US71432A - Improved elevated railway - Google Patents

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3 UNITED STATES PATENT OEETGE l sYLvANUs WARREN AND WILLIAM M. BLUME, oENEW YORK, N Y., y

AssIGNoRs To THEMsELvEs AND A. v. BRIEsEN.

IMPRovED ELEVATED RAILWAY.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 7l .432, dated November 26, 1,867.

y To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SYLvANUs WARREN and WlLLIAM M. BLUME, of the city, county,

and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Elevated Railroad; and we do 1 hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear,

and exact descrip tion thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specificav tion, in which- Figure l represents a side elevation, partly in section, of our improved elevated railroad.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same,

. the plane of section being indicated by the line .r a', Fig. l. Fig. -3 is an inverted` plan view of the truck from which the car is sus;

l pended.

one track.

The` invention further consists in the use of a truck, which runs upon the aforesaid rails, and from which the car is suspended by strong wrought-iron bars, the said car thus hanging down so as to be near to the street, and convenient for the entrance and exit of passengers,

and so that it can be conveniently drawn by horses. 1

The invention also consists in the construction and arrangement of a brake by which all .i 1 the wheels ofthe truck can be stopped at once and whenever desired.

The main object of this invention is to adapt the horserailroads to the crowded thoroughfares of cities, so that they, or at least their rails, will beout of the way, and will not hinder the passage of wagons and carts: The posts are out of the way, as they can be set close `to the edge of the sidewalk. They can be provided with bars or braces, by which theymay be anchored in the adjoining buildings, said bars answering for awning-supports.

Another great advantage of our invention is, that the track can never be covered by snow or dirt, and that it will thereby `be always clear. and open to traffic. t.

It need not particularly be specified thatthis invention canwith equal advantage be adapted to all other kinds of power as well as to horsepower. A A represent columns or` posts, which are set into the ground nearthe edge of the side`` They are made of `wrought-1` iron, or of any other suitable material that walk, as shown.

may be found strong enough for the purposes for which the posts are intended. These posts are at their upper ends provided each with a semicircular, triangular, or curved extension, B, Wh ich is so arranged that it holds at its end,`

orpnear to the same, a bracket, C, which is opposite to and on the same level with a bracket, .y

D, that is attached to or formed on the post itself, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2. These parts A A are setat suitable distances apart, and support and hold the rails E E, which are placed upon the brackets (l and D, as shown.

The rails maybe laid directlyupon these brackets; but where the posts are far apart-' as, for instance, at street-crossings-it will be advisable to interpose beds F, which are bars of sufcient strength laid upon the brackets C and D, the rails resting` upon bedsF,`

as shown. India-rubber or4 other elastic washers, aa,

may be interposed between the" rails` E mand their beds for the purpose of preventing jerks and sudden motions of the cars.

connect their under sidewith the posts, or by other strengthening devices, asmay be desired.

At street-crossings, and wherever the posts l. stand far apart, the same `should be connected by a plate, G, which not only braces the posts, i

but which may also serve to support additional bows, B', as is shown in Fig. 1. These addi-# tional bows serve the same purpose as the bows B en the posts-i. e., to uphold the rails. In;`

this case' the bracketD must be formed on the inner end` of the bow B', and secured lto thei plate Gr The upper ends of the posts A may be auf chored in the4 buildings whichline the side-z y walk, along which the railroad isarranged, by 1 means of bars H, which `will also serve to supf `port awnings, roof, Sac. The, posts AA can The bars `F y may be further supported by braces, which even be made strong enough to be provided with bows B on both sides, so that they will be enabled to support a double track.

I is a truck of the smallest practical dimensions. It rests upon four or more wheels, J J, which are mounted on axles K K, the latter having their bearings in the sides of the truck in the ordinary or in any suitable manner. This truck runs on the rails E E, as shown. From it is suspended, by means of strong metal bars L L, a car, M, which is arranged in any suitable manner, with seats, windows, doors, and platforms, as may be desired, but Without wheels and agiles, it only being a receptacle for passengers or goods. The bars L L are screwed into the platform of the truck, or are otherwise made adjustable, so that the distance between the car and the truck can be regulated at will.

j The brake-shoes b b are secured to rods c c, which are pivoted to cranks d d, which project from a horizontal shaft, N, which has its bearings in the truck I, between the axles K K, and parallel with the same. e is an upright rod projecting from the car-platform, and connected at its upper end by a ehain,f, with an arm, g, which projects from the shaft N, so

that by turning the bar e by means of a handle or crank, with which it is provided, the chain j' will be wound upon it, and the shaft K will be turned' so that the brakes -will be pressed against the wheels J. When the chain jerks or shakingv of the car when being suddenly started or stopped. The bars L are or may be so bent that the truck cannot be thrown off the rails.Y The latter object may also be attained by having a grooved wheel on top of thetruck, which runs in or on a rail that is suspended above from the bars B and B', as is indicatedin Fig. 2.

Having thus described our invention, what `We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isf In combination with a railway as above described, having the rails at the extremities of the arches, and the central guiding-rod, the ear-truck I, the central guide-wheel, and rods for supporting the car, as herein shown and described.

SYLVANUS WARREN.

WM. M. BLUME. Witnesses:

WM. F. MCNAMARA, A. v. BRIEsEN.

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