Collector for use in electrified trolley bus way systems

Claim 2

IN A COLLECTOR FOR USE IN AN ELECTRIFIED TROLLEY BUS WAY SYSTEM INCLUDING A CONDUCTOR BAR AND A TRACK SUPPORTED MOVABLE PART HAVING A COLLECTOR MOUNTING BAR, SPRING-LOADED LINKAGE FOR MOUNTING ON SAID BAR, A YOKE CARRIED BY SAID LINKAGE, AND A COLLECTOR HEAD PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED BY SAID YOKE FOR SLIDING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CONDUCTOR BAR, SAID HEAD COMPRISING A PAIR OF COMPLEMENTARY CASING HALF PARTS, BOLT MEANS SECURING SAID HALF PARTS TOGETHER TO FORM A CASING, EACH OF SAID HALF PARTS HAVING MEANS DEFINING A COLLECTOR SHOE RECEIVING SPACE BETWEEN THEM, LONGITUDINALLY SPACED SEAT MEANS FORMED UPON THE INNER SIDES OF SAID HALF PARTS, A CURRENT-CONDUCTING BASE MEMBER ENGAGED AT ITS END PORTIONS UPON SAID SEAT MEANS AND SPANNING THE SPACE THEREBETWEEN, LONGITUDINAL CHANNEL MEANS AT THE UPPER SIDE OF SAID BASE MEMBER, A CABLE CONNECTOR SECURED TO THE LOWER SIDE OF SAID BASE MEMBER, PASSAGE FORMING MEANS IN SAID HALF PARTS PROVIDING A PASSAGE FOR A CURRENT-CONDUCTING CABLE INTO SAID CASING TO SAID CONNECTOR, AND A COLLECTOR SHOE INSERTED INTO SAID CHANNEL OF SAID BASE MEMBER HAVING AN UPPER CONTACT EDGE FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CONDUCTOR BAR.

Claim 3

IN A COLLECTOR FOR USE IN AN ELECTRIFIED TROLLEY BUS WAY SYSTEM INCLUDING A CONDUCTOR BAR AND A TRACK SUPPORTED MOVABLE PART HAVING A COLLECTOR MOUNTING BAR, SPRING-LOADED LINKAGE FOR MOUNTING ON SAID BAR, A YOKE CARRIED BY SAID LINKAGE, AND A COLLECTOR HEAD PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED BY SAID YOKE FOR SLIDING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CONDUCTOR BAR, AND SAID LINKAGE COMPRISING A CLAMP BODY, CLAMP MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID BODY FOR CLAMPING UPON SAID MOUNTING BAR, UPPER AND LOWER VERTICALLY SPACED BEARING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID CLAMP BODY HAVING AXIALLY ALIGNED VERTICAL CYLINDRICAL PASSAGES, A CYLINDRICAL POST ENGAGING IN SAID PASSAGES FOR VERTICAL SLIDING AND ROTARY MOVEMENT AND INCLUDING UPPERAND LOWER END PORTIONS EXTENDING ABOVE AND BELOW SAID RESPECTIVE UPPER AND LOWER BEARING MEANS, AN ELONGATED LEVER ARM PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED ADJACENT ITS INNER END UPON SAID POST ABOVE SAID UPPER BEARING MEANS FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT ABOUT A TRANSVERSE AXIS, THE OUTER END OF LEVER ARM HAVING SAID YOKE MOUNTED THEREON, A HELICAL COMPRESSION SPRING CONNECTED AT ITS INNER END TO SAID POST IN UPWARDLY SPACED RELATION TO SAID TRANSVERSE SWINGING AXIS OF SAID LEVER ARM, AND CONNECTED AT ITS OTHER END TO THE OUTER END OF SAID LEVER ARM TO IMPART UPWARD MOVEMENT THERETO TO PRESS SAID COLLECTOR HEAD AGAINST SAID CONDUCTOR BAR, A FIRST STOP MEANS CARRIED BY SAID POST IN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID UPPER AND LOWER BEARING MEANS FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UPPER SIDE OF SAID LOWER BEARING MEANS THROUGH DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID POST, A SECOND STOP MEANS CARRIED BY SAID POST FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LOWER SIDE OF SAID CLAMP BODY THROUGH UPWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID POST, THE INNER END OF SAID LEVER ARM AT THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF ITS AXIS FROM SAID YOKE ADAPTED IN A POSITION OF SAID COLLECTOR HEAD OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CONDUCTOR BAR TO BEAR UPON THE UPPER SIDE OF SAID CLAMP BODY TO MOVE SAID POST UPWARDLY TO ENGAGE SAID SECOND STOP MEANS AND DISENGAGE SAID FIRST STOP MEANS, AND SAID SPRING ADAPTED IN AN ENGAGED POSITION OF SAID COLLECTOR HEAD WITH SAID CONDUCTOR BAR TO MOVE SAID POST DOWNWARDLY TO ENGAGE SAID FIRST STOP MEANS AND DISENGAGE SAID SECOND STOP MEANS.

Claim 4

IN A COLLECTOR FOR USE IN AN ELECTRIFIED TROLLEY BUS WAY SYSTEM INCLUDING A CONDUCTOR BAR AND A TRACK SUPPORTED MOVABLE PART HAVING A COLLECTOR MOUNTING BAR, SPRING-LOADED LINKAGE FOR MOUNTING ON SAID BAR, A YOKE CARRIED BY SAID LINKAGE, AND A COLLECTOR HEAD PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED BY SAID YOKE FOR SLIDING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CONDUCTOR BAR, AND SAID LINKAGE COMPRISING A CLAMP BODY, CLAMP MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID BODY FOR CLAMPING UPON SAID MOUNTING BAR, UPPER AND LOWER VERTICALLY SPACED BEARING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID CLAMP BODY HAVING AXIALLY ALIGNED VERTICAL CYLINDRICAL PASSAGES, A CYLINDRICAL POST ENGAGING IN SAID PASSAGES FOR VERTICAL SLIDING AND ROTARY MOVEMENT AND INCLUDING UPPERAND LOWER END PORTIONS EXTENDING ABOVE AND BELOW SAID RESPECTIVE UPPER AND LOWER BEARING MEANS, AN ELONGATED LEVER ARM PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED ADJACENT ITS INNER END UPON SAID POST ABOVE SAID UPPER BEARING MEANS FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT ABOUT A TRANSVERSE AXIS, THE OUTER END OF LEVER ARM HAVING SAID YOKE MOUNTED THEREON, A HELICAL COMPRESSION SPRING CONNECTED AT ITS INNER END TO SAID POST IN UPWARDLY SPACED RELATION TO SAID TRANSVERSE SWINGING AXIS OF SAID LEVER ARM, AND CONNECTED AT ITS OTHER END TO THE OUTER END OF SAID LEVER ARM TO IMPART UPWARD MOVEMENT THERETO TO PRESS SAID COLLECTOR HEAD AGAINST SAID CONDUCTOR BAR, A FIRST STOP MEANS CARRIED BY SAID POST IN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID UPPER AND LOWER BEARING MEANS FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UPPER SIDE OF SAID LOWER BEARING MEANS THROUGH DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID POST, A SECOND STOP MEANS CARRIED BY SAID POST FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LOWER SIDE OF SAID CLAMP BODY THROUGH UPWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID POST, THE INNER END OF SAID LEVER ARM AT THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF ITS AXIS FROM SAID YOKE ADAPTED IN A POSITION OF SAID COLLECTOR HEAD OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CONDUCTOR BAR TO BEAR UPON THE UPPER SIDE OF SAID CLAMP BODY TO MOVE SAID POST UPWARDLY TO ENGAGE SAID SECOND STOP MEANS AND DISENGAGE SAID FIRST STOP MEANS, AND SAID SPRING ADAPTED IN AN ENGAGED POSITION OF SAID COLLECTOR HEAD WITH SAID CONDUCTOR BAR TO MOVE SAID POST DOWNWARDLY TO ENGAGE SAID FIRST STOP MEANS AND DISENGAGE SAID SECOND STOP MEANS.