US1660482A - Ballast-treating machine - Google Patents

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Feb. 28, 1928.

J; ERICK SON BALLAST TREATING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 1926 I INVENTOR. 60 ZZZW A TTORNE Y.

J. ERICKSON BALLAST TREATING MACHINE Feb. 28, 1928.

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BALLAST-TREATING MACHINE.

Application filed August 17, 1326. Serial No. 129,698.

It is necessary that the stone ballast of railway tracks be treated at intervals for the purpose of removing from the voids between the stones, constituting the'ballast material dirt and similar material which tends to clog the layer of ballast and prevent the free drainage of water therethrough.

The means heretofore employed for the In purpose of treating the ballast has been unsatisfactory because of the slowness with which the treatment may be effected;

The ballast treating means of the present invention is adapted for treating the ballast 1 upon the sides of railway tracks and between adjoining tracks and for redepositing the treated and cleaned ballast after treatment.

The general object of the present invention isto-provide ballast treating means which is adapted to be mounted uponthe body of a railway car and, when operated, to deposit the dirt and other clogging material in the said body and simultaneously to.

deposit the cleaned rock constituting the ballast at the sides of railway'tracks and between adjoining tracksshould there be two tracks in adjoining relation to each other.

It also is an object of the invention to provide a jigging pan onto which the mate.-

rial to be treated maybe deposited and means for effecting operation of the said jigging means to cause separation of the ballast rock from the dirt and other impurities or clogging material which may be present and intermingled therein. 1 Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby the ballast after treat-- ment may be deposited automatically in positions in rear of the positions from which the said ballast was removed, in order that the gathering and depositing of the untreated ballast material onto the jigging pan of the ballast treating means may be carried on simultaneously with the depositing of the treated ballast in place .upon the track bed.

To these and other ends my invention comprehends the construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter described in detail, particularly point-ed out in the claims and as illustrated in the drawings in which I have illustrated one form of afconvenicnt embodiment of apparatus or means embodying the invention. I

However, it will be understood that the invention is susceptible of embodiment. in

other formsof construction than that shown and that changes in the details of construction maybe made within the scope of the Fig. 1 is a view in longitudinal section of an apparatus or means embodying the invention and in transverse section of a car body upon which the said apparatus or means in adjustably mounted, the said figure also'showing a wheel and a portion of the axle for supporting the saidcar body and also, in section, one rail of a railway track and a portion of a cross-tie upon which the same is supported;

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the apparatus or means embodying the invention and also showing the upper portions of the opposite sides of the railway-car body upon which the said apparatus or means is supported; v I 1 Fig. 3 is a view in top plan of the means embodying my invention, a portion thereof being broken'away in order to show the de- 7 tails of construction of a part of the mecha a portion of the said machine taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1, the said view also showing a portion of the inside of one side of the car body uponwhich the machine is supported. 7 7

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a railway track and 2 a railway car mounted upon wheels which are supported upon the rails of the said track.

so that the ballast does not' satisfactorily perform its function of draining off the water in case of rain. Hence, 1t becomes nec- Although not shown, it will be understood that not only between the cross-ties of the track, but also upon both sides of the track and in between adjoining tracks there is essary at intervals treat theballast for the purpose of removing therefrom such dirt and other foreign materials. To that 'end the machine which will now be described in detail has been provided.

The machine comprises a frame structure consisting of base side members 3 which are joined at their opposite ends by means of connecting and bracing members t, 5 and 6. The members 1 and 5consist of channels while the member 6 is shown as consisting 1' of a; cylindrical rod orJbar, but it may consist of a member of any other suitable shape in crosssection. Standards 10 are connected with thebase members 3 at the opposite sides of the base frame of the machine near the front end thereof. These standards exof channel shape are connected at their up per front ends to the standards 10. The cross connecting bar 12 extends through the said members 15 near their upper front ends, as shown. The opposite ends of the said side members 15 at the discharge or rear end of the machine are connected to the adjoining ends of the base frame members 3 by means of rivets, as indicated at 16. Relatively short standards 17 are secured to the side frame members 3 near the discharge or rear end of the machine, which standards are also connected with the inclined side frame members 15. The members 3, 10, 15

and 17 are tied rigidly together so as to form a strong, rigidframe structure. The top edges of the opposite sides of the car body are provided with Wear plates 21 and 22 which may be of any preferred shape in transverse section. In the drawings I have shown the wear plate 21 as of channel shape, while the wear plate 22 is of angle shape.

It is apparent that the framestructure may be moved to differentpositions with respect to the length of the car body merely by sliding the same upon or over the wear plates 21'and 22. If preferred or desired anti-friction means may be'provided for facilitating the movement of the frame structure with the operative parts of the machine thereon to different positions upon the car body. H

The standards or projections 10 and 17, previously referred to, project above the upper edges of the inclined side frame members 15 for a purpose which will be herein-- after described.

Supported upon theframe struct'ureis a jig pan 25 having a perforated bottom 26,

as shown. The perforations should be of a size sufficient to permit the passage therethroughof the dirt and other material which structure of the. machine. For the purpose of decreasing the shock,

. it is desired to remove from the ballast stone,

but such perforations must be smaller the the diameter of the smallest portions of stone which it is desiredto retain in the ballast mass. j

The jig pan 25 mounted upon parallel links 28 located at the opposite sides of the frame structure of the machine. The lower ends of the front links of the respective pairs of parallel links 28 are pivotally supported upon the lower ends ofbrackets 29 which are secured to and depei id from the opposite inclined frame member 15. The lower ends of the rear links of the respective pairs of parallel links are p votally connected to the side members 3 of the base, of

the frame structure, as indicated at 30. The upper ends of the links are pivotally connected to the opposite sides of the jigran as indicated at 31. j

For the purpose of effecting oscillating or jigging movements of the jig pan 25 I have provided connectlng links 35, the upper. ends of which are connected to the opposite sides of the 11?; pan, while the lower ends thereof are connected with eccentrics 36 mounted,

upon a shaft 37 supported in bearings 38 provided upon standards 10. The said shaft is provided with a wheel 38 which is adapt ed to be driven by means of a suitable belt 39 whichis in turn driven by means of a small wheel 10 mountedupon the shaft 41 of an engine indicatedat 42. A fly wheel 43 is also mounted upon the said shaft 41.. The

engine structure is mounted upon a plat for1n45 which is secured to theupper edges of thecross-beams 4 and 5, previously re-;

ferred to.

The engine structure is merely indicated in outline because any suitable construction of. engine may be employed for the purpose of driving/the wheel 38 and the shaft 37 on which it is mounted to effect reciprocation of the connecting rods 35 to thereby cause oscillating or jigging movements of the jig pan 25. l

In its oscillating movements the jig pan 25 is steadied and guided by the upper end portions of the standards 10 and 17 which pro ect above and beyond the upper edges of the inclined side members 15 of the frame ineasethe oscillating jig pan should strike the inclined side members 15 of the structure, I have provided buffer blocks 50.

or other suitable material.

For the purpose ofprotect ing as far as mounted upon the upper end portion of the jig pan 25. This hood extends forwardly over and above the top of the engine structure and its sides are closed so as to partially of rubber inclose the upper portion of the engine structure. Asa further protecting means I have also provided a hood 52' mounted at 1ts lower edge upon the base frame members 3 and extending crosswise of the machine and around and over the wheel 38'and shaft 37. The upper edge of the protecting hood 52 terminates in adjacent relation to a cross-beam 58 which extends between and connects the inclined side members 15 of the frame structure. The protecting hoods 51 and '52 are preferably constructed of sheet metal, as shown.

At its discharge end the machine is provided with a chute 6O throughwhich the cleaned ballast material is redeposited upon the track bed. Thechute comprises inner and outer walls 61 and 62', and edge walls 63 and 64. The top edge of the inner wall 61 terminates in a plane substantially flush with that of the adjoining edge of the bottom 26 of the jig pan 25 when the latter occupies its lowermost position. The outer wall 62 and the opposite edge walls 63 and 64 of the chute extend upwardly above the top edge of the inner wall 61. The distance between the extended portions of the edge walls 63 and 64 is slightly greater than the exterior width of the jig pan 25, so that in the oscillations of the latter it will not strike the said edge walls.

The lower edges of the inner and outer walls 61 and 62 and the edge wall 64: extend transversely of and are inclined with respect to the jig structure, as indicated at 65, so that the discharge opening 66 of the chute is located adjacent the lower end of the edge wall 63. The purpose of so locating the discharge opening vof the chute. will be fully set forth hereinafter.

The wall 64 is provided with an, eye 67 which is adapted to be mounted upon a supporting pivot 68 which is secured'to one of the side members 15 of the frame of the machine by means of rivets 70. The eye 67 is. retained upon the pivot 68 by means of a pin 71. An anchoring and supporting chain 75 I is secured to the opposite edge wall 63 of the machine near the lower end thereof and is adapted to engage with hooks 76 located at intervals upon the adjoining side of the car body.

lVhen the railway car uponwhich the ma chine is mounted is stationary and the said machine is in use the chain is connected with a hook 76 in a way to support the chute in depending position to discharge the treated ballast onto the track bed, as shown in Fig. 4. When, however, it is desired to transfer the car upon which the machine is mounted to some other location upon the railway track the lower end of the chute is lifted by turning the said chute about its pivot 68 and is supported in such elevated position by engaging a hook 76 with a link of the chain 75 located more nearly to the point of coni iection of the chain to the chute.

- In the use of the machineit. will be as edge wall and the wall-63 as a rear edge wall. v

The material to be treated may be scooped up by dredge buckets from positions or locations corresponding to the forward part of the chute or beyond such forward part'and deposited upon the upper end portion of the machine'adjacent-the hood 51. If at such time the pan is being oscillated the mate-' rial will flow downwardly upon the bottom of the pan-;: the dirt and-other impurities will pass through the openings therein and be deposited inthe car body, while the cleansed stone will be discharged into the chute and be deposited through the opening 66 at points in rear of that from which the untreated ballast was previously obtained and placed upon the jig pan for treatment. As the work proceeds the car with the machine thereon may be moved forward in order to bring the latter into operative relation to the ballast to be treated; also, as the portion of thebody underneath the jig pan becomes filled with the dirt and other impurities which are sifted throu h the holes on perforations in the bottom 0 the'jig pan the machine is moved forward upon the top edges of the car body so as to deposit the dirt and other impuritiesin an unfilled portion of the car body. I

Any suitable means maybe provide d for It will be seen that by my invention I am enabled to provide a machine which is well adapted for the economic treatment of the ballast of railway tracks for the purposeof removing dirt and other impurities therefrom and for depositing the cleaned ballast directly from the machine onto the track bed at points in rear of that from which it was taken to be placed upon the jig pan of v the machine.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: j

1. In a railway ballast treating machine which is adaptedto be movably mounted upon a railway car body, the combination of a frame mounted upon the said car body, a jig pan having a perforated bottom supported upon said frame, said jig pan being angularly related to a horizontal plane, powermeans for effecting oscillations of the said jig pan, a chute supported to swing in a plane which extendstransversely of the said jig pan, the upper end of said chute being open and being located in cooperative relation to the lower end of the said jig pan, means for supporting said chute thereon in depending vertical or in elevated position in adjoining and parallel relation to a side of the said car body, and the said chute being adapted to deposit the cleaned ballast in positions in rear of the front, edge portion of the said machine.

2.. In a railway ballast't-reating machine, the combination of a frame structure adapted to be-mounted upon a railway car body and to be moved from end to end thereof, a jig pan having a perforated bottom mounted upon the said frame structure, means for effecting oscillatory movements of the said EU jig pan, a pivot bar mounted upon said relation to the discharge end of the said jig pan to receive treated ballast therefrom, the

forward edge wall of said chute being pivotally supported upon the said pivot bar, whereby the said chute may be swung into adjusted positions in a plane extending at right angles to a horizontal plane, and means for supporting the said chute in adjusted angular positions; 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing;

as my invention, I have hereunto signed myname this 13th day of August, A.'D. 1926.

JAMES ERIGKSON.

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