US174437A - Improvement in safety apparatus for railroads - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B61—RAILWAYS
- B61F—RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAIL VEHICLES
- B61F9/00—Rail vehicles characterised by means for preventing derailing, e.g. by use of guide wheels
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- Jfhe contriva-nce is also designed to be such that in crossing swamps, rivers, and other places where the ordinary rails cannot be well laid,
- the cars may run altogether by the grooved wheels out-he guard-rails, the latter being' firmly supported on the piles, and the wheels being suitably connected with the power.
- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved safety apparatus applied to an ordinary rail- Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation.
- V A represents the elevated safety guard-rails
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, a; B PROHIAS. I SAFETY APPARATUS Fen ammoAns,
No. 174,437. awn-ea March *7, 18 7 6.
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UNITED; STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN B. r oaIAs OF NEW YORK, QY.
IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY APPARATUS FOR RAILROADS.
Specilh ation Iormirg part of Letters Patent No. 174,437, dated March 7, 1876; application filed December 4, 1875.
To all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, JOHN Boson PROHIAS,
of the city, county, and State of New York,
have invented a new and Improved Safety Apparatus for Railroad-Oars, of which the followingis a specification:
.will catch on these side railsby the projections, and thus be prevented from injury. Jfhe contriva-nce is also designed to be such that in crossing swamps, rivers, and other places where the ordinary rails cannot be well laid,
the cars may run altogether by the grooved wheels out-he guard-rails, the latter being' firmly supported on the piles, and the wheels being suitably connected with the power.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved safety apparatus applied to an ordinary rail- Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation.
Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.
V A represents the elevated safety guard-rails,
which are supported at, the sides of the car B on strong piles or other supports 0, either connected with the structure D of the permanent way, or supported independentlyon the ground. E represents hooks, and :F guard-wheel projections from the body of the car in such rela-- JOHN BOSCH PROHIAS.
Witnesses:
T. B. MOSHER, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.
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| US3817186A (en) * | 1972-08-18 | 1974-06-18 | R Walsh | Interaction railway track and vehicle stabilizing system |
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| US3817186A (en) * | 1972-08-18 | 1974-06-18 | R Walsh | Interaction railway track and vehicle stabilizing system |
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