US362967A - Charles mck - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

G. McK. INGERSOLL.

RAILROAD TRAGK,FROG, AND SWITCH- CLEANER. No. 362,967 Patented May 17, 1887.

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RAILROAD TRACK, FROG AND SWITCH CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming; part of Letters Patent No. 362,967, dated May 17, 1887.

Application filed January 13, 1867. Serial NWQQ'LQ'QO- (No model.)

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES MoK. INGER- SOLL, of Rutherford, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Railroad Track, Frog, and Switch Cleaner, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a tool which will clean railroad tracks (at cross ings and all places which are planked over) frogs, and switches of dirt, snow, and ice more rapidly, easily, and thoroughly than any now in use.

The new feature of my invention is the formation of one instrument or tool which will do the work formerly done by bars, picks, and shovels of cleaning dirt, snow, ice, &e., from the grooves or hollows left for the flange or rim of the wheel at crossings, switches, and frogs without any danger of damage either to itself or to the nuts or bolt-heads used in con necting the rails from contact therewith.

Figure 1 represents a bar or the body of the cleaner, to be attached to a handle. A represents the point, B the slot to hold the crossbar, and O the shank to attach to handle; or the handle and the body of the cleaner may be made in one bar, if desired.

Fig. 2 represents the crossbar, which fits into theslot B in the body of the cleaner. D shows the slot for holding the plate, formed as a shovel or plow.

Fig- 3 represents a rear view of the plate, formed as a shovel, which fits into the slot of the crossbar. F represents the blade thereof; G, the loop to pass around the handle; H, a hole for rivet or pin to fasten to handle, and L L holes for rivets or pins to fasten to crossbar, if desired.

Fig. 4 represents a plate formed as a plow, to fit into the slot D of the cross-bar, instead of the shovel, Fig. 3, if desired. I represents the blade thereof; J, a raised plow, starting at a point in the blade near the bottom and spreading as it recedes toward the top; K, a

hole for rivet or pin to fasten to handle; M M, holes for rivets or pins to fasten to crossbar, if desired. On the back there is a loop marked N, Fig. 7, with-which to fasten to handle.

Fig. 5 shows the cross-bar fastened to the body of the cleaner. Fig. (3 represents a rear View, showing the plate formed as a shovel attached to the body and crossbar. Fig. 7 represents a rear View showing theplate formed as a plow attached to the body and cross-bar.

Fig. 8 represents the cleaner with the plate formed as a shovel attached, working. 0 0 represent the planking; P, the rail, and Q the hollow left for the flange of the wheel.

' Make the body of steel or some hard metal,

that it will not strike the bolt-heads, nuts, 850., used in connecting the rails. The crossbar should be about nine inches in length and fastened securely to the body. This acts as a fulcrum for the lever composed of the body and the handle.

Besides the formation of the plate as a shovel or plow, the plate can be made in the form of a scoop; or any form that will throw off the deposits raised by the point may be used, as desired.

The plate formed either as a shovel, Fig.- 3, or a plow, Fig. 4, is an attachment used for throwing off the dirt, snow, &c., raised by the point of the cleaner. All the parts except the handle should be made of metal to endure the usage to which they must necessarily be subjected.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of a bar with a cross-bar set near the point in one tool for cleaning railroad tracks, frogs, and switches.

2. The combination of a bar and cross-bar with a plate for cleaning. railroad tracks, frogs, and switches.

CHAS. MoK. INGERSOLL.

\Vitnesses:

H. II. COPELAND, A. S. WATsoN.

the point A being of such length and width

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