US4232A

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Publication number: US4232A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1845-10-11
Anticipated expiration: 1862-10-11

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL H. BEAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MANNER 0F REPLACING RAILROAD-CARS UPON THE TRACK.

Specication of Letters Patent No. 4,232, dated October 11, 1845.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. BEAN, of the city and county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement, being a Mode of Replacing Cars That have Bun Off the Track, called Beans Car-Beplacer, which is described as follows, reference being had to the annexed drawings of the same, making part of this specification.

Figure l, is a side elevation o-f the apparatus, and a section of a car olf the track and in the act of being replaced. Fig. 2, is a cross section of ditto. Fig. 3, is a top or birds eye view of the rail road track, and blocks, showing their positions in relation to each other. Fig. 4, is a perspective view of two of the inclined plane blocks. Fig. 5, is a section of a modification of the apparatus. The. nature of this invention consists in replacing rail road cars that have run off the track, by drawing the wheels of said cars up inclined planes, parallel with the track, formed on the upper surface of oblong blocks, placed in front of the several wheels, which inclined planes extend some distance above the top of the rail, and intersect transverse inclined planes formed on said blocks at right angles to the first mentioned, and

drawing said wheels on these transverse in,

clined planes, down which they slide, transversely, by the gravity of the car, to their proper positions on the track.

The blocks A may be of cast-iron or formed of wood, and covered or sheared on their wearing surfaces with sheet iron, and each have two inclined planes formed on their upper surfaces at right angles to each other. The one marked B1 extending from one end of said block, about twothirds its length, having ribs or tongues G, projecting from its surface to guide the wheels o f the car in their ascent; and the other plane B2 extending from one side of the block to the other, at right angles to, and immediately in front of, the first mentioned one. These blocks are permanently connected together in pairs, by cross bars C, a suitable distance from each other, to correspond with the width of the track; so that when they are placed in their proper positions in relation to the track the lower terminus of the transverse inclined planes will be on a line and flush with the tops of the rails F.

Then the car has run off the track, a pair of these blocks are placed in front of each pair of wheels od, in the manner represented in the drawing, being connected together and held in their positions by longitudinal rods D. The wheels of the car are then drawn up the longitudinalinclined planes B1, and on the transverse inclined planes B2 and by the gravity of the car, they slide down said transverse inclined planes, to their proper positions on the track-the inclined planes B2 being made convex in their cross section, to present as little surface for contact with the flanges of the wheels as possible to prevent unnecessary friction.

When it is desired to replace an eight wheeled car, the forward set of wheels may be replaced first, and the hind set afterward, or all may be replaced at the same time.

A carriage E, Fig. 5, guided between two grooves, and resting on friction wheels, may be placed on each of the transverse inclined planes B2, for conveying the cars down, instead of the wheels sliding over the convex surfaces of the inclined planes; but regarding it as a modification of the same principle, and inferior to the first, I do not deem it necessary to lay any claim to it in this application.

Vhat I claim as my invention and which I desire to secure by Letters Patent is- Replacing cars that have run off the track by drawing them up longitudinal inclined planes B1, formed on blocks A of any suitable material connected together, and placed in front of the several wheels, and thence on to transverse inclined planes B2, formed on said blocks, immediately in front of said longitudinal planes, and terminating on a level with the rails, down which said wheels are caused to slide, by the gravity of the car, to their proper positions on the track, as set forth.

SAML. H. BEAN.

lVitnesses:

EDMUND MAHER, JOHN E. WARNE.