track, to be operated by the wheels of the vebe as follows: Should a train approach from 20 hicles passing over the same to form an electhe direction as indicated by the arrow :1; in

' tric contact to operate a suitable alarm, as Fig. 2, the wheel mwillencounter the striker will be described niore fully hereinafter. end 0 and depress the same against the In the accompanying drawings I have tension of spring 5 to force this lever into shown in Figure 1 a track mechanism with the seating 2 of the block B. This depres- 25 portions removed. Fig. 2 discloses the track sion of the lever C will push forward the mg mechanism as depressed to form a contact, gle K, and this in turn willdepress the springwhile Fig. 3 discloses a top view of my device. actuated lever H against the tension of the My invention embodies, essentially, a narspring F, and this lever H in turn will push row topless housing A, within which at oneforward the push-bar 15 to bring into contact 30 point is secureda supporting-pin 13. To this the electric terminals D and E with a sliding pin is secured the spring-actuated lever H, movement, which would have a tendency to which above is provided with the enlarged keep these contact-points bright. The end head 16, forming a seating, within which is of the push-bar 15 is provided with suitable held the upper end of the coil-spring F, pressinsulating material 0, as shown. As soon as 5 ing below upon the bottom b of the housing these terminals D and E are drawn together A. Pivotally secured to this spring-actuated the track-wires will be connected to operate lever I-I, approximately midway, by means of any suitable electric gong used in connection the screw 9, is the toggle-bar K, which at its with my device. upper end, by means of the screw 8, is se- Any electric signal which is operated when 40 cured to the striker end 0, as shown. This a circuit is formed may be used with my destriker-lever O has its remaining end 3 sevice. cured by means of a screws to a bow-spring Having thus described my said invention,

5, secured below to a block '7 by means of the what I claim as new, and desire to secure by pins 6. Positioned below the end 3 of this United States Letters Patent, is

45 striker-lever G is a block B, provided with The combination with a suitable housing, the seating 2, into which the end 3 works of a pivotally-supported lever, a spring to when the striker end 0 is depressed. Exnormally force one end of said lever upward, tending from near the upper end of the lever an angular toggle bar movably secured to H is a push-bar 15, secured by means of the said lever, said toggle-bar normally project- 50 screw 14, and this push-bar passes through ing beyond the top of aforesaid housing, a I00 spring to support the remaining end of said migulartoggle-bar, a seating" below the springsupported end of said toggle-bar, a push-bar secured to aforesaid lever, a spring-terminal positioned adjacent; said push-bar, and a second spring-terminal positioned adjacent said first-mentioned terminal, 30 arranged that; in

depressing aforesaid toggle-bar, said terminals may be brought into contact], as and for the purpose set forth.

ALBERT E. OAUGI-IEY. V In presence of J. E. HOLLENBECK, GEO. W. SUEs.

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