US309344A

US309344A - Railway grossing

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Publication number: US309344A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-12-16
Anticipated expiration: 1901-12-16

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' J. A. GOODRIGH.

RAILWAY CROSSING. No. 309,344.- v Patented Deo. 16, 1884.1

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JUDSON A. GOODRIOH, OF PORT JERVIS, NEV YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,344, dated December 16, 1884.

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o @ZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, JUDsoN A. GooDRrcH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Port Jervis, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Highway Railroad-Grossings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a sectional elevation of ahighway railroad-crossing embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 a detail view in perspective of the channel-iron.

The present invention has for its object to effect a durable and safe highway railroadcrossing; and it consists in the peculiar shape of channel-iron and manner of applying it, as shown in the drawings, and hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the usual crossAtie of ahighway and private railroad-crossing, upon which rest the rails B. Longitudinal blocks Crest upon the inner side ofthe base ofthe rails B, and upon the tie A, said blocks supporting the channelirons D, which extend longitudinally with the rails, and are secu red to the blocks by spikes or other suitable iastenings. The crossing is filled with plank E from one channel-iron to the other, as shown in Fig. 1.

The channel-iron D, which constitutes the essential feature of my invention, has a short longitudinal flange, a, with a concave edge, b, to correspond with the conveXity of the under side of the. tread of the rail against which it iits, as shown, while the opposite flange, c, is of sufficient height to come on the same or nearly the same horizontal piane with the top of the rail, thus providing a very durable and simple means for applying to any highway railroad-crossing.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A highway railroad-crossing consisting of the cross-ties, rails, and filling of plank, and the channel-irons arranged between the rails and iilling, and constructed, substantially as shown, with a double i'langc, the outer one bearing against the under side of the tread of the rail, and the opposite iange of sufficient height to come flush, or nearly so,with the top of the rail, substantially as and for the pur pose set forth.

2. A channeliron for highway railroadcrossings formed with two longitudinal upwardly-extending anges of different heights, one of which is concave or grooved upon its edge, substantially as and for the purpose specied.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JUDSON A. GOODRICH.

Vitnesses:

W. M. UPTEGROVE, WM. II. HORNBEOK.