. Scientific American Volume 92 Number 08 (February 1905) . A SIMPLE CAR FENDER. A NOVEL GRAVITY RAILWAY SYSTEM. invented by W. H. Douglas, of Belleville, N. J., andwhich is now being built by Healy & Co., well-knowncarriage builders of New York. The machine has twonovelties, namely, steering and driving by the frontwheels and a new form of steering gear. As the pic-ture shows, the motors are suspended from the frontaxle and drive, through universal joints, the pinionswhich work within the internal gear rings attached tothe wheels. The rings con-taining the internal gear teethare mounted withi
. Scientific American Volume 92 Number 08 (February 1905) . A SIMPLE CAR FENDER. A NOVEL GRAVITY RAILWAY SYSTEM. invented by W. H. Douglas, of Belleville, N. J., andwhich is now being built by Healy & Co., well-knowncarriage builders of New York. The machine has twonovelties, namely, steering and driving by the frontwheels and a new form of steering gear. As the pic-ture shows, the motors are suspended from the frontaxle and drive, through universal joints, the pinionswhich work within the internal gear rings attached tothe wheels. The rings con-taining the internal gear teethare mounted within the outerrings, which are attached tothe wheels. The gear ringsare arranged to transmit mo-tion received from the pinionthrough coiled springs tothe outer rings. This flexibleconnection makes the vehiclestart very easily and makesthe stripping of a pinion al-most an impossibility. Thenew form of steering gear em-ployed consists of two verti-cal screw-threaded shaftsconnected together by spurgears. One of these shafts isextended upward to form theste
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