US1362141A - Portable railroad - Google Patents

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2 SHEETSSHEET l- Patented Dec. 14, 1920.

PORTABLE RAILROAD. APPLICATION FILED DEC-26.191]. RENEWED OCT. 23, 1920.

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PORTABLE RMLROAD.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-26, 1917. RENEWED 001. 2a, 1920.

1,362,141, Patented Dec.1 1,1920

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS SERAPH REISENBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 JAMES L. SHARKEY, 0F HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

PORTABLE RAILROAD.

Application filedDecember 26, 1917, Serial no. 208,736.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANoIs SERAPH Rnrsnnnnae, a citlzen of the United States,

residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Portable Railroads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail or railway systems.

The object of the invention is to provide a railway system which may be quickly and easily set up and taken down or bodily shifted short distances without disassembling the construction and which comprises few parts which may be of standard construction and which is simple in structure, efficient in operation and economical of manufacture.

A further object of the invention is to provide a portable railway system.

A further object of the invention is to provide a railway system, which is light, but at the same time durable and strong.

A. further object of the invention is to provide a railway system which may be set up without preliminarily forming a railway bed.

A further bject of the invention is to provide a railway system which may be readily set up with a level travel over rough or un leveled areas.

A further object of the invention is to provide a railway system which affords adjustment to maintain the rails thereof in a level plane.

Further objects of the invention will appear more fullyhereinafter.

The invention consists substantially in the construction, combination, location and relative arrangement of parts, all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth as shown by the accompanying drawing and finally pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a section of a railway system embodying my invention, showing the same applied to an uneven road bed.

Fig. 2 is a view in end elevation of a section of the same.

Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the main wheel and rail arrangement.

Fig. 1 is a similar view showing an auxiliary wheel and rail arrangement.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1920. Renewed October 23, 1920. Serial No. 419,128.

F 5 shows a modified arrangement of carrier.

Fig. 6 shows a still further modified construction of carrier embodying my invention.

The same part is designated by the same reference character wherever it occurs throughout the several views.

It is among the special purposes of my present invention to provide a light, cheap, strong, durable, portable railway system employing parts of standard construction, which may be readily set up over the natural earth surface without the necessity of a prepared road bed and which may be adjusted in a quick, simple, efficient and economical manner t maintain the carrier rail thereof in a level plane at all times irrespective of the natural formations of the earth surface. In carrying out my invention I employ a plurality of supports each formed by a substantially U or V shaped member, the legs of which are adjustable in length and are pivotally supported by what I will term the supporting foot structure. A main and a plurality of auxiliary rails are carried by this inverted support and they in turn carry the carrier structure of any desired shape, size or material.

Referring to the drawing, I show indicated at 1 the support which in the form shown is substantially V shaped and which I prefer to make of a single casting of the desired size and shape, according to the strength required, and which in turn depends upon the weight to be carried by the railway system. It is therefore understood that my invention in its broad scope is not to be limited or restricted to any particular size, shape, or material of the elements hereinbefore or hereinafter described. For example, the'support 1 need not be of the identical shape, size or proportion employed as the structure shown in the drawing is solely for the purpose of illustration of the principle involved. The legs of the sup port 1 are each provided with an auxiliary leg 2 which is adjustable relative to the su port 1 in any desired or suitable manner as illustrative of the principle involved. but to which I do not desire to be limited or restricted. I provide cooperating teeth on the abutting edges of the support 1 and the legs 2 and hold the two members in engagingrelation relative to each other by any downwardly as may be desired and as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

It is of course apparent that by employing an auxiliary leg 2 of increased length, the amount of adjustment thus allowed would be proportionately increased. The lower end of each leg 2 is pivotally held between ears 6 by means of pin 7, the ear 6 being formed as part of a casting 8 pivotally held by the pin 9 between ears 10 of the foot 11. Carried at the top of the inverted support 1 is a rail rest 12 which is secured in any suitable manner, for example, by means of the bolts 13 and upon which rests are carried the rails 14:. Likewise, on the outer inclined surface of the support 1 and on each side thereof is provided a rail rest 15 to which rests are suitably secured the auxiliary rails 16.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a simple, cheap and efficient rail support structure which can be quickly erected in the manner which will now be described.

The first supporting structure will be set up with the feet 11 on the ground and due to the pivotal connection between the foot 11 and the pivotal connection between the casting 8 and the leg 2 it makes little or no difference if the ground is level or not as shown best in Fig. 1. Likewise due to the adjusting feature between the support 1 and the leg 2, it makes practically no differ ence what the difference between the levels of the respective legs may be. In other words, irrespective of the formation of the earth surface, the top of the inverted support 1 may be maintained in a horizontal plane.

Any number of supports may be employed according to the desired length of the railway system, likewise they may be positioned'at any desired distance apart.

For illustrative purposes, say a ten-foot rail is employed, in which case the supports would be positioned approximately 10 feet apart with the end of one rail secured in the rail rest on the top of the inverted support 1 and the end of the next succeeding rail abutting thereagainst and likewise secured in the rail rest at the top of the inverted support 1. However, in effect a suspended rail system is thus secured with a support for the rail proportioned throughout the length of the railway system in approximately equal distances. It is obvious of course that the size and strength of the supports em ployed and the distance between supports may be readily varied in accordance with the maximum weights which are to be carried by the railway system and my invention in its broad scope is not to be restricted or limited in any of these details.

Any size, shape, or character of carrier may be employed on the railway system, thus erected, and while I have shown and will now describe several carrier structures which form part of my invention I wish it to be understood that I am not to be limited or restricted to any specific structure or arrangement of carrier. As illustrative of the principles involved, I show in Figs. 1 and 2 a carrier structure comprising a frame 20 carrying an axle 21 on which is mounted a wheel 22with springs 23 interposed between the axle and the frame 20. It is preferable, though not necessary that the wheel 22 be of the grooved type to fit over the rail 14; forming a part of or secured to the frame 20 are hollow carriers 25, in which the material to be transported may be placed. The under surface of the carriers 25 is secured theretov in any desirable manner by means of the flanges 26, a wheel axle 28 on which is mounted a wheel 27 likewise preferably, though not necessarily, of the grooved type to fit over the auxiliary rail 16. The end of the frame 20 may carry eyes 29 to form attaching means for any desired purpose, for example, a train of carriers may be employed and the source of motive power may be attached thereto.

As above stated, I do not desire to be restricted to any particular form of carrier as many changes in the details of construction thereof will readily occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. For example, the carrier 25 may be a detachable bag or receptacle arrangement, as shown at 30, in Fig. 5, in which instance, a frame 31, which carries the auxiliary wheel structure 27 also forms a rest for the receptacle 30. Likewise, and as shown in Fig. 6, a platform 32 may be employed in preference to a receptacle, in which case reinforcing supports 33 may be connected between the platform 32 and the portion of the frame which carries the auxiliary wheel 27.

Any form of motive power may be em ployed with the railway system above described, for example, steam or electric locomotives may be employed, if desired, or a team of horses, or mules, may be used or man power may be utilized for this purpose, and my invention is not to be restricted to any particular motive power employed.

The uses for a railway system embodying the invention here involved are practically unlimited and are too numerous to tabulate as the system may be employed in any instance where a quickly installed railway system is desired, which will permit the transportationof material or passengers over uneven ground, such as farm lands or natural uneven and rocky earth surface, without the necessity of preparing a road bed.

Having now set forth the objects and nature of my invention, what I claim as new and useful and of my own invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A portable railway system comprising a plurality of universally adjustable supports each including a pair of legs, and meansfor supporting a rail upon said supports at a point intermediate said legs.

2. A portable railway system comprising a plurality of supports each including a pair of legs, means for supporting a rail at its ends upon said supports at a point intermediate said legs and means for independently adjusting said legs to maintain said rail in a constant plane.

3. A a plurality of supports each including a pair of legs, means for supporting at their ends a plurality of rails upon said supports at a point intermediate said legs, and means for independently adjusting said legs to maintain said rails in a constant plane.

l. In a portable railway system a rail rest, a unitary support for said rail rest comprising a plurality of supporting legs and means'for individually adjusting said supporting legs, to maintain said rail rest in a horizontal position.

5. In a portable railway system a rail rest, an inverted' substantially V-shaped support for said rail rest, each leg to which being adapted to lie on the surface of the earth and means for individually adjust ing the length of said legs.

6. In a portable railway system, a rail rest, a support for said. rail rest comprising a plurality of supporting legs, means for individually adjusting the length of said legs, a foot for each of said legs, pivotally secured thereto to allow a simultaneous pivotal movement of said support in reaching an adjusted position.

7. In a portable railway system a rail rest, a unitary supporting structure for said rail rest including a plurality of supporting legs provided with a common supporting portable railway system comprising surface and means for individually adjusting said supporting legs, to maintain said rail rest in a horizontal position, and means for locking said legs in their adjusted po sition.

8. In a portable railway system a rail rest, an inverted substantially ll-shaped support for said rail rest, each leg to which being adapted to lie on the surface of the earth, and means for individually adjusting the length of said legs, and means for locking said legs in their adjusted position.

9. In a portable railway system, a rail rest, a support for said rail rest comprising a plurality of supporting legs, means for individually adjusting the length of said legs, and a foot pivotally connected to each of said legs to allow pivotal movement in two directions and adapted to rest on the earths surface to afford a foundation for said support.

10. In a portable railway system, a rail rest, a support for said rail rest, adjustable legs for said support and an auxiliary rail rest carried by each of said legs on opposite sides of said main rail rest.

11. A rail support comprising an inverted substantially V-shaped member provided with a rail rest at the top thereof, auxiliary legs adjustably secured to the legs thereof, a foot pivotally carried by each of said legs, and a base pivotally carried by each of said feet.

12. A railway system adapted to be erected on the surface of the earth without forming a leveled road bed thereon comprising a plurality of rail supporting members each provided with a pair of angularly disposed legs, and means for individually adjusting said legs to maintain the rail in a substantially horizontal plane.

13. A railway system adapted to be erected on the surface of the earth without forming a leveled road bed thereon comprising a plurality of rail supporting members each provided with a pair of angularly disposed legs, said members being located at substantially equal distances apart, and means for individually adjusting said legs to maintain the rail suspended between said supports in a level plane.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand on this 19th day of December, A. D. 1917.

FRANCIS SERAPH REISENBERG.

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