Automatic Warning Device for Locomotives, Guards' Vans and the like.
21,894. Fyler, J. A., and Hodder, F. C. Sept. 29. Track apparatus actuating signals on trains. -The signal post carries a contact-push A, which push contacts with a brass boss on the counterwieght-lever when the signal goes to ' danger,' to close a circuit to a ramp C with sloping ends, the other end of the circuit being connected to a running rail. The trains carry pivoted contact - levers B made of insulating- material, or insulated from the engine frame, which carry brass wheels connected in circuit to a hell and battery, so that the bell is sounded to warn the driver on passing a signal at ' danger.'