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jaws, pivotal supports for the same, and con-
verging guides for said jaws for moving them.
into operative relation with the guide rail.
2. A motor car traffic system comprising aI
5 guide-rail for the motor car and means for
clamping the same to the guide-rail consist-
ing of a suitable frame attached to the car,
anti-friction clamp jaws arranged to engage
the rail-tread, pivotal hangers for saidjaws, a
10 spring tending to separate said jaws, and
guiding means for the jaw hangers carried by
said frame and constructed to force said jaws
toward each other when the hangers are
moved rearwardly.
5 3. A motor car traffic system comprising a
guide-rail for the motor car and a clamp for
coupling the motor car to the guide-rail com-
prising a suitable supporting frame connect-
ed to the motor car, clamp, jaws provided
20 with anti-friction roller-engaging surfaces,
hanger plates carrying said clamp jaws and
pivotally supported from the aforesaid-frame,
a spring tending to separate said hangers and
the jaws carried thereby, pockets formed on
25 the frame for receiving the hanger plates
when, the jaws are in operative relation to the
rail, and guides leading to said pockets and
causing, in conjunction with the spring, a
lateral movement of the clamp j aws relative
30 to the rail.
4. A motor car traffic system comprising a
guide-rail for the motor car and a clamp
mechanism for coupling the motor car to the
guide rail consisting of clamp j aws provided
35 with anti-friction rollers with grooved engag-
ing faces for the rail, pointed deflector fingersformed on said jaws and coacting.to remove
obstructions from the rail, pivotal hangers
for said jaws capable of movement around
their pivots and laterally thereto, a frame 40
supporting the clamping mechanism and at-
tached to the motor vehicle, pockets formed
on the frame, guides leading to said pockets,
and a spring acting on said hangers and tend-
ing to move the same laterally .away from 45
each other.
5. A motor car traffic system comprising a
guide rail and a clamp for coupling the motor
car to said rail consisting of a suitable frame
coupled to a portion of the steering gear of 5o
the motor car, pockets with divergent mouths
carried by said frame, hanger plates also car-
ried by said frame, pivotal supports for said
hanger plates permitting the said hanger
plates to swing in the direction of travel of 55
the motor car and also laterally thereto,
clamp jaws carried by said hanger plates and
provided with grooved roller clamping faces,
coating deflector fingers on said jaws for re-
moving obstructions from the rail, a spring 6o
acting on the jaw-carrying hangers and tend-
ing to move the same laterally, and connec-
tions from the clamp to the motor car body
for manipulating said clamp.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 65
my own, I have hereto affixed my signature
in the presence of two witnesses:
ROBERT T. YATES.
Witnesses:
A. S. RIFE,
WM. M. MORGAN.3
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Yates, Robert T. Motor Car Traffic System, patent, May 21, 1907; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509444/m1/4/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.