. The Street railway journal . e Mechanism for Fluid Pressure Rail-way Brakes; Walter V. Turner, Topeka, Kan., and David , of Raton, New Mexico. App. filed Jan. 29, 1903. Pro-vides an improved retarding-valve mechanism for brake-cylinderrelease, the action of which shall be controlled by and dependentupon the variations in pressure in the train line from the head tothe rear end of trains. 838,033. Switch-Operating Device; Lewis M. Knowles, Au-gusta, Me. App. filed March 12, 1906. The switch is operated by 1170 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVIII. No. 25. means of a depressible lever in


. The Street railway journal . e Mechanism for Fluid Pressure Rail-way Brakes; Walter V. Turner, Topeka, Kan., and David , of Raton, New Mexico. App. filed Jan. 29, 1903. Pro-vides an improved retarding-valve mechanism for brake-cylinderrelease, the action of which shall be controlled by and dependentupon the variations in pressure in the train line from the head tothe rear end of trains. 838,033. Switch-Operating Device; Lewis M. Knowles, Au-gusta, Me. App. filed March 12, 1906. The switch is operated by 1170 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVIII. No. 25. means of a depressible lever in the roadbed, which has a flexibleconnection with the switch point. 838,083. Derailer for Railways; William R. Cochran, Jr., Del-phos, Ohio. App. filed May 9, 1906. The derailer is movable onits support, independent of the rail and is so constructed that acar passing in one direction moves the derailer to one side, but acar moving in the opposite direction is derailed. 838,112. Motor Vehicle; Walter D. Hark, Chicago, 111. PATENT NO. 838,112 filed Jan. 20, 1906. Relates to a self-propelled car and has specialreference to the mounting of a gas engine on the trucks. 838,151. Continuous Rail-Joint for Railways; Francis , Los Angeles, Cal. App. filed Feb. 12, 1906. At theabutting ends of the rails a plate is inserted having a shape cor-responding to the tread of the rails and having arms seated ingrooves in the tread of the rails and also having arms at its base,which extend through the fish-plates on both sides. 838,160. Compound Brake for Cars; William D. Baldwin, NewYork, and August Sundh, Yonkers, N. Y. App. filed March 7,1905. Magnetic clutches on the car axles are directly connectedto operate the brakes, and additional connections lead to the usualhand levers so that the brake is separately operable is also a solenoid magnet for applying the brakes. 838,177. Electrical Contact Shoe; Thomas Fildes, RichmondHill, N. Y. App. filed Feb. 20, 1906. The si


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