US1096222A - Wagon-track. - Google Patents

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S. L. GASSELMAN. WAGON TRACK.

APPLICATION IILED FEB.7,1914. 1,096,222.

Patented May 12, 1914.

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SAMUEL LINDSAY CASSELMAN, 0F NEAR MORRISBURG, ONTARIO, CANADA.

WAGON -TRACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Application filed February '7, 1914. Serial No. 817,247.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL LINDSAY Gas- SELMAN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing near Morrisburg, in the county of Dundas, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in WVagon-Tracks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved wagon track for pavements and has as its principal object the provision of a wagon track which may be so associated with a pavement as to protect the same from the greater part of the wear which ordinarily falls upon it.

A further object of my invention resides in the particular arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing:Figure 1 is a cross sectional view showing a pavement having my improved wagon track applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the pavement shown in Fig. 1.

In the separate views the same part is designated by the same reference character.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 and 2 are similar longitudinal metallic plates laid parallel to each other at such distance as to accommodate the wheels of an average wagon. The surface of the plates 1 and 2, is for the most part, at the same level as the surface of the layer of bricks 3 which forms the upper portion of the pavement but the plates 1 and 2 each have a longitudinal projection 4 which eX- tends slightly above the surface of the bricks forming a guide for the wheels so that they will not turn ofi the plates without it being the intention to drive off the plates. It will be seen, moreover, that the inner and outer edges of both plates 1 and 2 are turned downwardly, as shown at 55 and 66 so as to project slightly into the layer of concrete 7 which forms the base of the pavement. The down turned edges 55 and 66 form channels in which are received the horizontally extending ends 88 of cross members or saddle pieces such as 9 which are placed at the joints between successive plates 11 and 22, such a joint being shown at 10. It will be seen that the members 9 are bent into a channel section intermediate the plates 1 and 2 so as to extend down into the concrete 7 and obtain a firm hold thereon. It will be obvious also that the edges 55 and 66 give the plate members 1 and 2 a certain hold on the concrete. The plate members likewise are held in place by the layer of brick 3 which is arranged so as to fit snugly against both sides of the plates.

Any suitable means may be employed to attach the plates 1 and 2 to the ends 8-8 of the cross members 9. I have shown in the drawing bolts such as 1111 for this purpose, but it will be understood that rivets or other equivalent means may be employed, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination with a pavement having a lower layer of concrete and a pair of parallel plates the edges of which are bent downwardly and project somewhat into the concrete, and cross members attached to said plates, said cross members being bent downwardly intermediate said plates and embedded into said concrete.

2. The combination of a pavement, a pair of parallel metal plates laid thereon, and cross members attached to said metal plates and having a channel-shaped outline in end elevation, said pavement having a lower layer of concrete into which said cross members are embedded.

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

SAMUEL LINDSAY GASSELMAN.

Witnesses:

G. RUssELL TAGGART, J. G. HARKNEss.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. 0.

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