US1216706A - Rerailing-frog holder. - Google Patents

Description

M. T. LARKIN.

RERAILING FROG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 13. 1916.

1,216,706. Patented Feb. 20, 1917,

(liter/nu MATHEW mnoaiasjniaxm, or sroxliivn, wasmaeao g al Z whom it may concern} Be. it known that I, MATHEW- LARKIN, a citizen of the United States, re-

sidingat Spokane, in the county of 'Spokane andState of Washington, have invented a; new and useful Rerailing-Frog Holder, of which the following "is, a specifi cation,

This invention relates to improvements in means for holdingjre-railingfrogs which are now usually anchored by spikes, to the ties. r V

When alocomotiveorcar has beenejdef railed, great difficulty is experienced inreirailing the locomotive oncar forthe prini cipal reason that it isdiflicult to properly o anchor the re-railing frogs. The. wheels of a-de-railedcar or locomotive may bespnk;

deeply. in the earth between the ties orthe latter maybe so rotted and oldas to afi'ord.

no means for holding spikes driven; there- 7 into. When the wheels of ade-railed car are is also necessary to hold the re-railingfrogs. against longitudinal movement resulting;

from ride-up thrust of the wheels imparted thereto.

Q spikeanchorage, but further, the de-railed Vehicleseldom stops in such relation to the ties as Q to permit the rep-railing frogsfor ratherrtheir spike openings, from-properly registering with the ties.

' Now the primary object of this invention;- broadly speaking, is to provide. means for anchoring a re-ralling frog to a rail so that the latter will provide a continuous and ever: present mounting irrespective .ofthe condi-E- tion of the ties toanchor; the; frog thereto either- 7in parallel or angular'relationto the rail, the said means not only serving-to retainthe ire-railing frog in such relation to the rail, but also, to prevent longitudinal movement of the frog under wheel ride-up thrust H More specifically speaklng, my invention I has to do with means engageable with the n It will now beclear that theties. not only fail frequently'to offer the requisite nnitArilrne-snoe HonnEn. I

Speeificatfon'of LettersPatent;'* PthfedFeh 20,1917;

an mia rail, m wa ref-tailing s;

forholding the latter in parallelorangular tel t t h orm andn; th lme 'im:

provedembodiment, said means perforins l its function by frictionally{gripping the ball of the rail.

' tioni'will be more fullydescribed in conn ec'; -tion with the accompanying drawing and Other features and my invlen- W l lmor par u rly: po n ut v ina f by the/appended. I claims.

It is a' very special;and importantf feature 1 of this invention to provide a, frog-hol f1er which is adaptedfor use with the mo'dern yp Of ficg'no mp y d y' ai r ds a lover thefco'untry so as to avoid thenecessity of discarding this valuable zstock of frogs i '70 1 "In the drawing a andsubstitutinga special type offrog, a A

I Figurel is a plan view of'aleft hand rail showingjthe, manner in which the improved device ofmy invention holds a left hand re- I railing "frog in relation thereto. v v F'g. 2 is a sectional view on line 2.2 of

Fig; 1.

Fig. 3 isa sectional view of a rail showing the manner inwhich one of my improved devices vis applied thereto;

Like characters' ofreference designate similar parts throughout thefdifl'erentj figures ofthe drawing. I

As illustrated, 1 the'lties designates the left-hand railwhich is mount-T ed on the ties and anchored theretoas usual,

by-spikes 3: A re-raiIing L-left-hand frog this shown disposed in substantially parallel relation to, the rail with,, the fends' thereof I mounted upon adj acentties but not in any wayspiked or secured-thereto. It-will be seen that-in this position, the spike openings 5,-atone endofthefrog, overhangthe tiesothatthey would be unavailable in anchorl ing, the frog, Thesefrogs, of the'most reg oentand universal type, are made of pressed L steel-and they are in the form ofelongated hollow bodies, open atthe bottom, J Injorder" I to sustain the great, weight to which -;they are usually; subjected, these frog bodies, are

universally stiffened by transverse ribs or,

, webs 6, 7, 8 and 9,'asillustrated forexample in the accompanying drawing. v The frog has an end-wall 10 and the top 7 portion is provided with a re-railing guideway 11 which is diagonally arranged longitudinally along the top of the frog, said top sloping downwardly to an edge- 12 adapt. ed to receive the foremostwheel; Thesi'dewalls of the frog are indicated at l3v-and lt and the bottom of the frog isprovided with studs 15, as shown] flVhile my invention does not reside in the re-railingfrog, so

much of the same has been described to rel}..-

der the deviceof my invent n clear. inits application thereto.

As illustrated, he means for anchoring the frog to the rail comprises one or more devices-which may comprise strips of heavy metal; as indicated at 16, one end thereof being shaped to embrace the head or ball of the 'r2'til ,"lan'd the other end thereof being shaped to engage the bottom and a sufficient extent of the interior of one side-wall of the frog so as; to 'extend upwardly between the sti fi'ening'webs, as indicated at 171 The] terminal end 1? is practically in the form of'a hook and the strip 16is desirably, 'although not necessarily-,"of' such length that the" bight 18-, of tl ie'hooln is slightly inclined andpro'portionedto fit in super-posed supported'relation on the inner flange 19, of the rail 2i Thus the frog holding "device will no't only-be supported a't'its frog enga ging'end, but the'lfrog'itself, as-re'gards ments of any kind will be necessary. All'of .the' 'iail" holding devices are identical in formation'except'ing for the terminal 17 of that device which is disposed nearest theendwall' 10, and designated at'23, this terminal being'longer than the terminal 17 of its companion device so that it will not release engagement when the frog endlO istilted upwardly as awhgeel begins to ride up onthe lower end 12. These holding devices preferably fit the ball of the rail'in such manner that they can be adjusted by slid- V 3 ing them along the rail for engagement interiorlyI of the frog at desired points with respect "to the reinforcing Webs thereof; Thus intheillustration, one ofthe devices is'enga-ged with the frog behind web 8, with.

' respect to the direction of Wheel thrust, and

the otherc'levice 'is engagedbehind web 6, with respect to the direction of said thrust.

I Will now describe one of the particularly advantageous and broadly novel features whereby these normally loosely applied frog holding devices friction-ally wedge themselves ininunovable anchorage connection with the ball of the rail responsive to and as a result of. any wheel thrust imparted to -Such wheel thrust would invariably tend to. shift there-railing frog longitudinally .inthe direction of the arrow.

' shift the devices out of right angular relationto; the rail, andfin so doing, the diagonally opposite margins would necessarily tend to bite'orwedge "against the-ball faces.

The very loose; connection hereinbefore referred to, facilitates this gripping action to prevent shifting movement of the holding devices. Furthermore, in view of the fact that any shifting movement imparted to these' devices weuldbeapp licd to the'lower end thereof, below-the ball of the rail, it is essentialtopreven aid fd'evices from tilting on thetop of the rarlwithportions28 as the fulcrums. Therefore-,to avoid such defective-action, I provide the retaining terminalsZQ, equal in widthto the widths of the strip of'which-theholding device is made, this retaining dev-ic'e engaging the rail ball at one of its undfer faces to prevent tilting movement of the holding devices. The greatest end thrust i s app'lied when the first wheeljbegins to ridefup on the frog, but there will be a certain amount of end thrust as a result of ride-upengagement of the next following wheel. I However, with the tremendous weight of one wheel on the frog,

the following end thrust will not usually be as great asthe initial thrust.

' While? in l, I have shown the. re-railing frog'in parallel relation with the rail, and being held by'twodevices, it will be HITClGIStO-Odthith -"Qnfifof said devices will be sufficient when it-is desired to swing the lower. end lQaway from the rail to register with .a .de-railedtruck wheel located a considerable distance fronithe rail, as shown in dotted linev in Fig. Thus; I do not wish to; be confined to the use of two holding devices. fereach frog. It will also be understood that while I have only shownmy invention applied to a left-hand frog, its application'toa right-hand frog will be identical and therefore neednotibfe illustrated.

I also assert that my invention is novel as an article of manufacture, one phase of novelty being a single device having porlimited thereto except for such limitations as the claims may import.

I claim; 1. In combination, a railway rail, a rerailing frog, and a plurality of unitary means connected with said rail and'frog in a manner capable of holding the latter in re-railing relation to said rail independently of any engagement of said frog with the road bed or with said rail, substantially as described. 7 I

2. In combination, a railway rail, a rerailing frog, having angularly disposed portions, and a plurality of unitary means grippingly engaging said rail and abuttingly engaging said angularly disposed portions of said frog in a manner capable of holding the latter in substantially parallel relation to the rail independently of any engagement of said frog with the road bed or with the rail, substantially as described.

3. In combination, a railway rail, a rerailing frog, and a unitary integral device grippingly engaging-said rail and abuttingly engaging said frog for holding the latterin angular relation with the rail without the necessity of any'engagement of said frog with the road bed, substantially as described.

4:. In combination, a railway rail, a rerailing frog, and independent unitary devices grippingly engaging said rail and abuttingly engaging said frog in a manner capable of positively holding the latter in substantially parallel relation with the rail independently of any engagement of said frog with the road bed or with said rail,

substantially as described.

5. In combination, a, railway rail, a rerailing frog having sets of angularly disposed portions, and unitary devices grippingly engaging said rail and each of said devices engaging a set or" said angularly disposed portions of said frog for positively holding the latter in substantially parallel relation with said rail without the'necessit'y of any engagement of said frog with the road bed or with said rail, substantially as described. b i

'6. In combination, a railway rail, a rerailing frog, and unitary means engaging the top, side and bottom portions of the ball of the rail and also engaging said frog to hold the latter in re-railing relation to the rail without the necessity ofany engagement of the frog with the road bed, substantially as described. v

7. In combination, a railway rall, a hollow described.

re-railing frog provided with internal stiffening webs, and means engaging said rail' 1 and the webs of said frog to hold the latter in re-railing relation tosaid rail, substantially as described. J

'8. In combination, a railwayrail, a rerailing frog, and unitary means engaging said railaat a single. area f of. engagement along the length of said rail 'and'connected with said frog for holding the latter in rerailing relation to said rail without the necessity of any engagement of said frog with the road bed or with portionsof said rail other than said single area, substantially as described. w

9. In combination, a railway rail, a rerailing frog, and means engaging the ball of said rail and extending pendently. downward and loosely engaging said frog below said rail ball for holding said frog in re-railing relation to said rail, substantially as described.

10. In combination, a railway rail, a rerailing frog, and means engaging the ball of said rail and extending pendently downwardly and engaging said frog at apoint below the ball of said rail for holding said frog in spaced re-railing relation to said rail, said means gripping the ball of said movement of said means, substantially as 11. In combination, a railway rail, a rerailing frog, and a frog holding device extending up along one side face of the ball of said rail and transversely across the tread of said balland downwardly along the other side "face of said ball and having a retaining portion extending beneath one portion of the ball of the rail, and said device having a portion for holding said frog in re-railing relation to' the rail withoutjthe necessity of anyengagement of the ,substantially as defrog'with the road bed scribed. 1' V 12. In combination, a railway rail, a rerailing frog, and a frog holding device con nected withsaid frog and in supported engagement with the ball of said rail and also with one flange of said rail, substantially as described.

13. In combination, a railway rail, a rerail to prevent horizontal or vertical tilting railing frog, and a frog holding device comv prising a 'bar having, one terminal shaped to engage over the ball of the rail and another terminal shaped to engage and be capable of holding the frog-in re railing relation to the rail independently of any engagement of the frog with the ties or road bed. r

14;. As an article of manufacture, a single piece re-railing frog holder having an engaging portion shaped to grip the ball of.

the rail and a frog holding portion.

15. As an article ofmanufactnre, a single piece re-railing frog holder having'one per tion shaped to grip the ball of a rail and another portion shaped for connection with a ire-railing frog, substantially as described;

16. As an article of manufacture, a rerailing frog holder having an end portion MATHEW THOMAS LARKIN.

Copies of this patent may be'obtainefi for "five'fen ts each, by addressing the wbnimis'sibner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

Images