. The railroad and engineering journal . ngs. In the presentinstance the material is fed to the horizontal portion at anvconvenient point between AK and IV, and after it leaves thelevel at IV it is carried up by the lower run of the conveyerand discharged onto the pile at its various stages of formation. The number of the patent is 446,814. appleyards safety device for street-cars. Little description is needed of the device illustrated bythe engraving herewith, which is the invention of Mr. A. , of Koston. As shown by the illustration, he pro-vides a kind of receptacle or basket in
. The railroad and engineering journal . ngs. In the presentinstance the material is fed to the horizontal portion at anvconvenient point between AK and IV, and after it leaves thelevel at IV it is carried up by the lower run of the conveyerand discharged onto the pile at its various stages of formation. The number of the patent is 446,814. appleyards safety device for street-cars. Little description is needed of the device illustrated bythe engraving herewith, which is the invention of Mr. A. , of Koston. As shown by the illustration, he pro-vides a kind of receptacle or basket in front of the car to re-ceive the body of an individual or animal that may be caughton the track by the car. This receptacle is composed of astrong frame hinged to the car-body at b, the from end being supported on small wheels 8, 8, which run on the track. Theframe, as shown, is provided with a strong netting made oftwine or rope, so that it may be said that this invention is in-tended to rope in trespassers on the track. A sort of sub-. » r APPLEYARDS SAFETY DEVICE FOR STREET-CARS. sidiary fender h is also provided to catch those who escape thenet. The number of the patent is 443,738. docks marine propeller. Figs. 2 and 3 are views of the stern of a vessel with this im-provement applied to it. In fig. 3 the casing around the pro-peller is shown in section. The inventor describes his improve-ment as follows : 4 is a casing surrounding the propeller, made flaring at theforward end 5, and by easy curves converging to a cylindricform of the diameter of the propeller-blades, which fit and turnin it, but without contact or friction. The water is directed toward the propeller-blades by theguides 4, so that it passes at its highest velocity through the
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