US1162867A - Car-ixplacing pxevice - Google Patents

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w. E. LALLEY, CAR REPLACING DEVICE AFPLICATION HLED )ULY 7 I914.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915;

STATES, PATENT QFFIQEY WILLIAM E. LALLEY, or REPUBLIC, wasnme'ron.

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,vlvashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in "Car-Replacing Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be-a' full, clear, and eiact description-0f the invention, sucl r as will enable. others skilledjin the art to make and use the same. a g

This invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in a'device for-replacing cars upon the rails o tthe track. in carrying out my invention it is my purpose to provide ear replacing devices which a re reversible in the sense'that they may be employed for placing cars upon the tracks in either direction, and furthermore, the device maybe placed againstthe inner sides or outer sides of the rails as the oc casion may demand.

Still a further object. of my invention isthe provision otcar replacing devices which will embody in their construction the desired features of simplicity,.eliiciency, reliability and convenience, and by means otwhich devices a-rar may be quickly and readily replaced upon the track after it has been derailed.

\Vith the above recited objects and-pthers of a similar nature in view, my invention consists in the construction. combination and' arrangement of parts set forth in ,and falling within the scope. of the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of :1 section of a. track way and showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of'the car replacing frogs. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the other car replacing frog.

In the practice of my invention I employ a pair of frog members, one of which is adapted to be placed upon the ties in such manner as to abut against the inside face of one rail, while the other member is so positioned as to abut against the opposite side of the outside rail. this latter member having a. portion overlying the tread section of the rail. Furthermore. the frog members are. so constructed that they may be employed for replacing cars in either. direction upon the track Way.

which it. appertains t0 track' rail.

' being then cum'ed or swelled upward beveledgiooves (i, which extend sllbs'ta'nti grooves.

.roughened Patented Dec. 7, 1915 Referring now to the accompanyingdra'wlogs in detail,'the ties of the track are shown at 1, while the usual track rails are ind'icated at 2. My invention embraces a pair of wrecking or replacing blocks for replacing theca fs upon the track, one member of the pair j' blocks being indicated as an entirety by t letter A, while the other member is similarly indicated bythe letter B. -f The frog member A 's adapted when use to rest uponthe ties and have one of it. side edges abut'against the inner face of the This member A comprisesa ui tallic body having a Hat substantially rec tangul'ar base 3'whi h is adapted to bee, upon the ties, the top of this frog member I the transverse-edge -& toward. the-oppos transverse edge 5. The top of the frog mem berg A 'i's,.-further formed with inwardly ally parallel with each other as at! these grooves then diverging relative-l each other as-shown at 8'8, the result hem that an elevated web or barrier 9 isforiile' between the diverging portions 8-8 ofth The frog member A is further provided w th a .tongu'e 10 which isadaoted to' be slipped beneath the rail between the tiesimd has an upwardly turned terminal 11 forming ahook so that the frog member may be fastened or secured to the rail and held against dislodgment. This tongue is pivoted, as at 12, to the base of the frog, and this. base may, if desired, be roughened or corrugated, as. at 13, and provided with small tie engaging spurs 14 The other member B is formed of a metallic plate having a flat base 15 which is or corrugated, as at 16, to grip the ties, and is provided with small tie"en-' gaging spurs 17. This base is provided with sides 1919 which taper 0l diverge toward each other from the end 20, the plate then spreading or flaring to form a head 21, having the rounded top 22. This head is of relatively less thickness than the bodv of the plate and its under face is flattened, as at 23. to rest upon the tread of the rail. as shown in Fig. 1. the opposite sides of the head being provided with downwardly extending rail gripping lugs 24. The tongue 25 is pivoted, as at 26,130 the fori vvard end theplate'section ofthe frogand beneatijhthe head, and'isprovided at its oute -for" free end with a downviardly turned lug 27 adapted to rest upon the tie or ground and form a support for the outer portion of the head of the frog. The top of the frog is swelled or curved and 'is formed with diverging grooves 29-29, these grooves approaching each other at their center portions and diverging at'theirends, as clearly .shown in Fig. '1, a swelled or 4; curved web 30 being formed betwe'en the two grooves.

From. the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and manner of employing these frogs for'replacing a car will be read- 11y apparent.

' shown in Fig. 1 with one of its side faces flush ,with the inner side of the rail and is fastened to the rail by means of the hook be rail, While the small. pivoted arm or tongue ore mentionedw The other frog member having the depending lug in supporting and stay-mg the oute r portion of the 'head awavfrom the rail.

Assuming a car to be derailed, the wheels 0f.-the car, which are conventionally illustrated'at W-'W, are pinched or pushed-forwaird until the flanges of the .wheels ride uponythe frogs in the grooves thereof which are nearest the rails, and then directed or guided by the Webs'and grooves of the frogs, the wheels retakin the trackinithe manner .readily'understoo in devices ofthis class;

It will be noted that these frogs areso.

constructed that they will not slipwhen placed in position, and urthern1'0re', are ex- The frog A in position is,-

A car replacer including a frog member adapted to be placed against the inside of the track, said frog having a substantially rectangular base portion adapted to rest upon-the ties, a tongue bolted to and extending from the'base portion and adapted to fit beneath the rails, said tongue terminating in an upturn'ed'hooki adapted to engage the adjacent edge of the rail, the up per portion of the frog being curved or swelled toward the opposite end and provided with grooves which diverge relatively to each other from one end portion toward the opposite end portion, said grooves be ing adapted'toreceive. thefianges of the n-car wheel, and a second frog member adapts ed to fit against the outside of the opposite track rail, said second frog member comprising a plate section having a swelled or' "curved upper portlon. terminat ng at one end in anenlarged head adapted to partially overlie and rest upon the track rail, said second member having a 'pair of grooves therein which converge toward theinmiddle portions and diverge toward their end portrons, said grooves being adapted to receive 'the flanges'of the car wheels, and a laterally extending tongue projecting outward from the second block member and having a doWnturned end adapted to rest upon the adjacent ground surface to support the tongue in position relative to the rail.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my-signature, in the presence of two itnesses.

WILLIAM E; LALLEY.

Witnesses:

. W. R. Foul x,

P. H. WALsH;

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