US340275A - Torpedo-adjuster - Google Patents

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J. H. BEVINGTON.

TORPBDO ADJUSTER.

No. 340,275. Patented Apr. 20, 1886.

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TORPEDO-ADJUSTER.

EPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,275, dated April 20, 1886.

' Application filed April20,1885. SerialNo. 163,830. (."oanmlell To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES H. BEVINGTON, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Torpedo-Adjusters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

The nature of this invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in adjustable forks or adjusters, by means of which torpedoes and other signals can be deposited with certainty upon the rail of a railway-track by the operator on the passing train; and the inventionis designed as animprovement upon the devices for a similar purpose, as shown, respectivel y,in patents issued to me, No. 27 3,441, dated March 6, 1883, and No. 298,935, dated May 20, 1881. In implements for this purpose there must be provision made for de positing such torpedoes more frequently than can be done with the devices now in use, for if such torpedoes are required to be placed at intervals of fifty feet, as is demonstrated by many railroad rules,with theimplementsnow in use this cannot be done, as they are designed to hold but a single torpedo; hence, when this one is placed there is not time, unless the train is running very slowly, for the operator to adjust another torpedo in the fork and place it upon the rail at the required distance; and in such implements there is no provision made for preventing the impact of the fork against the bolts and nuts, which form a partof the rail-joint, damaging the adjuster; and in the implements now in use there is no provision for an extension of the handle, which experimental use demonstrates is necessary, as it gives a greater range to the adjuster, and when not in use allows it to be so shortened as to be easily stowed away in the ordinary tool-box carried upon railway-trains.

The object of the invention is to so construct the device as to meet the requirements above referred to, and make it more convenient for use than those now on the market.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device in the act of placing a torpedo on the rail. Fig. 2 is an elevationof the same partially in section.

In the drawings, A represents the head,

cast or formed integral with the arms B, G, and l), the device somewhat resembling in appearance a three-tined fork. The end of the arm B terminates in a rectangular hollow plate, a, having a chamber, '1), therein, the opening in which is presented inwardly or toward the arm 0, which also terminates in a hollow plate, 0, having a chamber, (1, there in, with openings on either side presented outwardly toward the arms B and D, and over the center of this chamber or recess d there is a central bridge, 6. The arm D also terminates in a hollow plate, (0, having a chamber, 1/, therein, the opening in which is also presented inwardly or toward the arm 0.

In practice a torpedo, E, having a spring, F, centrally secured to the bottom thereof, is employed by inserting one end of the spring F into the chamber in one of the arms B and D, and inserting the other end of said spring in the chamber of the arm 0, where it is confined by the bridge 6. The other side of the adjuster having been provided with another similar torpedo, and in a similar way, is now ready to deposit a torpedo on the rail G; butin so doing it is necessary that the torpedo be held against accidental displacement, and this is done by securing to the side or front of the head A a leaf or fiat spring,H, which will rest against the top of the torpedo, as shown.

in Fig. 1, one of such springs being provided for each side of the adjuster.

\Vhen in use in placing torpedoes on the rail, it frequently will happen that this must be done in the immediate vicinity of thejoint in the rail G, when the arms (or any of them) may be brought into contact with the nut or head of the fish-plate belt I, and such impact, with the train upon which the operator stands running at a high rate of speed, will have a tendency to break or bend such arm, thereby rendering the implement unservieeable until repaired. To prevent this and give the device the necessary elasticity to prevent such a disaster, a spring, J, is secured to the head A, and between it and the handle. This handle may be made in any desired manner, so long as there is a spring interposed between it and the handle of the adj uster-head. The handle which I prefer is composed of a handle, K, proper, upon which is sleeved the tube L,and upon this is sleeved another tube, M, which is rigidly secured to the spring which is attached to the head of the adjuster. A handle thus constructed can be telescopically extended or shortened as occasion may on each side toward the outer arms, and having a central bridge,as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In combination with a torpedo-adjuster constructed substantially as described, a telescopic handle secured to the springinterposed between the head of the device and said handle, substantially as and for the purposes described.

4. A torpedo-adj uster consisting of ahead from which project three arms, constructed substantially as described, two springs to bear upon the upper surface of the torpedo, a handle, and a spring interposed between the handle and head, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

JAMES H. BEVINGTON.

\Vituesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, CHARLES .I. HUNT.

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