Improved Apparatus for Automatically Reversing Trolley or other Current Conducting Poles in Overhead and Underground Electrical Tramways and Railways.

摘要

5323. Ward, F. E. March 4. Electric railways and tramways with overhead or underground conductors. Relates to means for automatically reversing trolley or other currentconducting poles. Conductors; collectors.- Near termini or at other places, a guiding frame or wire c6 of conducting- material is provided in connection with the trolley wire or wires a, c and has suitable points at the corners. During the reverse motion of the vehicle, the trolley runs along one branch and back by the other and the pole f is thus swung round without breaking the circuit. The appliance can be used when the collector trails or is pushed.