US1162334A - Rigid-block car-replacer. - Google Patents

Description

W. 0. BUNNELL & Q. A. GATES.

RIGID BLOCK CAR REPLACER.

APPLICATION' r|LEo1uNE2s,19|5.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

WILLIAM OVERFIELD BUNNELL AND QUINCY ADAMS GATES, F WILKES-BARRE,

. PENNSYLVANIA.

- RIGID-BLOCK CABfREPLACER.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it kno-wn that we, WILLIAM OVERFIELD BUNNELL and QUINCY ADAMS GATES, citi- Zens of the, United States, residing at VVilkes-Barre, in the'county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rigid- Block Car-Replacers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in railways, and more specilically to rigid block car-replacers.

The object of our invention is to provide a car-replacer of such a shape and construction that it will readily seat adjacent a railway rail in 4such manner that a derailed car may be run thereupon and guided back upon the track.

Our replacer isl so constructed as to be used either inside or outside ofthe rails, or for moving a car either forwardly or backwa'dly in'order to guide it back upon the rai Furthermore, our device is simple in construction, durable in that it has no movable parts to become disarranged or broken, and is extremely eflicient in operation.

@ther objects of this invention not at this time more particularly enumerated,`will be clearly understood from the detailed. description and drawings forming a part of this specification.

Furthermore, this invention consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts more particularly described in the following specification and embodied in the claims appended hereunto and forming a part of this application.

Referring now. to the drawings, which are mere y illustrative of our invention, Figure 1 is a top plan view of our device illustrating its relative position to the top of a rail, said rail being show`n in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a 'cross sectional view thereof taken on the line 2 -2 of Fig. 1.

Referring further to the drawings, whereinV similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout the respective views, 1 .designates a metallic block body .portion of our device which is formed with a vertical face 2 substantially triangular in outline, a horizontalbase 3 lone'side of which 4 is adapted to con'frm to one side of the base of a rail as shown in Fig. 2, the top 4 4being inclined in opposite directions. from a point Specification of Letters Patent.

Y Patented Nov. 30,1915.

Application filed J une 26, 1915. Serial N o. 36,451). I

near the center of the upper portion of said face 2 and flaring outwardly to apoint coincident with the outer edge of said base 3. Oppositely disposed angular faces 5 are formed from the outer edges `of both-inclined faces of said top extending down- 'wardly and outwardly to-a point of meetcentrally thereof, said boss being adapted to project slightly outwardly with respect to the vertical face 2. Said vertical face is of such a configuration along the length thereof as to conform with the maximum curvature permissible in a railway. A plurality of sharp projections 3 are formed upon the base 3 adjacent the outer edges. A handle 3b is formed upon the angular faces 5 near the lower edge thereof.'

A clamp 10, formedwith a hook 11 upon oneend and an upturned arm 12 upon the other end thereof, is provided with a cam lever l'pivbtally mounted upon the end of said upturned arm 12. I

In operation, our car-replacer is placed with the vertical face thereof adjacent the side of arail 14, and with one of the inclined tops thereof facing the wheels of a derailed car. The clamp 10 is then hooked upon the base of said rail opposite the carreplacer in such position that the cam lever will-engage with the angular face 5 near the lower end thereof, whereby said car-replacer will be retained in fixed position with respect to said rail 14. As the wheels of the derailed car are brought in Contact withl the lower edge of the inclined ltop L they will be guided upon the car-replacer by means of one of the iiared ends 7 of the groove 6, thence to the groove 6 connected with the. said flared end and to the single groove 8 at the Lio tlavingnow described and pointed out lthe new` and useful features of our invention, we d o not limit ourselves to the shape of certain parts Where the shape is not essential, nor d0 we restrict ourselves to the rexact details of construction shown and described,

but in ean and intend to -claim all equivalents and variations thereof not departing in principle vtroni our inventionI` and falling within thev purview of the appended Claims. l

lVliat we claim as our invention and de sire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A car-replacer consistingof a metallic block, said block being formed ivitli a vertical face substantially triangular in outline and a plurality of angular flaring faces ex tending from the apex to the base ot said block. the oppositely extending' faces being provided Witlira plurality ot grooves adapted to receive the 'liange of a car wheel, and

.a substantially lialffovoid boss formed integral with the apex of said block.

2.A car-replacer consistingof a metallic body portion, said bod)r portion being formed with a vertical 'lace substantially triangular in outline and a plurality of angular flaring faces extending 'from tlie apex to the base of said body portion, tlie oppositely extending faces being provided Witlil 'gular flaring` faces extending from the apexto thev base ot' said vbody portion, tlie oppo- 'sitelv extending` faces being provided with a plurality ot' grooves adapted to receive the flange of a ear wheel` a substantially halfovoid boss t'oruied integral with the -apeX ot said body portion, a plurality .of angular projections formed upon the under face of' said body portion, and a clamp adapted to engage with said replacer and the base of a rail Yto retain tlie replacer in close proximity to said rail.

ln testimony whereof we afliX our signatures liereto.

wiLLiiiL oviiiiririai BUNNELL. QUiNer Aiiiiiis Gir-iis.

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

' Washington, D. C.

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