US1289653A

US1289653A - Safety attachment for cars.

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Publication number: US1289653A
Application number: US24913118A
Authority: US
Inventors: Luis B Castano
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1918-08-09
Filing date: 1918-08-09
Publication date: 1918-12-31
Anticipated expiration: 1935-12-31

Description

L. B. CASTANO.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR CARS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.919I8.

Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

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LOUIS B. CASTANO, OF CHAPARRA, CUBA. 4

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR CARS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis B. CAs'rANo, a citizen of the Republic of Cuba, residing at Chaparra, Republic of Cuba, have invented new and useful Improvements in Safety Attachments for Cars, of which the following i is a specification.

This invention relates to a safety device for preventing the derailing of railway cars.

The primary object of the invention is to produce a device of this character which may be readily attached to the axle of any ordinary railway car and which is so ar ranged with respect to the rail over which the car wheels travel as to engage and grip the said rails, should the car be subject to a side or tilting movement, but which is altogether out of engagement with the rail to permit of the free travel of the car thereover, under all normal conditions.

It is a further object of the invention to produce a device of this character which shall be of an extremely simple nature, cheap to manufacture, easily applied and thoroughly efiicient for the purpose devised.

Other objects and advantages will present themselves as the nature of the invention is better understood, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a si e elevation illustrating the application of the improvement.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view approximately on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is'a sectional view approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the improvement.

In the drawing, 5 designates a rail, 6 a car wheel designed to travel over the rail. The axle for the wheel 6 is indicated by the numeral 7 and my improvement broadly by the numeral 8. The member 8 may be constructed of some hard tough material, such as harveyized steel or the like, and comprises two spaced

sleeves

9 and 10 respectively which, if desired, may be in the nature of split members so as to facilitate the arrangement of the same upon the axle 7, or when the said sleeves are solid, suitable binding elements may be passed therethrough to rigidly lock the same to the axle. The sleeve 9 is formed .upon the outer face of the improvement, and this face comprises preferably three spaced arms, the inner arm being indicated by the numeral 11 and the outer Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 9, 1918.

Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

Serial No. 249,131.

arms by the numerals 12. The outer arms are inclined outwardly from the inner arm and from the sleeve, but the ends of the said outer arms are vertically straight, or in a line with the end of the inner arm 11. These arms, adjacent the outer. ends thereof are connected by webs 13, and each of the arms, upon its lower edge is provided with an inwardly extending lug 14. The lugs 14:, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing, are designed to be arranged below the tread of the rail 5, upon the outer side of the said rail, but out of contact with both the head and the web of the rail.

The inner sleeve 10 is formed With a pair of outwardly extending angularly disposed rod members 15, the same being arranged over the top of the rail '5 and connected to the outer arms 12 of the device.

It is, of-course, to be understood that my improvement is to be arranged upon the opposite sides of the rails, that is, attached to each of the axles, and as the lugs 14 are arranged in close proximity to the under face of the ball of the rails, it will be apparent that any lateral or tilting movement of the car will bring the said lugs into contact with the under faces of the balls of the rails, and consequently, prevent the derailing of the car.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A. safety attachment for cars comprising a member including two spaced sleeves arranged upon the axle of the car to the opposite sides of the wheel thereof, arms depending from the outer sleeve, inwardly extending lugs on the arms arranged in the fish-plate space but out of contact with the rail on which the wheel travels, and connecting means'between the said arms and the inner sleeve.

2. In a safety device for railway cars, a member arranged upon the outer end of the car wheel axle and having a depending portion, the lower edge of which being inturned to provide lugs, the said lugs being arranged in the fish-plate space but out of contact with the rail on which the wheel travels, an

inner member secured on the axle, and brace means between the said lnner member and the outer member of the device.

3. A safety attachment for cars comprising two spaced sleeves each arranged upon the axle of the wheel and one adjacent the outer face of the wheel, means for securing respect to the inner arms, whereby the saidouter arms, adjacent the ends thereof, are spaced outwardly from the tread surface of the car wheel, ribs connecting the arms, said arms havingtheir ends provided with m-. turned lugs arranged in the fish-plate space,

ma am of the rail on which the wheel travels but out of contact with the said rail, and angularly disposed rod members formed with-the inner sleeve and connecting the outer arms at points between the periphery of the wheel and the tread surface of the rail.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

LOUIS B. CASTANO.