. Electric railway gazette . In a four-wheel electric car truck, a truck framecomprising straight side bars extended beyond the car axles of thetruck, and independent pocketed spring supports extended in linewith and beyond the ends of the said side bars and detachablysecured thereto, the said spring supports comprising a bottom plate,upright walls forming the spring pocket, and a rearwardly extendedarm fastened to the said side bars, the bottom plate being below theupper surface of the said side bars. 550,419. CAR BRAKE; John A. McGrath, New Orleans, La. FiledApril 19, 1895. In a car brake, t
. Electric railway gazette . In a four-wheel electric car truck, a truck framecomprising straight side bars extended beyond the car axles of thetruck, and independent pocketed spring supports extended in linewith and beyond the ends of the said side bars and detachablysecured thereto, the said spring supports comprising a bottom plate,upright walls forming the spring pocket, and a rearwardly extendedarm fastened to the said side bars, the bottom plate being below theupper surface of the said side bars. 550,419. CAR BRAKE; John A. McGrath, New Orleans, La. FiledApril 19, 1895. In a car brake, the combination with a central trans-verse truck bolster, rigidly mounted on the truck, of brake shoes andstraps, pivotally connected to said beam at one end and extendingpartly around the wheels and flanges, toggle levers pivotally con-nected to beams upon the movable ends of said straps and to the cartrucks, a double brake lever fulcrumed upon one of the brake beamsand connected to the other brake beam by means of a 550,4 CAR FENDtR. 550,421. LIFE-GUARD FOR STREET CARS ; Richard Pollard, Syra-cuse, N. Y. Filed March 18,1895. The combination, with a street car,of longitudinal moving racks on opposite sides of the car, springsforcing said racks forward, manually controlled detents retaining theracks in their retracted position, dogs locking the racks in their for-ward position, a crossbar attached to the front ends of the racks, aplurality of chains extending from said crossbar to a fixed support onthe car above the racks, an intermediate crossbar attached to saidchains, a fender apron over the chains and attached at opposite endsto the aforesaid crossbar and chain support links suspended from theintermediate crossbar and loosely embracing the racks and shoes onthe latter crossbar and sliding on the racks. 550,437. ELECTRIC RAILWAY ; David Brooks, Jr., Philadelphia, Feb. 28, 1894. In an electric railway, insulators and suitablesupports therefor, hoods sustained
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