US730058A - Conductor. - Google Patents

Description

No. 730,058. PATENT ED JUNE 2, 1903..

' G. E. TINKER.

' CONDUCTOR.

v APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9, 1903. N0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 WITNESSES. INVENTOHI earyelTjizziek Y Y B) a THE Norms PETERS co, Wormumufwumnumn, n. c.

UNlTED STATES Patented-June 2, 1903.

,GEoReEE'. TINKER, OF-NEW YORK, N. Y.

CONDUCTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,058, dated June 2, 1903. Application filed January 9, 1903. erial No. 138,401. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern):

Be it known that I, GEORGE-E. TINKER, acitizen of the United States, and a residentof;

of essentially C shape, having each at one of its vertical sides an opening therein, these brackets being provided with downwardlyextending lugs, spaced from each other and adapted to engage a non-conducting support. Around the brackets is arranged a non-conducting sheathing, forming a complete tube, such sheathing having an opening therein conforming to the openings in the brackets, so that the shoe and its arm may be projected through these openings and engaged with a conductor-rail fastenedto the brackets.

This specification is a Specific description of one form of the invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure l is a cross-section of the invention, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the invention. a indicates the railway-rails, ties thereof.

0 indicates a number of metallic brackets,- which are preferably formed of cast-iron'and are arranged along the road at certain set distances apart.

constructionhere shown this mounting is efand b the cross- These brackets o are in'closed; by an asbestos covering (1, and over this covfected by means of pairs of lugs 0 which depend from the bottom of the brackets c and are fastened to insulating-chairs f, mounted on the cross-ties b or any other suitable support; These lugs c extend down through the asbestos covering d and wood sheathing e, and the chairsf project upward between the lugs. This securely mounts the conductor and itsprotecting coverings in place. As shown in Fig. 1, the conductor or' contact rail 9 issuitably mounted within the brackets c and runs through the before'said split tube. On this rail is adapted to run the shoe 'h of the car, this shoe being carried by an arm t, which is projected through the slits o din the tube cl e into the interior thereof and supported from the car in the usual or any preferred manner. From this construction it will be apparent that the contact may be effectually made at all times irrespective of the conditions of the weather and that no ice, snow, or other foreign matter may enter into the tube 61 c and clog the contact-rail g.

This tube being made of non-conducting material the current is transmitted solely through the contact-rail g.

Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of the invention may be resorted to at will without departing from the essential principles thereof. Hence I consider myself entitled to all such variations of vthe'in'vention as may lie within the scope of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A conductor, comprising the combination with a support, of a number of transversely-disposed brackets, each of said brackets having an openingin one of its vertical walls, said openings being in alinement with each other and the brackets also having downwardly-extended lugs adapted to be fastened to the support, a conductor passing through the brackets and mounted thereon, and a non conducting 'sheathinginclosing the brackets and forming a complete tube, said tube being split longitudinally inregistry with the openings in the sides of the brackets, for the purpose specified.

2. A conductor, comprising the combinafor the purpose specified, and the said insulating-tube extending completely under the brackets and having the lugs thereof projected through it.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE E. TINKER.

versely-disposed brackets, each of said brackets having an opening in one of its vertical walls, said openings being in alinement with each otherand the brackets also having down I wardly-extended lugs adapted to be fastened to the support, a conductor passing through the brackets and mounted thereon, and a non conducting sheathing inclosing the brackets and forming a complete tube, said tube being split longitudinally in registry with the openings in the sides of the brackets,

"Witnesses:

RoBT. KAPENDELL, CHARLES ALT.

Images