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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
GEORGE D. YOUNG, OF HEREFORD, TEXAS,
ACTUATING DEVICE FOR CIRCUXT.CLOSEES.Speculation of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 5,1912.
Application filed Varoh 29, 1912. Serial to. 687,165.To all'whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, GEORGE D. YoUNG,
a citizen of the United States of America,
residing at Hereford, in the county of Deaf
5 Smith and State of Texas, have invented
new and useful Improvements in Actuating'
Devices for Circuit-Closers, of which the
following is a specification.
This invention relates to actuating de-
10 vices for the circuit closers of telegraph in-
struments.
In carrying out the present invention, it
is my purpose to provide an actuating de-
vice whereby the circuit closers of telegraph
15 instruments may be operated to circuit
closing position in the event of such clos-
ers being left open by the.operator in charge
of the instrument.
Furthermore, I aim to provide a device
20 of this type whereby an open circuit of a
telegraph or the like instrument may be
closed from a remote point in the event that
such circuit is open and it is desired to
energize the same.
25 It is also my purpose to provide a sys-
tem of actuating devices so constructed and
arranged that the circuits of any one or all
of a plurality of telegraph instruments may
be closed from a remote point, such as a wire.
3o chief's office, should any one or all of such
circuits be left open inadvertently such as
would occur from the vibration of a train
in proximity to the instruments or the
carelessness of an operator.
35 The invention also involves an actuating
device normally maintained -inactive with
respect to the circuit closer of the telegraph
line by -a normally closed circuit and de-
signed to actuate such circuit closer to cir-
40 cuit closing position upon the opening of
such normally closed circuit.
With the above and other objects in view,
the invention consists in the construction,
combination and arrangement of parts here-
45 inafter set forth in and falling within the
scope of the appended claims.
In the accompanying drawing there has
been illustrated one preferred embodiment of
my invention and in this drawing; Figure
50 1 is a diagrammatic view illustrating one
application of the present invention. Fig.
2 is a view in elevation partly in section of
an actuating device constructed in accord-
ance with the present invention. Fig. 3
55 is a central vertical sectional view taken at
right angles to Fig. 2.Similar reference characters designate
like parts throughout the several views.
Referring now to the accompanying
drawing in detail, and particularly to-Figs. 60
2 and 3, my improved actuating device for
circuit closers, in the present instance, in-.
cludes a casing 1 constructed of brass, wood
or other suitable material and preferably of
rectangular outline. Fixed to the lower 65
portion of the casing 1 is a support 2 pref-
erably of T-shape and supported upon the
opposite .arms of the head of such support
are electromagnets 3, 3. Located centrally
of the magnets 3, 3 and suitably fastened 70
to the head of the support 2 is a block 4
equipped at its upper extremity with oppo-
sitely disposed rings 5, 5 adapted to receive
the magnets 3, 3 and hold the same securely
upon the support 2. In the present embodi- 75
menf of my invention, I have showing two
magnets and these magnets are connected
in series and one wire of the coils of such
magnets is connected to a binding post 6
upon the exterior of the bottom of the cas- 80
ing 1, while the other wire of such mag-
nets is connected to a binding post-7 upon
the bottom wall.of the casing 1, such bind-
ing posts 6 and 7 forming the terminals of
the energizing circuit for the magnets. 85
Bolted or otherwise secured to opposite
sides of the casing 1 and interiorly thereof,
are supports 8, 8 each of which comprises,
in this instance, an attaching member 9 by
means of which the respective supports may 90
be secured to the casing- and from which
project the right angular spaced parallel
flanges 10, 10 provided with alining thread-
ed. openings 11, 11. Threaded into the open-
ings 11, 11 of the flanges of each support is 95
a guide rod 12, and encircling the guide rod
is a coiled expansion spring 13.
Slidably mounted upon the guide rods 12
above the upper extremities of the springs
13 is a cross head 14 composed preferably 100
of the spaced parallel members 15, 15 con-
nected to each other at their opposite ex-
tremities by means of integral collars 16,
16, which collars receive the rods 12, the
springs 13 acting upon the .cross head 14 to 105
normally hold the same at its limit of move-
ment in one direction upon the rod 12.
Fixed to the cross head preferably centrally
of its length and movable with such cross
head, is a rod 17 provided with a forked 110
end 18 exteriorly of the casing 1 and car-
rying at its opposite end an armature 191,043,655.
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Young, George D. Actuating Device for Circuit Closers, patent, November 5, 1912; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513882/m1/2/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.