US1093960A

US1093960A - Car-replacer.

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Publication number: US1093960A
Application number: US68210212A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edwin B Wright
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-03-07
Filing date: 1912-03-07
Publication date: 1914-04-21
Anticipated expiration: 1931-04-21

Description

E. B. WRIGHT.

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APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 7, 1912.

1,093,960. Patented Apr.21, 1914.

@Mommy yride thereupon and upon the rails.

EDWIN B. WRIGHT, OF I-IOXIE, ARKANSAS.

CAR-REPLACER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

Application led March 7, 1912. Serial No. 682,102.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN B. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at HoXie, in the county of Lawrence and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Beplacers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that type of devices commonly known as car replaeers, and has for its object to produce a device of this character adapted to be placed over the track rails, the formation of the same being such that the wheels will be guided to the rails to assume their normal position thereon.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction within the scope of the claim, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a plan view showing a pair of the blocks arranged in operative position upon the track rails. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of one of the blocks. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the finger. Fig. 4 is an end View of the device.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the block, kthe same being formed with a base 2 and a longitudinal side rib 3, which extends the entire length of the base. The block further consists of a pair of opposed triangular surfaces 4, said surfaces forming triangular guide-ways, said guideways being formed by the side rib 3 and convergingly arranged flanges 5. The blocks 1 are thickest at their transverse centers, thus the surfaces 4 slope toward their outer edges, so as to permit the truck wheels to Each block is provided in its under surface with a longitudinal groove 6, said groove being for the purpose of receiving the rail, and preventing lateral displacement of the block. The groove 6 is formed in the block adjacent the rib 3, and spaced therefrom by the shoulder 7 thus forming flange passages 8.

Formed in the surfaces 4, and near the outer ends of the flanges 5 are

sockets

9 and 10, and in each of which may be removably mounted the shank 11 of a tongue 12, said tongue being provided with a point 18, which is adapted to contact with the inner surface of the flange 5, and as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, the tongue is in a position to permit the wheels of the truck to pass through the passages 8 upward and over one of the surfaces 4, and to be guided by one of the converging flanges 5 to the other surface 4, the wheels then being guided upon the rail by the rib 3 and tongue 12, which is positioned so that the point thereof rests against the flange 5, the tongue 12 acting to guide the wheels to the rails after traveling both surfaces 4. By providing the flange passage 8, the wheel flange will be positioned in its proper relation with the rail before the wheels leave the blocks. From this construction it will be obvious that the tongue 12 may be shifted from one socket to the other as the occasion may require, the position of the tongue being governed entirely in what direction the wheels are to be moved for rerailing.

What is claimed is:

A car replacer consisting of a base, a side rib for said base, a longitudinal rail receiving groove formed in the under surface of the base, a pair of triangular surfaces formed upon the base and arranged in opposing relation, convergingly larranged flanges disposed opposite the side rib to form guideways for the wheels, flanged passages located at the ends of the replacer adjacent the side of said side rib, two sockets formed in said surfaces, and an interchangeable tongue having a shank for detachably engaging with either one of said sockets, whereby the wheels are guided to the rails.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN B. WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

PAT WHALEN, TROY Poor.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C,