. The Street railway journal . UGUST 16, 1904 767,436. Switch-Throwing Device; William B. Perry, WrightCity, Mo. App. filed Nov. 28, 1903. The invention consists of alongitudinally movable shoe pivoted between its ends, means fornormally holding the shoe out of the path of the track switch-throwing device, means for locking the shoe in the path of saiddevice, and means for automatically unlocking the shoe to restoreit to its normal position. Conductor for Electric Railways; Arthur Whittier,Wollaston, Mass. App. filed Sept. 8, 1903. The track rail has aflexible circuit-closing magnetiz
. The Street railway journal . UGUST 16, 1904 767,436. Switch-Throwing Device; William B. Perry, WrightCity, Mo. App. filed Nov. 28, 1903. The invention consists of alongitudinally movable shoe pivoted between its ends, means fornormally holding the shoe out of the path of the track switch-throwing device, means for locking the shoe in the path of saiddevice, and means for automatically unlocking the shoe to restoreit to its normal position. Conductor for Electric Railways; Arthur Whittier,Wollaston, Mass. App. filed Sept. 8, 1903. The track rail has aflexible circuit-closing magnetizable conductor, and the car has anelement connected thereto for sliding movement transversely withreference to the car and provided with a spring, an element pivot-ally connected to the transversely sliding element for horizontalangular movement, and magnets and track-engaging devices car-ried by the angularly movable element and operating on the trackrail, the spring exerting a downward pressure on the track-engaging PATENT NO. 767,538 Car Fender; William E. Zachry, Brooklyn, N. Y. Dec. 15, 1903. The fender comprises a folding frame remov-ably supported on one end of the car and a second frame pivotedto turn with relation thereto, whereby when the fender comes intocontact with an object in front of the car the pivoted frame willbe thereby released and spring up and support such object free ofthe ground and out of danger. Tram or Railway Point or Switch and Means forWorking Same; John Leighton and Robert Hacking, Nottingham,England. App. filed Nov. 20, 1903. Instead of moving the switchrails sidewise together, one of them is dropped out of the way ofone wheel while the other remains stationary and acts on the otherwheel. Electrically Operated Apparatus; Charles E. Sedgwickand Walter H. Abbott, Cleveland, Ohio. App. filed Sept. 17, this patent is disclosed an automatic signalling system for elec-tric railways comprising the
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