US1177432A - Railroad-switch-operating mechanism. - Google Patents

Description

J. L. MILLER. L RAILROAD SWITCH OPERATING MECHANISM.

APPLLCATION FILED FEB. I, 1915- DO. 2% m m Q w\\ oO 4, 7 L w, w 1

lnventor Witnesses S y e n vl O t t A J. L. MILLER.

RALRoAD swTcH oPERATNG MEcHANsM.

APPLICATION msn rss. 1915. Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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Witnesses lnventor W Z I i by Attorney UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

JOHN L. MILLER, 0F FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, ASSIGNOZR. 0F ONE-FOURTH TO HATTIE A.V BOSS, 0F FORT COLLINS, COLOBADQ i nArLnoADfswIrcH-ornnnrrne Mnonenisivi.

Specifi'caton of Letters Patent. g Patented May, 28, 1916,

Original application filed. September 18, 1914, Serial No. 862,359. Dvided and. this application filed February 1, 1915. Serial No. 5,496.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, JOHN L. MILLER, a .citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Collins, in the county of Larimer and State of Colorado` have invented a new and useful Railroad-Switch-Operating Mechanism, Vof which the following is a specifica-` tion.

The Vpresent invention relates to improvements in railroad switch operating mechanisms, the present application being a division of `mv application filed September 18, 1914i, Serial No. 862.359, and which issued as Patent No. 1,131,910, dated March 16, 1915. rl`he present application is now limited to the train carried structure for operating the structure along the right of way as illustrated in the parent application, one object of the invention, beingl the provision of means mounted upon thev'railway rolling stock and manually operable for projecting a member upon either side of` the rolling stock for engagement with the switch actuating mechanism disposed along the track as illustrated in parent application.

A further object of the present invention, is the provision of a simplified mechanism carried b v the rolling stock and manually operable for dispostion to engage a switch operating mechanism disposed along the right of way, the same being easily applied to railwav cars as now used without discarding of the apparatus carried thereby.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being,r understood that changes in the prescribed embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what isv claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a locomotive tender with the present mechanism for actuating the switch. Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2- -2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a View in elevation taken from the left as viewed in Fig. 1. dotted lines illustrating the position of the projecting switch actuatng member. Fig. 4 illustrates in connection with theapplication of thev present invention to a passenger coach. Fig. vation showing the application of the present invention to a fiat car. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof. 7 is a 'longitudinalv Sectional view through the-switch operating mechanism carried by a moving train. Fig. 8 is a detailed viewl of the member thereof. Figs. 9, 10 and 11 `are detailed views of various parts of the present train carried mechanism. i f

Referring to the drawings, T designates the tender of a locomotive, in which the bar 67 is so mounted, for reciprocation within the tubular support 68, as to be projected to either side to engage such meanswas is shown in the parent application for throwing the switch. ries in its outerend a roller 69, may be projected to assume the dotted line position, as shown in Fig. 3, this movement beingtc either side of' the train according to the di- Vrectionrof travel thereof. Various mechaprojectngrthe nisms may be adapted for member 67, it preferably being supplied with a single lug 71, slidable within the slot 72 of the casing 68, said lug 71 also acting as a means to prevent the rotation of the member 67 therewithin. Connected to the lug 71 are the terminals of the cables 73, which may be operated upon by the transversely swinging lever 74, as shown at the left in Figs. l and 2, or through the rotatable shaft 7.5 shown at the right in such figures. In either event, the cable is operated to actuate the member 6 7 tg project it at either side of the train desrec VVhere the present mechanism is adapted for use upon a passenger car, as shown in Fig. 4, the hand wheel operated shaft 7 5 is preferable, while when the device is used g flat cars, as shown in Fi gs. 5 and 6, the transverse shaft is mounted below the body of the car and has the ends of the cables 71' wound thereupon, one terminal being wound thereupon, while the other is wound therefrom during the operation of the member 67.

VVhere the device is train, will be placed Vupon the tender Iof the engine,-while that shown in Fig. 4.- will be placed uponxthe caboose at the end of the 5 is a View in cle- Thus the bar' 67, whichcarused upon a freight, the mechanlsm as shown in Fig. 1V

nism as illustrated in the parent; application,

the same being withdrawnafterpassing the same so that the-train can fully pass within the siding as desired,l the brakeman within the eaboose or upon the last carof thetrain actuatingV the 'member -67 carried by suchcar to operate the mechanism of the switch, and thus place theswitch inthe opposite direction and close the siding without the necessity of the brakeman leaving the train.

From the foregoing description, it `is evident that .with a device'of this character the switch operating4 mechanism shown. in the` I parent application may be operated without the stoppingV ofthe train4 both in approaching and ,leaving thesame, thus'providing a thorough and practical device of this character and one which number of parts be put out of order or commission.`

i as my own,fI have=hereto afixed is composed lof a fe w and therefore less liable to It is apparent that two lugs 471 maybecmt-1V ployed where a Isingle the switch actuating also/that the cable 72 may be archainpor lin fact any other mechanism which wilL prop-` erly operate'the bar.-

WVhat is claimed is:

lar guide-fixedly longitudinal slot,y a 'bar mounted. to slide -in either directionswithin the .tubular guide tol` project beyondeither end of the. guide, a lugk outstanding from withinthe slot, said lug coperatrng with the lug 71 is used uponfi. projector :bar (37,AL :and`` the ybar and. sidabe ends of theslot to limit the outward move-.- i

ment ofthe. bar, a flexible operating; ydevice which said flexible vdevice `is means for; actuating 1 said flexible device,

either end of thebar beingadaptedto -be retracted: into the tubular guide after said end has been projected therebeyond.

In testimony .that I I .claim the my siguature in thepresence of two Witnesses;v

J OHN L. MILLER;l 1

Witnesses:

B. S-.TsDMoin` I. C. SHAFFER.:`

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