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Patent 13574 Summary

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(12) Patent: (11) CA 13574
(21) Application Number: 13574
(54) English Title: IMPROVEMENTS ON RAILWAY BRAKES
(54) French Title: PERFECTIONNEMENTS AU FREINS DES RAILROUTES
Status: Term Expired - Post Grant Beyond Limit
Bibliographic Data
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): N/A
(72) Inventors :
  • BUTTON, ANSON T. (Canada)
  • WIDDIFFIELD, WATSON P. (Canada)
(73) Owners :
  • ANSON T. BUTTON
  • WATSON P. WIDDIFFIELD
(71) Applicants :
(74) Agent:
(74) Associate agent:
(45) Issued: 1881-10-19
(22) Filed Date:
Availability of licence: N/A
Dedicated to the Public: N/A
(25) Language of filing: English

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT): No

(30) Application Priority Data: None

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Claims

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Claim let. In an apparatus for applying the brakes of railroad are in which the power is derived from a friction pulley applied to one of the revolving axles, a cranked lever pivoted at a point near the axle and supporting on its crank the axle of the friction pulley, to which axle-the brake chain is attached, in combination with a spindle passing through and attached to the lever, and provided with a pulley around which the continuous chain passes, after passing over stationary pulleys situated above it, so that the tightening of the continuous chain will raise the spindle a given height, but no higher. 2nd A cranked lever carrying, at one end, the shalt of the adjustable friction pulley and having, at its other end, the vertical spindle G supported by the continuous chain I, in combination with the spring K arranged to form a flexible connection between the spindle and lever. 3rd The pivoted lever J carrying the adjustable friction pulley and operated by the continuous chain I, in combination with the spring M arranged to assist in throwing down the lever E. 4th An unadjustable friction pulley operating against the revolving axle of the car for tightening the ordinary brake chain, a shaft formed in two parts C and C1 each part carried in independent bearings, the former having keyed to it the friction pulley B and the latter part the brace chain 0, in combination with the flexible joint N arranged to connect the two parts together. 5th A friction pulley A composed of compressed paper and made in segments to fit the car axle, which is provided with a fixed ring R, in combination with an adjustable ring S operated by the screws P screw¬ed through the ring ET. 6th In combination with the chain I the arms or bars P pivoted on the ends of the cars and so arranged that the end of one bar T its into a hole in the other. 7th In combination with the chain I the link b arranged to connect the said chain I with a fixed bar W.
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Event History

Description Date
Inactive: Expired (old Act Patent) latest possible expiry date 1899-10-19
Grant by Issuance 1881-10-19

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Owners on Record

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Current Owners on Record
ANSON T. BUTTON
WATSON P. WIDDIFFIELD
Past Owners on Record
None
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