US1364913A

US1364913A - Car-replacer

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Publication number: US1364913A
Application number: US390484A
Authority: US
Inventors: Bellows Thomas Henry
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1920-06-21
Filing date: 1920-06-21
Publication date: 1921-01-11
Anticipated expiration: 1938-01-11

Description

T. H. BELLOWS'.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21| |920. 1,364,913. Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

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THOMAS HENRY BELLOWS, OF WALLA WALL, WASHINGTON.

can-REPLACER.

" Application filed .Tune 21,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known thatl, THOMAS I'lnNRY BnL- Lows, a citizen of the United States, residing at Walla Walla, in the county of Walla Walla and State of Washington, have 1nvented a new and useful Car-Replacer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway appliances, and more particularly to rerailing devices for replacing cars on the rails of a track, after a car has been derailed.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be readily and easily applied adjacent to a rail for receiving` the wheels of the car being replaced, the construction of the device being such as to guide the wheels onto the track.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for preventing lateral move-- ment of the device when a car is moving over the same.

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 understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without de arting from the spirit of the invention.

eferring to the drawing Figure l illustrates a side elevational view of a replacer-constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 illustrates a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 illustrates a sectional View taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 illustrates a sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the device includes a body section 5 and a re movable rail section 6, the body section being relatively wide, and provided with a flange 7 formed in spaced relation with one of the side edges thereof, the wall connecting the flange 7 and body section being curved as at 8 to accommodate the usual flange of a car wheel.

The upper portion of the body section 5 is curved as at 9, the opposite edge thereof being inclined as at 10, to provide a camming surface for coperating with the flange of a Wheel to guide the wheel to the track, the inclined surface 10 being however dis- Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11. 1921.

i920. serial No. 390,484.

posed on the side of the body section 5, which in operation is positioned adjacent to the rail.

Spaced arms 11 are formed at each end of the body section 5, which arms are provided with openings to accommodate the pin 12, which pin 12 also passes through a suitable opening provided in the tongue 13 that forms a part of the movable rail section 6, there being provided a cotter pin 14, extending through an opening in the pin 12 to prevent displacement of the pin, while in operation.

rlhe upper surface of the track sections 6 is inclined toward the outer extremity thereof so that the least possible resistance will be directed to the car being replaced, by the replacer, and aid in the replacing of the car. An opening 15 is formed transversely of the rail section 6 and accommodates the arm 16 which is provided with a plurality of openings 17 disposed in spaced relation `with each other, which openings are designed to accommodate the pin 18 which in operation lies flush with one wall of the track section 6 to prevent movement of the arm -16 within the opening.

Associated with the arm 16 is a hook member 19 adapted to be positioned under the base of a rail as indicated by Fig. 4 of the drawing, a portion of the base of a rail being indicated by the reference character 20, and it will be seen that this hook member 19 has connection with the arm 16 through the medium of the link 21 and relatively small hook 22, which hook 22 passes through the opening 23 formed in the hook member 19, so that the hook member may be readily and easily disconnected from the arm 16.

From the foregoing it is obvious that when the hook member 19 is positioned under the base of a rail, lateral movement of the device is prevented; however to further insure against lateral displacement of the device, the pins or spikes indicated at 24.- are provided, which pins are formed integra-l with the under surfaces of the base section, and rail section, and are designed to embed themselves in the ties which support the rail associated with the device.

In view of the fact that the body section 5 is provided with spaced arms 11, at its respective ends, it is obvious that the rail section 6 may be disconnected from one end of the body section 5, and connected to the opposite end thereof, thus providing a replacer or rerailer adapted for unlimited use.

Having thus described the invento11,What I claim as new is In a device of the character described, a base section having spaced arms formed at the respective ends thereof, a rail section having an extension adapted to be positioned between the arms at one end of the base, said rail sections having an opening extending transversely therethrough at a point substantially intermediate the ends thereof, a

locking means including a hook member, an arm having connection with the hook mem- 15 ber, said arm adapted to pass through the transversely extending opening, and means to restrict movement of the arm Within said opening.

In testimony that I claim the Jforegoing as 20 my own, I have hereto aiixed my slgnature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

THOMAS HENRY BELLOWS. Witnesses:

EARL W. BENSON, MARY SCHAUB.