. The Street railway journal . FIG. 1.—IMPROVED FORM OF AUTOMOTONEER Company, of Keokuk, Iowa, which has been developing this ap-paratus for the past six years, has now worked out a new typeof apparatus intended to go on top of the controller. One ofthe new automotoneers, which is shown in Fig. i, is a simpleand compact piece of apparatus which is applied by simplyslipping it over the controller and fastening it by screws to thecontroller top. It is not necessary to alter the controller in anyway except to remove the pointer collar on top of the con-troller. There are two principal parts to th
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 1.—IMPROVED FORM OF AUTOMOTONEER Company, of Keokuk, Iowa, which has been developing this ap-paratus for the past six years, has now worked out a new typeof apparatus intended to go on top of the controller. One ofthe new automotoneers, which is shown in Fig. i, is a simpleand compact piece of apparatus which is applied by simplyslipping it over the controller and fastening it by screws to thecontroller top. It is not necessary to alter the controller in anyway except to remove the pointer collar on top of the con-troller. There are two principal parts to this apparatus: the. FIG. 2.—STATIONARY PORTION BOLTED TO CONTROLLER CASE stationary part shown in Fig. 2 is bolted to the top of the con-troller. Inside of this either one of the parts shown in Figs. 3and 4 revolves with the controller handle, and may be con-sidered as forming a part of the controller handle. In the sta-tionary portion, Fig. 2, which is in the form of a cylinder, azigzag channel is cast, as seen. The revolving part of theautomotoneer, which moves with the controller handle, has adog on it, which follows this zigzag groove or channel. Thenotches in this zigzag channel correspond to the controllernotches. In advancing the controller, the dog which travels inthe channel is raised in passing from one notch to another. After each notch, time must be given for the dog to fall beforethe controller can be advanced to the next point. In one formof this device, Fig. 4, the movement of this dog is regulated byan adjustable dash pot. As the dog is raised in following thezigzag channel from one not
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