US1361809A - Elevated railway - Google Patents

Description

H.. C. BERRY.

ELEVATED RAILWAY.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.29,1920 RENEWED OCT. 2. 1920.

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- g'nvcnl'ot Harry Ber/y y (TXIICU\C1J Patented Dee. 14, 1920.

HARRY C. BERRY, 0F SPOKANE, WASHINGTOBL ELEVATED RAILWAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1920.

Application filed January 29, 1920, Serial No. 354,814. Renewedk October 27, 1920. Serial No. 419,998.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, 'HARRY C. BERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spokane, in Spokane county and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Elevated Railways, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in elevated railways of the suspended type, utilizing electricity asthe preferred propelling power, and designed especially for passenger traffic, but also adaptable for use in the transportation of freight and other commodities. v Y

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a railway structure and its rolling stock in which thek cars or carriages are well balanced for rapid transit and smooth passage, and supported or elevated upon a stable and rigid superstructure along which they may be propelled with despatch, and to this end the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter set forth and claimed.'

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention in which the parts are combined and arranged accordin to the best 'mode I have thus far devised or the practical application of the principles of my invention. y

The invention as exemplified in the drawings is subject to .colorable changes and alterations within the scope of vmy appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention,and such changes and alterations are contemplated in the physical adaptation of the invention to actual use.

Y Figure 1 is an enlarged, transverse, sectional view through one of the cars and illustrating, in cross section the railway strucy ture.

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation showing the elevated railway and suspended car, part of the car being broken away to `disclose in section the interior ofthe same, for convenience of illustration.

Fig. 3 is a detail view, showing in section one of the lateral guide wheels and its connection with the side of a car.

In the preferred form of the invention as illustrated in the drawings, the elevated superstructure for the railway is supported on the base ties or cross stringers l of concrete, and spaced at suitable and regular intermetal as shown in Fig. 2, to furnish a suitable .I

and workmanlike structure for supporting and suspending the rolling stock or trains passing through the structure in traic.

Preferably the transverse arches or girders 3 are `covered with a housing 4 for protection against the elements of the weather and the underside of the girder is recessed to -accommodate the rail structures and truck structures as Well as the electric conductors and trolleys, as shown in Fig. l.

The railway track stringers 5, 5, are made up of longitudinal channel irons forming continuous stringers between the adjoining arches of the superstructure, and these stringers are secured to the arch or girder atthe sides of the recessed underside of the arch by bolts or other securing devices with the .l channel flanges directed outwardly. Against the outer faces of the stringers the track rails 6, 6, are attachedrby the rail fasteners or cleats 7, 7 saidrails forming the track for the traffic and being located in upright' position as usual. The rails are of the usual or standard railroad i type, and Vare rigidly and securely supported by their fasteners and channel stringers from the superstructure of the viaduct, the fasteners being located at regular intervals and spaced the proper distance apart to establish a wide margin of safety in the transportation of A loads over the rails.

A suitable distance above the ground sur-A face are arranged a pair of complementary side rails 8, 8, forming lateral guides for the purpose to be described, and bolted to the uprights or posts of the viaduct to form a continuous smooth track, in a vertical plane at each side of the center of the railway. At the uppermost point of the arched recess R, which recesses R form a clere-story in the superstructure or viaduct, and central of the clerc-story, is supported the electric conductor 9 in the usual form of an overhead trolley wire as in electric railways, and the necessary features y`as"windows, seats,A bag-A gageracks &c Eare apart,l of thev'interio'r, equipment vof the car, 'andE ythe exit, and 1 enf; trance doors 'D Dffor'thecar' are locatedft,

control ofthe ndto'rman or traininan,

necessary line wires for completing the cir-V cuits are carried in the viaductincustomary manner and extend to 'the power house and generators required for the purpose."

As before stated the railway is adapted for either or bothV passenger and freight, traflig and-'for purposes-:lof illustration I have usedv apassenger type offcar, indicated as afwh'ole` by the numeral 10, and Shown to be cylindrical in forrn with the rpointed front or for# ward end lO and the rrear or hind lend, 10?* formed of frusto-conical shape with theextrernities openat frontend rearlf The car` o r carriage is :of'proper and convenient di?,v

mens'ions, 'and isp'referably fashionedfwith an' outer walljll made of metal'plates of convenient size and dimensions, and an' inner;` shell ofveneer a's 12 is spaced within' theI outer wall', there being bra-ces anid connections, between these members, andthe interior ofthe car 'is also braced, 'in''additilfto other means, by 'the Hat doorl 13 elleyated a' suitable' height above 'thej lower portion of the car, andfproviding'a ctg'yinilr'iodious`in` terior for, the passenger car. The usualI the sides' near the ends, there being ve'hnltilal tors or manhole 'openings 14, 14 `in 1the `'rofof ofthe car convenient for'iaccess.

Thes1 1s]g er'1jdingy and supporting trucksfor the car arelocated-onthe rounded roof portion thereof, and comprise'lthe vertical spaced pedestals 15,15, firnly and rigidly affixed to thecar fraine, havingv journalbe'arilklg'sw'l foithel axle 17, and fat-they ends of they axle are xed'fhe imaged wheels 18,1 'thus equipletjing` atwo wheel truck supported n the track'rai1s6f6, Thev requirednungiber of, these'tr'ucks 1s carried at the top or roof of the"c ar,`l` and o'ne 'of the'trucks, as 19 at the foward'endof 'the car may be motor truck,i

drivenff'rorn the `electric motor '20,'in, lthen'ir'iterior ofthe car and secured at the ceiling thereof, the required gear between the truck and 'motor'being indicated 21. The cui?" rent is takenffrom the conductorl or trolley wife'by die trolley wheeiifze, andthe @metri-f c'l ccnnections" are controlled the ytrainman 1n the forward compartment C'paijti-v tionedolf the frnt end of the car. "The cai'fi's' propelledpby the electric motor in usual 'inanner',` the power' 'being tra,risinitftedf tothe motor ytruck "froml the inotor in'idejefr the f car which isv` suspended from its several ti'ucksfonthe railsor tracksisswiftly driven forwardfllndr, the electric power.

To: prevent' lateral y swaying of thecar, sidelwh'eels 23, 23' are utilized, projecting horiz oiitfally,y,from` the sidesfof thecar below theicentral' longitudinal ,axis thereof, and

the wheels'are in position to travel over the p1ate2e'f0bef1exee aware the car, andere Steps". 27, 27.1 are iprbvided beyond, the' dsgf the bracket to prevent excess /niovelnentfof' thebraclget, Thus, as the car is, ofneeessity,

given' freedom for forward DQYIQI ifitls"v` trucks, lateral' swaying or movernent of the carjisfprevented in eifcess' of requirements, Mid. the? resilient blekts: vth the' vlell contact j on ther side n rail'l's 'absprbt shriek-sand, prevee 'undehaile latral: maar; fr the 'maltese airlto thenr'fvingfcarfand'-p s s thecurrents offlair thrpughvtlie duct 'and outthrQughf thel refer Outlet# The ,faIlLlpelsth airt'fush theul et' e greater?Y vlctv than ,thi'rl ceti-'enteras the'etside/ Of thecerjaind thus. i rhqresistame ,at the frontend ,ofthe cepis; reduced; while theiar' pssingout through;

the rear central f oiitlet 31 prg'efi'eifits44 the ,for-

matien of a lvacuum 'and'consequentiwith its4 retardation wof the car.

-Hvifg thus. 'fully'. deSQrbed. my IlVGIl: tion, what'jI claim asfnew krand desire to. secure rntrtruck, lowei trackrails'on the viaduct, and, lateral guide vWheels A0.11. ,the @er engaging eri@ resistance resilient Supports .comprising slotted breek# etsaiid headedbdlts retaining the ,brackets in 'positions'o' that they can ieXas ,describedf.l

2.. The. Cembneton With the ,sumrtn'g rails ofi ce1" having truekconpfng 1119.-. right, overheadspaced p edestals, axles, eur'- naled inthe pedestalsand flanged Awheelson truck, 'lower'side',t1 '3CkS, and saidl car having to engage said lower side tracks.

3. The combination with the supporting tracks, of a car and suitable propelling means therefor, said car being cylindrical in shape With pointed ends, and provided 5 With a, Het Hoor, an air duet extending longitudinally of the oar beneath the Hoor and having an inlet and an outlet on the line of the longitudinal axis of the car, and a. fan blower at the front of the duct for directing air currents through said duct and out 10 at the rear, for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HARRY C. BERRY.

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