US1155099A

US1155099A - Snow-plow.

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Publication number: US1155099A
Application number: US3656615A
Authority: US
Inventors: Andrew Ryan
Original assignee: ARTHUR M DEAN
Current assignee: ARTHUR M DEAN
Priority date: 1915-06-26
Filing date: 1915-06-26
Publication date: 1915-09-28
Anticipated expiration: 1932-09-28

Description

Al snow PLOW.

APPLKCATIGI FILED JUNE 26. l9.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW RYAN, F KNOB, CALIFORNIA, A SSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO ARTHUR M. DEAN,

i OF BEDDING, CALIFORNIA.

SNOW-PLOW.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7 Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

Application filed June 28, 1915. Serial No. 38,568.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ANDREW RYAN, a'citizen of the United States, residing at Knob,

in the county of Shasta and State of California, have invented new and: useful Improvements in Snow-Flows, of which the following is a specification.v

The object of the-present invention is to provide an improved snow plow be operated in front of a locomotive engine to clear railroads of snow. In the accompanying drawing,.Figure 1 is a side view, showing my improved snow low attached to a locomotive engine, the front portion only of said .engme being shown; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section on th line 3-3 of Fig.1...-

'- Referring to the drawing,l indicates a locomotive engine of an improved type. In ap lying my improv snow plow thereto I rst remove'the cow-catcher, which is ordinarily. securedto a transverse beam 2 secured by hangers 3 from the front end of said locomotive engine. I then replace it by:

ing the plow into two chambers 12 and forming a central downwardly and forwardly sloping slightly concave rid e 13 uniting the apexespf the base and wal A damper 14 is placed in the smoke stack of the locomotive en inc, and, when the snow plow is attache to said engine, the damper is closed. A pipe 15 leads forwardly from a point below the damper and then branches into two pipes 16, each connected with one of the chambers 12 of the plow above downwardly and forwardly sloping partitions 17. By this means the hot and waste gases from the smoke-stack of the locomotive engine are discharged into said chambers, adjacent to the upper walls 18 thereof, thus conveying heat to said walls, so that they are maintained continually hot. The snow in contact therewith is quickly melted so that the snow encountered by the snow plow of the locomotive is easily penetrated and thrown to the sides of the track. Part of the waste gases pass out through pipes 20 which lead to the upper portion of the smoke stack above the damper.

Air is admitted into the plow by a pipe 21 having a funnel-shaped inlet end in front of the locomotive, the partition 11 having holes in the lower portion to permit the waste gases to pass from one chamber to the other.

22 indicates an oil burner which may be usedinsteadof, or in addition to, the waste gzlises of the locomotive for heating the Should the weight of the snow bearing down uponthe snow plow be very considerable, said weight will cause a V-shaped rod .23 secured to'the base 7 to contact with the railsand slide' thereon'as the snow plow is propelled b the engine.

Side shie ds 24 are connected to the rear end of the-plow and extend over the sides of the locomotive and have their upper portions-25' curled over or'outwardly downward to protect the sides of the locomotive.

26 is a man hole for entering the interior of the snow plow.

I claim:

1. In combination with a steam locomotive having a dam 'er in its smoke-stack, a snow plow adapte 'to be attached to said locomotive a rod to which said base is secured and having a hooked portion adapted to engage a transverse beam in front of the locomotive to-which the cow catcher is normally attached, a pipe leading from said smoke stack below said damper into the in- -terior of said plow,- a pipe leading from the lower portion of said interior and dislOU said damper, and a rod connected to the lower portion of the snow low and adapted to slide upon the rails i the plow is depressed.

3. In combination with a steam locomotive having a damper in its smoke-stack, a snow plow adapted to be attached to said locomotive comprising a forwardly pointed base, an upwardly pointed rear wall, a central downwardly and forwardly extending ridge uniting the points of said base and rear wall, means for securing the plow to the locomotive, a forwardly and downwardly cxtendin partition from said rear wall, a pipe leading from said smoke stack below said damper, branch pipes leadin from said pi Jo and discharging into the interior of said plow above said partition, pipes lead-- ing from the lower portion of said interior and discharging into the smoke-stack above said damper, and a pipe leading from the interior of the low and dischaging upwardly in front 0 the locomotive.

4. In combination with a steam locomotive having a damper in its smoke-stack, a snow plow adapted to be attached to said locomotive com rising a forwardly pointed base, an upwar ly pointed rear wall, a cen tral downwardly and forwardly extendin ridge uniting the points of said base and rear wall, means for securing the plow to the locomotive, a forwardly and downwardly extendin partition from said rear Wall, a pipe lea ing from said smoke stack below said damper, branch pipes leading from said ipe and dischaging into the interior of said plow above said partition, pipes leading from the lower portion of said intcrior and discharging into the smoke-stack above said damper, and an oil burner for heating the interior of said plow.

5.111 combination with a steam locomotive having a damper in its smoke-stack, a snow plow adapted to be attached to said locomotive com rising a forwardly pointed base, an upwar ly pointed rear wall, a central downwardl and forwardly extendin ridge uniting t e points of said base an rear wall, means for securing the plow to the locomotive, a forwardl and down wardly extending partition rom said rear wall, a pipe leading from said smoke stack below said damper, branch pipes leading from said pipe and discharging into the interior of said plow above said partition, pipes leading from the lower portion of sai interior and discharging into the smoke-stack above said damper, and a longitudinal partition centrally dividing the interior of the locomotive into chambers and having holes therethrough through which the chambers communicate with each other.

6. In combination with a steam locomotive having a damper in its smoke-stack, a snow plow adapted to be attached to said locomotive comprising a forwardly pointed base, an upwardly pointed rear wall, a central downwardly and forwardly extending ridge uniting the points of said base and rear wall, means for securing the plow to the locomotive, a forwardly and downwardly extending partition from said rear wall, a pipe leading from said smoke stack below said damper, branch pipes leading from said pipe and discharging into the interior of said plow above said partition, pipes leading from the lower portion of said interior and discharging into the smoke-stack above said damper, an oil burner for heating the interior of said plow, a pipe leading from the interior of the plow and discharging upwardly in front of the locomotive, a rod connected to the lower portion of said base and adapted to slide upon the rails if the the plow is depressed, a longitudinal parti tion centrally dividing the interior of the locomotive into chambers having holes there/through through which the chambers communicate with each other.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREW RYAN.

W'itnesses:

F. M. WRIGHT, Gr. M. BALL.

Copiea of this patent may ho obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. O.