US1074754A - Car replacer and derailer. - Google Patents

Description

B.. B. SORENSEN. CAR 'REPLAGER AND DBRAILER.

n APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1912. 1,074,754.

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Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

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RASMUS B. SORENSEN, OF TONOPAH, NEVADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MARTIN IJ. STROTHER, 0F TGNOPAH, NEVADA.

CAR REPLAGER ANI) DERAILER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

expensive means for causing cars to be de-.

railed and replaced as may be desired.

In its general nature the invention includes a device for each rail, each device including a rail clamp for gripping the rail and a member hinged to the clamp to swing over the rail from one side to the other so as to be susceptible of location in a place out of the way when not in use, and capable of being swung into position when it is desired to employ the device to perform its operative functions. Each device also includes a bed plate having spiked members, or their equivalents, for engaging the rail ties when the device is in operative position to prevent displacement of the bed plate. The bed plate of one device is of wedge shape and is adapted to rest against the head of the rail to abut a wheel flange and direct the wheel olf the rail; the bed plate of the other device carries a tread plate and a guide rail, the same being susceptible of horizontal adjustments to facilitate replacing the car.

More subordinately the invention includes novel details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will first be fully described and then specically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the Vinvention in use with the parts in position'to derail the car.l Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the invention with the parts in position to permit the passage of a train without` derailing. Fig. 3 is an enlarged top, plan view of one part of the invention. Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the other part of the invention, Fig. 6 is a cross section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a cross section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 5.

In the drawings in which like numerals and letters of reference designate like parts in all of the figures, 1 represents the bed plate of the inner member which is of wedge shape in top plan view and has its pointed end 2 adapted to lie in the direction of the car to be derailed, one side of the bed plate 1 lying in contact with the rail 13. The bed plate or replacing member 1 has an inclined front portion 3, and a transverse groove 4 on its underside to fit over and receive the clamping plate 10 of the clamp 9, as shown in Fig. 4. The clamp 9 is of the rail-baseengaging type and the plate 10 is secured by a suitable bolt and nut device 11.

6 is a horizontal strap that is secured at 7 to the bed plate 1 and is hinged at S to the clamp 9 so that the bed plate 1 may be located as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings and in full lines in Figs. 2 and 3, or it may be swung over as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4 and by full lines in Fig. 2 to lie on the outside of the track and out of the way. The bed plate 1 is provided with spikes 12 on its underside to engage the rail ties and prevent displacement of the bed plate when it is in its operative position.

14 Vare the car wheels which are adapted to coperate with the derailer and replacer as will be hereinafter made clear, and 15 designates a car to be derailed.

16 designates the bed plate or member of the other section of the invention and this plate has the front end beveled or inclined as at 17 with the eXtreme front edge further beveled as at 18 to aid in replacing the car on the rails. The bed plate 16 has a groove 19 on its underside to receive t-he clamp plate 2O of the rail clamp 22 which plate 20 is secured in place by a bolt and nut 21.

26 designates the tread plate to which the hinged member 24 is secured at 25. The hinged member 24 is hinged at 23 to the clamp 22 so that the tread plate 26 may be swung over the rail 13 and bed plate 16 as indicated in full lines in Figs. l, 5 and 7 or it may be swung in clear of the rails as indicated in full lines in Fig. 2 and dotted lines in F ig. 7. The tread plate 2G has fingers or projections 27 that engage the sides ot' the bed plate 16 and rail head as best indicated in Figs. 1, 5 and 7 of the drawings.

rElie outer end of the tread plate 26 is beveled ofi as at 2S to facilitate the wheel 111- riding up onto the same. The tread plate 26 is adjustably secured to the bed plate 16 by a bolt and nut device 29-30 that passes through the tread plate 26 and through a slot 31 in the bed plate 16 whereby the tread plate 26 may be turned on a pivot 25 in a horizontal direction.

VThe inner or front end of the tread plate 26 is socketed at 32 to receive the projection 33 ofthe guide rail 34, which is also pivotally and adjustably secured at 35 to the bed plate 16 in a manner similar to the connection .2Q- 30. The front edge of the guide rail Set is beveled at 36 to form a continuation, as it were, of the bevel 18 so as to facilitate the wheel le riding up onto the guiderail 35 with the Ytread of the wheel in engagement with the guide rail and the flange of the wheel in contact with the side ot the guide rail between it and the track rail.

In operation when it is desired to derail the car, the parts are adjusted as indicated in Fig. 1, so that as the car is moved forwardly in Fig. 1 the flange of one wheel 14 will engage the bed plate 1 while the other wheel 14C will ride up onto the tread plate 26 clear of the rail head; consequently the trucks of the car will be directed 01T of the rails onto the ties as they pass over the parts 1 and 16.

In order to replace the car on the track the wheel are run up ont-o the parts 3 and 16, it being understood that the guide rail 34C and tread plate 26 are so adjusted laterally as to come into the proper position with respectl to the wheel that is to ride up the same. The wheels riding up the members 1 and 16 will be directed into proper position with relation to the track rails so as to restore the truck and the car backL onto the track rails in a manner which will be well understood by those skilled in the art.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it is believed that the complete con* struction and advantages of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art,

'and I desire it to be understoodthat slight changes in the details of construction, design and proportional parts may be made without departing from the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a derailer'and replacer a clamp se curable to the rail, a member hinged to said clamp on anjaxisparallel tothe rail and adapted to be bodily swung over the rail into operative position, and means including rail-tie-engaging members for holding,V

connection between saidb memberand said,V

clamp, said replacing member being adapted to'be bodily swung over the rail into operative position, said member having a bottom slot toV receive a partrof saidclamp and having a top recess. to receive said hinged connection, and tie engaging spikes on the underside of said replacing member.V Y t. 'In aV derailer and replacer, a ,rail clamp, a bed member designed to rest on the ties close to the rail, a tread plate Vhinged to said clamp on -an aXis paralleling the rail and bodily swingable overthe rail and bed member to lie on the same, and means forfsecuring said tread plate to said bed member.

5. In a derailer and replacer, a rail clamp,

a bed member designed jtorest on the ties Y close to the rail, a tread plate hinged to said Y clamp on an axis paralleling the rail landV bodily swingable over the rail and bed vmember to lie on the same,rmeans for securing said treadplate to said Abed member, 'and a, guide rail mounted on said bed member and coperating with said'tread plate. ,Y

6. In a derailer and replacer, a rail clamp, a bed member designed'to rest on theties close to the rail, a tread plate hinged to said clamp and swingable over the rail and bed member to lieon the same, means for'securing said tread plate to said bed member, a

guide rail mounted Qn said bed member and Y coperating with said'tread plate Vwhen inV operation, and said tread [plate and said,

guide rail having inter-projecting portions to form a movable joint between them.

7 In a derailer and replacer, a rail clamp, a bed member designed to rest on the ties close to the rail, a treadV Vplate hinged to said clamp ,and swingable over the rail and bed member to Vlie on the same and a bolt and Socket Connection' between Said bed member and said tread plateto secure said tread plate to said bed member with provisions for horizontal adjustment.

8. In a derailer and replacer, a rail clamp,

a bed member designed to rest on the tiesV close to the rail, a tread plate hinged to `said clamp and swing-able over the rail and bed member to lie on the same anda bolt and socket connection between said bed member and said tread plate to secure said tread plate to said bed member With provi- 4slot connection between said bed member and said guide rail With provisions for horizontal adjustment.

` RASMUS B. SORENSEN.

sions for horizontal adjustment, and a guide Witnesses: rail mounted on said bed member and inter- H. PERRY, engaging said tread plate, and a bolt and D. L. MCQUEEN.

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