The Street railway journal (1902) (14575004620)

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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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by the pressureof the car wheel on a push rod. 714,752. Car Spring; T. A. Shea, Oswego, N. Y. App.filed March 1, 1902. Relates to cap plates for coil springs made oftempered spring steel with flat bases and integral opposite sideflanges. 714,798. Slipper Brake for Tramway Cars; J. Mitchell and W.G. Rhodes, Manchester, England. App. filed Nov. 2, 1902.Details. 714,851. Railway and Car and Magnetic Appliances Therefor;A. C. Albertson, New York, N. Y. App. filed April 8,1902. The car carries magnets whose poles are presented to aniron rail so placed that the attractive force tends to lift the carfrom the track, thereby decreasing running friction. 714,910. Car Fender; H. E. Itter, Bay City, Mich. App.filed Oct. 1, 1902. The front of the fender is provided with wheelson a shaft which bear on the pavement, and in advance of thesewheels short rollers, which are oppositely rotated by friction con-tact with the wheels, whereby an obstruction is rolled upon thefender. Other features are shown.
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PATENT NO. 7I4>9I6 714,913. Track Brake for Electric Cars; O. Keen, Allentown,Pa. App. filed April 23, 1902. An emergency brake in which thebrake-shoe is hung from the wheel piece of the truck interme-diate of the wheels, and adapted to be forced downward into con-tact with the rail by a spring released by a system of levers fromthe platform of the car, which normally holds the brake in in-operative position. 714,915. Car Brake Lever; W. C. Keithly, San Francisco, Cal.App. filed March 20, 1902. A hand-lever apparatus designed foruse on street cars where brakes are applied through the action ofa lever. STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. December 13, 1902.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 967 714,916. Automatic Clutch; J. W. Kellogg, Schenectady, N. Y.App. filed March 17, 1902. The combination in a wheeled vehicleof the driving motor, the motor supporting frame, the tractionwheels, power transmitting gearing from the motor to the tractionwheels, friction-clutch mechanism interposed in said gearing, and