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Fig. 4 shows a modification of the springs in the right direction, cause the brake-shoes
F,by having the wheelsf" and lugsf' attached to be forced against the wheels D' and arrest
to the outer ends of bent springs G,which are their speed or stop their rotation.
secured to the sills of the car, the same as the In order to apply the brake - shoes to the 70
5 springs G are, without the wheelsf". wheels simultaneously at opposite sides of the
H is a foot-treadle having an upright shaft, four wheels of a reversible car-body, bent con-
h, pivoted at h' to lugs on the upper floor of necting longitudinal rods n n, pivoted to the
the driver's platform, thence passing in a wide downward bent arms of shaft m, at n' and n"
mortise through the floor, andtheretobecon- are used, so that as the arms of the shaft m 75
i0 nected to a horizontally-sliding rod, h", that vibrate upon pivots at m'"' the rods n will slide
goes backward to and is at its rear end fast longitudinally, and their opposite ends being
to a pivoted dog, I, which is pivoted at i be- pivoted to the downward-bent shaft mo (that
tween lugs i', that project down from angle- is, like shaft m,) at points n",which is above
plates I', that are fast to the under side of the the pivotal point of the vibrating shaft to its 8c
15 sill A" of the car-body. lugs and gives to the shaft a backward move-
J is a spring, the upper end of which is se- ment, which forces the opposite brake -shoes
cured to the sill A", is curved outward, and upon the wheels the same as inthe first brake
its lower end bearing against the lower end movement. When thebrakesare to be released
of the pivoted dog I, as seen in Fig. 3, so that from the wheels, the rotation of the brake- 85
20 the force of the spring while bearing against shaft is reversed, when spring 0, that is fast
the dog will keep the inner edge of the dog at one end to a sill of the car and at its oppo-
near to the edge of the circle track E, and as site end to shaft n, and has been, by put-
the car-body is rotated, and the slot e becomes ting the brakes on, extended, will exert its
coincident with the dog I,the dogwill be forced power to pull shaft in back to its normal po- 90
25 into the slot and hold the car-body from fur- sition, and the brake-shoes are out of contact
ther rotation, with the wheels, as seen in Fig. 1.
To release the dog from the slot in the catch- I do not claim, broadly, a reversible car-
block so as to allow the car-body to rotate, body upon its truck; but
the driver puts his foot upon treadle H, fore- What Ido claim,and desire to secure by Let- 95
30 ing it over, and the shaft backward at its lower ters Patent, is-
end, sliding rod h", so that the upper end 1. A car-truck for a reversible car-body,
lifts the dog out of the slot e in the catch- composed of a center hub, B, diagonally-ra-
block, when the car-body is free to be rotated. diating arms B', having axle-bearings at each
This construction of devices for locking or end, and circle-track E thereon, with the axles ioo
35 unlocking the car-body so as to be rotated only D and wheels D', substantially as described.
requires the pressure of the foot of the driver 2. A reversible car-body having springs F,
upon the treadle to withdraw the dog from connected at their outer ends with pairs of
the catch-slot as the power to rotate the car- carrying-wheels f " f ", and a center king-bolt,
body is applied, when the foot can be removed C, in combination with the circle-track E and o105
40 from the treadle, and the rotation of the car- truck composed of hub B, arms B', axles D,
body is arrested by the dog being forced into and wheels D', as described.
the slot e by the spring J without further care 3. A car-truck frame consisting of the
of the driver. center hub, B, the diagonally-radiating arms
Ii is an ordinary upright brake shaft or B', having bearings at their outer ends in no
45 stem placed upon the driver's platform and which the wheel-axles revolve, substantially
extending down through it, and in such way as described.
that it can be secured in its position, and can 4. The springs F, connected at their outer
be easily rotated in proper bearings by the ends with pairs of carrying-wheelsf", in com-
winch or hand-wheel k. bination with the keeper-springs G, secured 115
50 k' is a small toothed wheel made fast to the to the under side of the reversible car-body A,
lower end of shaft K, and underneath the plat- substantially as described.
form, and its teeth engaging the teeth of gear- 5. A reversible car-body, A, having at-
wheel L, that is properly made to rotate on tached thereto a foot-treadle, H, a spring-
an axis, and having a crank-arm, 1, secured holding dog, I, the mechanism to operate the 120
55 thereto, which at its outer end is connected to dog, in combination with the circle -track E,
link or rod 1', that is attached to a crank-arm, having catch-blocks E' thereon with slots e
1", of a transverse vibrating shaft, in, that ex- therein, substantially as described.
tends nearly across the width of the car-body, 6. In combination with a reversible car-
each end of which shaft is bent down and in- body, the brake-mechanism consisting, essen- 125
6o ward a proper distance, where a brake-shoe, tially,of the brake-shaft K, gear-wheels k'and
n', is attached. L, vibrating pivoted shaft m, with arms to
n" qn" are lugs fast to the sills of the car at which are attached brake-shoes in', andthe in-
their upper ends and projecting down a prop- termediate devices to operate shaft mn, sub-
er distance, so that the bent parts of the shaft stantially as described. 130
65 mt can be pivoted thereto at m'". This con- 7. In combination with a reversible car-
struction will, when the brake-shaft is rotated body, the brake mechanism for applying the
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Cutter, Martin A. Street Car., patent, February 17, 1885; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170902/m1/3/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.