US343304A - Torpedo railway-signal - Google Patents

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TORPEDO RAILWAY SIG-NA Pate nted June 8, 1886.

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TORPEDO RAILWAY SIGNAL.

Patented June 8, 1886.

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J AOOB DEUEL, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS- SIGNMENTS, TO THE PALMER TORPEDO SIGNAL COMPANY, OF PLAIN- FIELD, NEV JERSEY.

TORPEDO RAILWAY-SIGNAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part o f Letters Patent No. 343,304, dated June 8, 1886.

Application ilcd October S, 1885.

To all whom. t may concern.'

Beitknown that I, JACOB DEUEL,of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Torpedo Railway-Signals, of which the foling is a specification.

This invention is a modification of and improvement upon the devices set forth in Letters Patent No. 310,717, granted January 13, 1885, to Timothy G. Palmer.

This improvement is made with reference to simplifying the construction of the parts, and for allowing the signal to be moved during the passage of a train.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of the torpedo-signal apparatus and a crosssection of the rail. Fig. 2 is a plan view with the upper part or rocker removed. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan of the rocker. Fig. et is a cross-section at the line x, Fig. 5; and Fig. 5 is a partial elevation at one side of the signal apparatus, with the parts broken open at the spring plug that raises the end vof the rocker.

The base-piece A of the torpedo signal is rmly connected to the rail B, preferably by the clip-pieces C and bolts D, andthis basepiece A is made with the anvilA,upon which the torpedo is to be exploded, and there is a guide, A2, at the back end, through which the rod D passes to the torpedoslide E, the end of which slide is made with an opening adapted to receive the torpedo F between the jaws E', as in the aforesaid patent, the rod D extending to the signal apparatus, so that it is moved back and forth with the slide E and torpedo F when the danger or other signal upon the railwaytrack is actuated. Upon this basepiece A are the bearing-fianges G, that extend up into recesses within the swinging cappiece or head H, and there are screws orbolts I passing into the cap-piece from each side and through the bearing fianges G. These bolts form pivots upon which the cap-piece or head H is free to swing from the position shown in Fig. 5 to the position shown in Fig. 1. This cap-piece is nearly balanced; but the prepon derance of weight should be at the end next to the rail B, so that the said cap-piece will oc- Scrial No. 179,292. (No model.)

cupy the position shown in Fig. l when the parts are at rest.

In the capHis a magazine, K, havingacap, K', that is removed for the insertion of torpedoes, as the same may be required from time to time. It is preferable to make vertical ribs upon the innersurface of the magazine, as seen at L, Figs. l and 3. These guide the torpedoes as they feed down by gravity, and are taken off in succession by the slide E, and there may be a weight upon the top of the torpedoes to steady the same. As the slide E is moved back and forth it carries with it the bottom torpedo, and the other torpedoesin the magazine rest upon the slide E, when the said slide is project-ed into the position shown in Fig. 5, to bring the torpedo F over the anvil A. If the torpedo is not exploded, it is brought back to the position shown in Fig. 1,when the slide E and jaws E are drawn away from the rail; but if the torpedo is exploded the jaws E come back empty and receive another torpedo, as in the aforesaid patent.

Upon the under side of the cap H there is an exploder, M, immediately above the anvil A', and in such a position that it will-pass in between the jaws E and explode the cartridge, should there be a cartridge inposition, as indicated in Fig. 5, when the wheels of a train pass along and press down the end of the cappiece H next to the rail B.

The parts thus far described might be used without any addition thereto, provided there was no risk of the signal being moved when a train was passing; but to provide for this contingency I place upon the slide E one or two cams, N, which are received into longitudinal channels O in the under side of the cap H. These cams N serve to lift up the end of the cap H next to the rail as the torpedo is carried forward, so that the exploder M will be sufficiently elevated to allow the torpedo to pass in beneath it; and I provide one or two spring-plugs, I), within recesses made vin the under side of the cap H, there being a crosspin, S, through the plug, against which the spring T acts, and a plate, U, is screwed upon the under side of said cap H, to retain the cross-pin S, spring, and plug in place. If

there are two ca nis N, there will be two springplugs P; but one of said plugs will usually be sufficient. As the slide E and cams N are moved toward the rail said cams pass under the springplugs P and raise up this end of the cap-piece H; but'shonld the wheels of a train come in contact with the end of the cap H at the time the cams Nare under the springplugs I the cap-piece H will be depressed, and the spring-plugs will yield without any of the parts being injured.

Vhenever the end of the cappiece H next to the rail is depressed, and there is a torpedo under the exploder, a danger signal will be given by the explosion of the torpedo.

The tail or back end, H, of the cap H is made to protect the slide E from the action of rain or snow by covering said slide and inclosing it within the side flanges, H2. The guide-lug Aupon the base A, through which the rod D passes, is also covered and protected by the part H' ofthe cap.

I provide a projection at d upon the slide E, which proj ectiou acts against the under part of the eap-piece H, as seen in Fig. l,when

. the slide E is drawn back, and it insures the movement of said cap-piece, and holds it so that the end next the rail is out of the way of the passing wheels.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination, with the base A and anvil A', of the swinging cap-piece H, andthe pivots supporting the same, the magazine for the torpedoes, and the slide E, with the jaws E', for presenting the torpedo upon the anvil, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the base A and the anvil A', of the swinging cap H, the pivots upon which the same is supported, the slide E, cani N, and exploder M, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the base A,a11vi1 A', and slide E, of the cap-piece H, the pivots upon which the same swings, the exploder upon the under side of the cap, the cam N, and the spring-plug l?, substantially as set forth.

4:. The combination, with the base A and the anvil A', of the swingcap H, the pivots upon which the same is supported, the slide E, cam N, exploder, and the projection d, for acting upon the cap H, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

Signed by me this 3d day of October, A. D. 1885.

JACOB DEUEL.

Vitnesses:

XVM. KAIss, Unas. F. CossUM.

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