US1471760A

US1471760A - Railway-track ballast grading and surfacing machine

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Publication number: US1471760A
Application number: US604566A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ursino Pasquale
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1922-12-02
Filing date: 1922-12-02
Publication date: 1923-10-23
Anticipated expiration: 1940-10-23

Description

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P. URSINO RAILWAY TRACK BALLAST GRADING AND SURFACING MACHINE Filed Dec. 2. 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 iNVENTOR P555 5144 May/)7 ATTORNEY P. URSINO RA ILWAY TRACK BALLAST GRADING AND SURFACING MACHINE Filed Dec. 2. 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 WIIIIIIIIIIIJ'IIIIII INVENTOR: flafgzm/a M11070 ATTORNEY I Get 23, 1923.,

F". URSINO RAILWAY TRACK BALLAST GRADING AND SURFACING MACHINE Filed Dec. 2. 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet i a if TTOR-NEY Patented Oct. 23, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

PASQUALE URSINO, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

RAILWAY-TRACK BALLAST GRADING AND sunmcme macnnm,

Application filed December 2, 1922. Serial No. 604,566.

Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Track Ballast Grading and Surfacing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway-ballast surfacing machines andits object is to produce a machine of this character which will be more eflicient than others hitherto in use.

More specific objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description.

The invention consists in the novel construction, adaptation and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompan ing drawings,-

Figure 1 is a p an view of devices embodying my improvements shown applied to a portion of a railway car. Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are Vertical detail sectional views through 2-2, 3-3 and 44 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view through 55 of Fig. 4. Figs. 6 and 7 are vertical sectional views through 66 and 7 -7 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a vertical section through 8- -8 of Fig. 6. Fig. 9isahorizontal section through 9-9 of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a planview illustrating the arrangement of the inter-tie grading devices. Fig. 11 is a front elevational view of the ballast surfacing devices and the casing support therefor shown in vertical section. Fig. 12 is a sectional view through 12-12 of Fig. 11.

In the drawings, the reference numeral 10 designates the frame of a car body supported by

wheels

11, 11 tracking upon rails such as 12 which are laid upon ties 13.

The various members or organizations of parts hereinafter described are illustrated as applied to but one side of the car although it is to be understood that duplicate or similar organizations of parts would be employed at the opposite side of the car.

1 In the present invention said car body frame is formed or provided with vertical guide ways 14 to receive rib elements 15 provided upon a horizontally disposed beam member 16 of a frame which is adjustable to selected elevations by means of regulating screw 17. Adjacent to its forward end the beam member 16 is provided with a laterally protruding hollow portion 18 into which extends the outer end of a bar 19 disposed transversely of the car.

Said bar is operatively connected intermediate its length to the crank pin 20 (Figs. 4 and 10) of a longitudinally disposed power driven shaft 21 which is rotated in the y vating movement during the inward or return stroke.

Rigid with, bar ;19 and within the .frame'portion -IS. is a head 23 having a pair" of vertically. spaced

bracket elements

24 and 24 provided with; apertures which serve'fas guideways for vertically movable teeth'25,

see Figs. 3 and 4, which are yieldingly held in thei lowermostjpositions with respect-to said head by means of springs 26.

The relative vertical movements of said.

teeth are individually controlled as by the provision of slots 27 in the teeth to receive I pins 28 which are rigidly secured to the head. The front lower corners of the respective teeth are chamfered, as shown in Fig. 3, to provide beveled surfaces which upon encountering a track tie, as 13 for example, in the forward travel of the carindicated by direction arrow Bto effect the raising of the successive teeth to pass over the tie. In operation the teeth 25 in their outward strokes with said bar act to push accumulations of earthymaterial outwardly from between adjacent ties to a substantially level plane slightly below the plane of the upper surfaces of the ties.

ocated in advance of the frame part 18 and secured thereto above the ties 13 is a plow blade 29 which is arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, that is to say in a substantially vertical plane disposed at an angle to the car frame and with its inner edge foremost.

Adjacent to its lower edge the plow blade 29 is provided upon its front side with a plurallty of transversely inclined projections 30, as shown in Fig. 2, whose function is to direct material in the path of the plow blade to in front of the hereinafter described-ballast surfacing and grading mechanism. V

' In the present invention this grader comprises two

endless belts

31 and 31 disposed laterally of the car and passing about

driving wheels

32 and 32 and guide pulleys such as 33 and 34.

36 represents a shaft to which the wheel 32 is secured andupon which the wheel 32 is mounted to rotate independently thereof.

The shaft 36 is driven through the medium of shafts 37 and 38 and bevel gears 39 from the car wheel axle 40 when the car is in motion. 1

The wheel 32 is rotated with the shaft 38 to drive the belt 31 in the direction indicated by arrow :1: in Fig. 4, and the other belt 31 is driven in the opposite direction throu h the instrumentality of a bevel gear 41 (Fig. 5) mounted on a stub shaft 42 and meshing with teeth 43 provided on the respective Wheels. Each of said belts is provided with digging and scraper attachments such as 44, Fig. 4, whereby the material upon the ballast at 45 is moved toward the track by the attachments of the belt 31 and away from the track by the attachments of the other belt 31 To regulate the belts to accommodate difierent slopes of the ballast, the guide pulleys 33 are mounted upon a shaft 46 which is journaled in a block 47 (Fig. 6) movable vertically in a guide 48 mounted for vertical movement on a frame 49, such motion of the block 47 is attained by means of a screw -50 connected to said block and engaging in a nut 51 which is rigid with the guide 48. As illustrated in Fig. 6, the screw 50 extends into and has a spline connection with a hollow shaft 52 which is rotated toefiect the raising or lowering of the shaft 46 and the pulleys thereon by means of bevel gears 53 from a manually operable crank shaft 54.

The guide 48 above referred to is itself vertically adjustable in guide bars 55 of the frame 49 by the provision on the guide of a rack element 56 being influenced by a pinion 57 upon a shaft,58 which also carries a pinion 59 which is rotated by a rack bar 60 connected to a lever 61 fulcrumed at 62 to the frame 49.

The lever 61 is connected by a link 63 with a controlling lever 64.

The shaft 65 for the belt pulleys 34, serves as the 'pivotal'connection between two links 66 and 67, of which the link 66 is connected at 68 to the guide 48 and the link '67 is connected at 69 to a block 70 which is secured by means of a bolt 71 in vertically adjustablepositions to the frame 49.

belts to correspond with a desired ballast slope. V

The frame 49 is made hollow to receive therein surface dressing blades 7 272 having their lower ends serrated as at 73 and a gutter forming blade 74 whose lower end, preferably, is not serrated. p

The blade 72 closest to the car frame, see Fig. 11, is pivotally connected by a pin 75 to the frame 49 and the other of said blades are pivotally connected with each other in series by pins 76.

The blades 72 172 are each provided with a stud 77 extending through guide slots 78 provided therefor in a plate 79 which .is pivotally connected adjacent one of its ends to the pin 75.

The blade 74 (Fig. 7) is connected to the frame 49 by the )rovision of guide pins 80 thereof exten ing through slots 81 provided in the blade, said slots being inclined to accommodate the arcuate movements of the series of serrated blades 7272 and maintain the blade 74 in substantially vertical position in the various adjustments of the blades 72-72 The plate 79 is operatively connected by a link 82 to the lever 61 so that when the latter is employed to regulate the scraper belts the plate is simultaneously swung up or down about its axis 75 to cause said blades to be brought into positions to dress the ballast surface to a predetermined grade or slope.

Associated with said blades and.respectively connected therewith are rearwardly extending brackets 83 in which are jour naled the axles of rollers 84, shown in Figs. 7, 8 and 9.

The frame 49 which sup-ports the grading and dressing devices above explained is hingedly connected to the main frame 16 for horizontal swinging motions by means of a pin 85 extending through

apertured lugs

16 and 49 provided on the respective frames. The angular position of the-frame 49 with respect to the car is regulated by means of a screw 86 rotatable in a boss 87 on the frame 16 and engaging in a nut 88 attached to one of a pair of toggle links 89, 90 connected to the

frames

16 and 49 by pivot pins 91.

The car to which my devices are applied is desirably propelled by a motor, not shown, mounted upon the car, such motor being utilized to drive in opposite rotary directions the

shafts

21 and 21 through the medium of known or suitable transmission mechanism.

In operation, the plow 29' is regulated to have the lower ends of the plow teeth or projections as close to theplane of the upper surfaces of the track ties 13,13 as permitted so that in the forward travel of the car the tops of the ties are practically cleared of earthy material.

Following said plow is the laterally reciprocating bar devices carrying vertically movable teeth 25 which act to push the material from between the successive track ties to a level somewhat below. the plane of the upper surfaces of the ties. The material displaced by said plow and the reciprocatory teeth 25 beyond the adjacent ends of the ties is encountered by the scraper attachments 44 of the

belts

31 and 31, the lower leadsof which, that isthe parts of the belts between the

wheels

32, 32 and the respective pulleys 33travel in opposite directions whereby the surface material on the slope is moved alternately toward and from the track for the purpose of spreading or distributing such surface material to ensure a substantially even surface.

Following such distributing devices are the surface dressing devices comprising the blades 72-72 and the gutter forming blade 74 of which the former serve to remove gravel, lumps of clay, or the like, from .the surface and to form the contour thereof to an arcuate shape and direct surplus material into the path of the blade 74 which, in turn, affords a ledge or finish at the outer edge of the sloping portion of the ballast. Finally the rollers 84 travel over the surface of the slope to render the same compact and firm.

By means of the controllin lever 64, the

surfacing blades

72, 72 and 4, the rollers 84 and the conveyor or

grading devices

31 and 31 are regulated in unison to accommodate from the horizontal.

The operation and advantages of the invention will be understood from the foregoing description.

While I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention I do not Wish to be understood as limiting myself specifically thereto, as changes may be made therefrom within the spirit of the invention as defined by the following claims.

What I claim, is,--

1. In apparatus of the character described, a car, a frame extending laterally fromone side thereof and hingedly connected with the car for angular adjustments with respect thereto, means for adjusting and securing said frame in predetermined angular relations with respect, to the car, ballast grading devices carried by said frame and comprising a conveyor provided with scraper attachments, a series of surfacing blades provided in said frame, said conveyor and blades being connected to the the same to a predetermined angleframe for angular adjustments with respect to a horizontal plane, and means for effecting such angular adjustments of the conveyor and the blades simultaneously.

2. Ina paratus of the character described, a car, a rame connected to the side thereof for horizontal movements, means to secure said frame in an adjusted position, and interconnected surfacing blades carried by said frame, and means for regulating the relative positions of said blades with respect to each other and in angular relation with respect to the frame.

3. In apparatus of the character described, a car, a frame extending laterally therefrom, a plurality of serrated blades carried by said frame, and rollers carried by the respective blades.

4. In apparatus of the character described, a car, a frame hingedly connected-thereto for horizontal swinging movements, grading and surfacing devices carried by said frame and pivotally connected therewith, and means for vertically adjusting said devices into predetermined angular relations with respect to said frame.

5. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with a car, of ballast grad ing devices including belt conveyors having scraper attachments thereon, means for regulating the elevation and angular positions of said conveyors with respect to the car, and means to simultaneously drive said conveyors in opposite directions.

6. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with a car, ballast grading and surfacing devices, a support therefor connected to the side of the car, of laterally reciprocating means carried by said ca for progressively grading and removing material from between the successive railway ties, and means for driving the aforesaid means.

7. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with a railway track, a car, a frame extending laterall therefrom, ballast surfacing blades carried by said frame, and means for regulating said blades into angular relations with respect to said frame, of a plow provided upon said car and adapted to remove material from above the track-ties into position to be affected by said surfacing blade.

8. The combination with a railway track, and a railway car, of devices movable transversely of the car and rendered operative by the travel of the car for successively removing material from above and between the ties and discharging said material at one side of the track.

9. In apparatusof the character described,

the combination with a railway car, and

ballast grading devices extending laterallyby the car to the rear of said grading devices for smoothing the surface of the material distributed by said grading devices.

10. In apparatus of the character described, conveyors having earth. diggin atta ehments, a driving shaft therefor, W eels mounted upon said shaft for the respective conveyors, operative connections between said shaft and the wheels for driving the conveyors in opposite directions, and means 10 actuated by the travel of the car for rotating the shaft.

igned at Seattle, Washington, this 25th day of November 1922.

PASQUALE URSINO. 'Witnesses:

Pmnnn BAnNns, MARGARET G; S