US1162282A

US1162282A - Reinforced-concrete road-guard.

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Publication number: US1162282A
Application number: US83276114A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles F Buente
Original assignee: CONCRETE PRODUCTS Co
Current assignee: CONCRETE PRODUCTS Co
Priority date: 1914-04-18
Filing date: 1914-04-18
Publication date: 1915-11-30
Anticipated expiration: 1932-11-30

Description

C. F. BUENTE.

REfNFoRcED CONCRETE ROAD GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED APK. I8. i914.

1,162,282. Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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REINFoRcED CONCRETE ROAD GUARD.-

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CHARLES E. PUENTE, OE PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA; AssIGNOR To oONORPDIE f PRODUCTS COMPANY, OE PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION or PENNSYLVANIA.

REINFORCED-CONCRETE ROADTGUARD.

specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

Application filed April 18, 1914. SerialNo. 832,761.

To all eli/1,0m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. BUENTE, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reinforced-Concrete Road Guards, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side elevation, partially in section, of one form of my improved road guard; Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, with some of the parts removed;l Fig. 3 is an end view of one of the rail members shown in Fig. l; Fig. t is a transverse section through one of the rail members; Fig. 5 is an inverted plan view of one end of one of the rail members; Fig. 6 is a side elevation partially in section through one of the posts of the structure shown in another form of guard; Fig'. 7 is a sectional plan view of Figg on the line VI-VI; Fig. 8 is an end view of one of the lower rails shown in Fig. 6; Fig. 9 is a sectional view on the line IX-IX of Fig. 7; Fig. l0 is a bottom plan view of one end of one of the rail members shown in Figs. 6 and 7; Fig. 11 is an end view of one of the posts shown in Fig. l;

Fig. 12 is a side elevation thereof; Figs. 13j

and r11i are transverse sections on the lines XIII-XIII and XIV-XIV, respectively of Fig. 12; Fig. 15 is an end view of one of the posts shown in the construction illustrated in Fig. 6; Fig. 16 is a side elevation partially in section; and Figs. 17 and 18 are transverse sections on the lines XVII- XVII and XVIIIXVIII respectively of Fig. 16. ThisL invention relates to an improvement in road guards and is designed to provide a cheap and efficient reinforced concrete guard which can readily be made in the factory and easily placed in position on the road. The object of my invention is to provide a guard of the character in which the rails and posts are properly reinforced and which areso formed that they can readily be assembled on the road and secured in position with ordinary tools.

Y Another object'of myl invention is to provide a device of the character in which one rail member can be placed at various angles with relation to an adjacent rail member or members without chipping or cutting away any portion of the posts or rail members. By the use of structures of this character, I am enabled to place the guard on aroad having curves of widely diiferentradii, as well as on bined.

The precise nature of my inventionwill be best understoodby reference tothe accompanying drawings, which will Anow be describedit being premised, however, that various changes'may be made in the details ofconstruction withoutde'parting from the spirit and scope of myinventiomas defined 1n the appended claims.

Referring to Figs.` l, 2, 5 and 11 to 14, the reference character 2 designates the rail members, each of which is provided with a looped

reinforce

3 and 8a. The upper reinforce is provided with a loop at one end, while the body members thereof extend along both sides'of the rail member adjacent to the top to a point close to the other end,l of the rail The `reinforce Sais also provided with a loop at the other end o-fthe rail member, andthe body members `thereof grades and on curves and grades com-v extend downwardly and thenlongitudinally the other endfof the rail member ini order topermit the loops of adjacent` rail mem'- bers to extend over a securing pin, as hereinf after described. These rail members may be provided with recesses in their under facesasindi'cated at 4,:belo-w, the neutral axis,- of the rails to reduce the ,cost of material, and at the same time lighten the structure` without materially affecting its strength. The ends ofthe rail members are also provided with spherically shaped sockets 5 for receiving the ends ofthe supporting posts, as hereinafter described. The posts 6` are each provided with vertically extending reinforcing members 7, which may be of any desiredshape, and may, be placed in any desired position, but I prefer to use four straight rods, one in each corner of the post. The upper portions of these posts may be recessed, as indicated at 8 and the upper ends thereof are provided with a The loops.,

spherical head 9. 10v is a `vertical bolt secured in the upper end of the post at the center thereof, for engagement with the loops on adjacent rail members. In the construction shown in these figures, the posts are placed in the ground at proper intervals, and the rails are then placed on top of the posts in the manner shown in the section at the left hand sidev of Fig. 1, so that.

the loops of adjacent rail members engage the bolts 10; the loop on one rail member lying in a different horizontal plane from the loop on the other endof the rail member.

It will readily be understood by those familiar with the art that the arrangement of ball and socket joints between the tops of the posts and the rail members will permit the rails to be placed on the tops of the posts to compensate for curves in the road, as well as `inclines ofthe road. After the rails are placed in position, a U-shaped cap member 11, having an opening therein for the bolt 10 is placed over the joint between the rail members and secured in position by means of a nut 12. If desired, after the rail members have ybeen placed in position and before the caps 11 are placed overk the joints, the open spaces between adjacent rail members may be filled up with any suitable cement or concrete.

In Figs. 6 to 10 and 15 to 18, I have shown a modified form in which I use two sets of rail members. In this construction, the upper ends of the posts and the upper rail members are similar to the upper ends of the posts and the rail members shown in the vario'us figures, and I have applied the same reference characters to the same parts with the letter a affixed. These posts are also provided with an intermediate shoulder 13 at each side thereof, and 14: are securing bolts for the rails extending upwardly throughA the shoulders. 15 are the lower rail'members which are provided with re-v inforces similar to the reinforces of the upper rails, but in this case the loops at opposite ends of the rail members are approximately in the same plane as each bolt 14 is only arranged to receive the loop of one rail. This structure is also assembled in a manner similar to the structure shown in Fig. 1, and after the lower rails 15 are placed in position, they are secured by means of caps 16 and nuts 17, which caps are arranged to be seated in the recessed portions 8fL on the posts 6a. Y

The advantages of my invention result from the provision of posts and rails having crete rails, universal connections between the posts and the ends of adjacent rails, a cap for securing the rails to the posts, and means for connecting said cap to the post to clamp the rail thereto, substantially as described.

2. A road guard comprising a plurality of posts and a. plurality of reinforced concrete rails, a ball and socket joint between the posts and the ends of adjacent rails, means for securing said rails to the posts, and cap members covering the joint between the ends of adjacent rails; substantially as described.

3. A road guard comprising a. plurality of posts having spherically shaped heads, a bolt extending upwardly from the center of each head, reinforced concrete rail members extending from post to post, and having a concaved portion at each end for receiving the heads on the posts, means on said rails for engaging said bolts, and means for securing said rail members to said bolts; substantially as described.

4. A road guard comprising a plurality of reinforced concrete posts, each of said posts having a spherically shaped top, a bolt extending upwardly from the center of the top of each post, rail members extending from post to post having spherical sockets for engaging the spherical tops of the posts, loop members extending outwardly from the ends of the rail members in engagement with the bolts, cap members mounted over the joints between adjacent rail members, said cap members having openings for the reception of the bolts, and nuts for securing the caps tothe posts and rails; substantially as described. n

5. A road guard comprising a plurality of posts, each of said posts having a spherical top, rail members extending from post to post having spherical sockets for engagement with the spherical tops, means for securing said rail members to the tops of the post-s, a spherical shoulder on each side of the posts below the tops, rail members extending from the shoulder on one post to a shoulder on an adjacent post, and means for securing said rails to said shoulders; substantially as described.

6. A road guard comprising a plurality of posts each having a spherically shaped top, rail members extending from post to post, each having spherically shaped sockets on their bottoms at the ends thereof, the ends of said rails being arranged so that at least ltwo rails can be seat-ed on the top of each post, and means for clamping the rail members to the tops of the posts; substantially as described'.

7. A road guard having posts and rail members formed with universal pivotal connections, cap members adapted to engage the ends of two rail members, and means for securing said caps to the posts to clamp the rails in position, substantially as described. y

8. A road guard comprising a plurality of posts having spherical shaped heads, a bolt extending upwardly from the center of each head, reinforced concrete rails extending from post to post having spherically shaped sockets at the ends thereofseated on the heads of the posts, reinforcing members in said rails, said reinforcing members having loops extending through the ends of the rails and arranged to engage the bolts on the posts, and nuts for securing said rails in position on the posts; substantially as described.

9. A road guard comprising a plurality of posts, each of said posts having a spherical head, rail members extending from post to post, the ends of said rail members having spherical sockets arranged to receive the tops of the posts, there being two rails extending in different directions from the top of each post, a spherical shoulder on two sides of each post below the tops, a rail member extending from the shoulder on one post to the shoulder on the next post, .upwardly extending rods extending through the heads and shoulders on the posts, reinforcing members in each rail having loops extending outwardly through the ends of the rail engaging said rods, and means on said rods for securing the rails in position; ysubstantially as described In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand. v

CHARLES F. BUENTE. Vitnesses W. C. LYON, H. M. CoRWIN.

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