US55550A

US55550A - Improved hose-protector

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Publication number: US55550A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1866-06-12
Anticipated expiration: 1883-06-12

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAO H. STONE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IM PROVED HOSE-PROTECTOR..

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,550, dated June 12, 1866.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAO H. STONE, of St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a bridge for covering fire-engine hose when crossing the track of city railways 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and clear description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The annexed drawings represent a perspective view Of one of the bridges applied to the tracks of a street-railway so as to cover a hose.

The object of this invention is to produce a light portable bridge to be used on city railways for the purpose oi' covering the hose oi' lire-engines when it becomes necessary to carry the said hose across the. track in case of rc, thereby enabling the street-cars to continue their'regular trips during the continuance of a lire.

To enable those whose business it is to conduct city railways and Others to construct and use myimproved portable bridge for covering hose of tire-engines, I will proceed to describe its construction and Operation.

The said bridge consists of two short sections Of rails, A A, connected together by a hollow transverse beam, B. The groove cut in the bottom 'of the tracks or rails and the beam should be large enough to admit one or more fullsized tire-engine hose. The rails should be' high enough in their longitudinal center to raise the wheels of the Vcars over the hollow beam B, and from this center point 'they should be gradually sloped down toward either end, at a, where they will t tightly to the ordinary rails of the road d, so as to permit the wheels of the cars to Arun up on them without any difficulty.

The rails AAl may be fastened together or to the beam B by means of the screw-bolt c, or other similar arrangements.

The said rails may be made wholly of iron, or they may be made of wood covered with strapiron on that portion of them on which the wheels run. They may be constructed so that each rail may be of one solid piece, or each rail may consist of two pieces jointed together in the center. so as to accommodate the rails of the bridge to the inequalities of the road-track, whether such inequalities consist ot' elevations or depressions. i

l am aware that portable bridges consisting of an 'entire covering from one end of them to the other have been used some for this same purpose; but they have been found to be too clumsy and heavy for any general use, and consequently were thrown aside.

This bridge may be secured in any place wherel it is to be used by means ofthe two dogs e, attached to the sides of it and driven into the ground or pavement. There are also short spurs e', attached to each of the rails near their ends, so as to extend down alongside of the permanent track, in Order to prevent lateral motion of the ends of the bridgerails.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- The combination of the rails A and A with the hollow beam B, the dogs e, and spurs e', forming a secure protection for hose during the entire length of its passage over railway tracks, as set forth.

IsAAO H. STONE.