US61637A - William siefbet - Google Patents

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W. Y SIBPBRT. TRACK OLBARER.

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WILLIAM SIEFEBT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 HIMSELF herb JOHN PRICE, OF SAME .P Aon,

Letters Patent No. 61,637, dated Jamie- 29, 1867.

V IMPROVED SAFETY-GUARD FOR RAILROAD CABS- TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SIEFBRT, of New York, county and state of New ork, have invented certain new and useful Improvement in Safety-Guards for Cars; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and cxact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, 'in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical longitudinal section Figure 2, a cross-section on .line S S, fig. 1.

Figure 3, 5: horizontal section through line T.

Figure 4, an elevation of a part of my invention.,

Figure 5, a section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures. v

The object of my invention is to provide mcanswfor efi'ectively preventing the serious disasters'so often occurring in our crowded streets and on our railroads, to provide cheap and adequate means-easily applied to any cars already running an dto such building.

The nature of my invention consists in arranging guards to the wheels, which always keep-their proper elevation above the track, in'case of street cars onehalfinch above the rail, whichmay be more. or less as the case may require. To obtain this object, I secure nay-guards to a stout frame, which latter is secured to the axles of the wheels in such a .manher-that they turn freely in the frame, andyet hold the latter firmly. The guards being close to the wheels, and having, by reasonof being securedto axles of the same wheels, the respective motions of thel'sam,'it will beeasily understood that the guards will rise and fallwith the wheels as the unevenness of the track will require,

1%,, figs. 1 and 2, represents the body of the car; 13 B are the wheels; 0 C .the axles. In new cars I-provide on the axles, close to the wheels Q G, collars c 0. Between these collars rest the two longitudinal carrierbars I) D, which are connected at their respective ends by-the cross-bars-E If my invention is'to heapplied to 'cars already running, Imakc the collars, little, 0 c, in two halves, as shown in figs. 4 and 5,,which are secured to the axle by three pairs of set-screws, c c, which allow also theadjustment of :the collar on" the axle concentric with the wheels. To secure these bars D D to the axles, they are provided at the places with boxes formed partly on the bars D'D, and by a coven d, secured to the bars from below by bolts, d d '9il 3iolcs are ;-provided on the'boxes. The cover d is hollow, to form a receptacle for the oil, and being supplied in the common way with waste, forms a self-oiler similar to all railroad axle-boxes now constructed. To the bars I) D are firmly secured the guards F F, one before and one behind each wheel, or only before each wheel, as may be 7 found advisable. Where two guards to each wheel are employed, I deem it "advisable to connect the same on the outside by a plate, 9, as shown in the drawings, thereby forming an additional guard on the outside, and atthe same time a truss, so that the strain thrown on one guard will .be borne by both by these means the guards are secured to D firmly, and may be constructed with comparative lightness. vThe guards may, for the same object, be connected at the outside to the axle-bones by truss-bars, but I prefer the former. The guards are trusscd to the frame by truss-rods, d d, which are riveted to the guards and bolted to th'c'framef The guards are rounded on the lower edges, so as to prevent them from cutting the obstacles they may encounter.

Having now fully described my invention, I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, as follows. The arrangement of the stationary guards F F, in'combination' with the axles C, carrying-bars D, trussplate g, and truss-rod 11, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

. WILLIAM SIEFERT.

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