US629408A - Pipe-carrier. - Google Patents

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Patented July 25, |899. B. F. WILLISTON.

PIPE CARRIER.

(Application lefi Oct. 3, 1598.)

2 Sheets-Sheet l.

(No Modal.)

W'nessc No. 629,408. Patented luly 25, |899. B. F. WILLISTN.'

PIPE- CARRIER. (Ap'pximion med on. a, 189s.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT Orrione BENJAMIN F. VILLISTON, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE DETROIT PIPE CARRIER COMPANY,

OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

PIPE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 629,408, dated July 25, 1899. u Application iiled October 3, 1898. Serial No. 692.578. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. WILLIS- rroy, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pipe- Carriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates more specifically to that kind of carriers used in mechanicallyoperated crossings, switches, signals, dac., to support the connections (pipes and wires) controlling the same from the operators tower or other distant point.

y My invention has for its principal object to devise an efficient and durable construction of carrier which at the Sametime is adapted for any number of pipes and their complementary wires and in which the number may be indefinitely increased when necessary without altering the construction or disturbing the number of connections already in use.

To this end the invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of a sectional foundation and in combination therewith of pipe or Wire carrying standards and means for fastening them to the foundation, all as more fully hereinafter described, and shown in the drawings, in which- Figure l is an elevation, partly in section, of a pipe-carrier of my construction, showing it as arranged for three lines of pipe connections and their complement of wire-carriers. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line oc :n in Fig. l, with the carrier-wheels shown in dotted lines only. Fig. 3 is another cross-section on line y y looking toward the left. Fig. 4. is a plan of one of the bed-plates and showing in dotted lines the adjacent ends of similar bed-plates connected to it. Fig. 5 is a detached elevation of oneof the wire-carrying arms. Fig. 6 is a detached elevation of one of the top roller-shafts of the pipe-carrier. Fig. 7 is a detached front and side elevation of the separate ear for locking said shaft.

A is a foundation-pier, preferably a block of concrete formed upon opposite sides with recesses a, adapted to receive the shank of the bolts B and having the enlargements b for the heads of the bolts, all in a manner to detachably secure the bolts and the plate C to the foundation-pier, substantially as shown in my Letters Patent No. 603,354., dated May 3, 1898.

C is the bed-plate, preferably of castmetal and of a length to support a number of carrying-standards. This plate has upon its upper side two parallel abutments formed by means of the raised flanges D, extending the whole length of the plate, and at the ends the plates are formed in any convenient manner to permit of extension by bolting together endwise any desired number of similar plates without disturbing the existing structure. In the construction shown in the drawings these means consist of a lug c at one end and a corresponding recess d and lug c at the other end, and coincident bolt-holes e for the reception of a screw-bolt E connecting two plates together, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

F are a series of standards secured upon the bed-plate by means of a single clampingplate G, which extends the whole length of the bed-plate. To this end each standard has two legs f', between which the clamping-plate engages, and each leg is provided with a base g, formed with the inclined shoulder h on the inside and with the shoulder c' on the outside, whereby the clamping-plate G (which is preferably made arch shaped, with bevel edges to correspond to the shoulders h) in pressing against the inside of the legs seats the shoulderst' against the anges D. The clampingplate is clamped in position by means of the bolts B, which extend through suitable holes inthe clamping-plate and carry the clamping-nuts It in addition to the nuts l, which secure the bed-plate to the foundation. The bolt E, which secures the adjacent ends of two bed-plaies together may also be eX- tended through the adjacent ends of the clamping-plates and receive additional clamping-nuts m. The standards F are spaced at equal distances apart by their base portions g touching each other, and they support between them the carrier-rolls H, Which in turn support the connections or pipes I. The carrier-rolls are grooved and provided with journals n, which rest upon shoulders o, formed 2 eeeos upon the sides of the standard and constituting rail-bearings, on which the carrying-rolls are free to travel back and forth, as required in the operation of the pipes I.

.I are rollers journaled upon the shafts p, removably secured in the top of the standards by having hooked ears p' formed at one end and a recess p2 at the other end, all so arranged that the hooked ear of one shaft engages the recessed end of the adjacent shaft, and the ends thus united are secured by a Cotter-key q in a corresponding recess in the top of the standard, a separate carp3 being used to retain the end of the last shaft. In this manner the tops of the standards are tied together by means of the shafts p.

K is a standard which carries the wires or cables forming a complementary part of the mechanical contrivance used in mechanicallyoperated railway devices for which the invention is designed. This standard is just like the standards F in so far as it relates to the means for securing said standard to the bed-plate, and the same clamping-plate G which secures the standards F secures the standard K. To this standard are pivotally adjustably secured in front and rear, respec tively, the bracket arms L. To this end bosses r r', corrugated upon their faces, are formed on the base of the arm and on the standard K, and a connecting-bolt s, passing through the bosses, secures the arm to the Standard. Each arm ca rries a suitable number of sheaves t, which are removably secured, by means of Cotter-key shafts o, in skeleton frames u, formed with suitable opening for the insertion ofthe wires onto the sheaves. One of the two arms L of the standard is bent to the right and the other to the left sufficiently to be on opposite sides ofa central longitudinal vertical plane, so that when both are adjusted in normal vertical positions the Wires carried b y the two arms do not interfere with each other. This construction allows of carrying all the wires needed in connection with the number of pipes on the same bed-plate to be carried by the one standard, and in going around curves the arms may be more or less inclined, as necessary for the better guidance of the Wires.

The construction accomplishes all the objects of the invention, it is very simple to mount and dismount, and it will be seen that the number of pipe-carriers may be indefinitely increased in a very simple manner by connecting together endwise in the manner described as many bed-plates as needed to support the desired number of carriers, each bed-plate beingsecu red upona separate foundation-pier. In doing this the existing construction need not be disturbed in the least. The same facility exists if the number of carriers is to be reduced. A further advantage is that the carriers are securely held in position by a single foundation-pier foreach foundation-plate, and by using foundation-plates of different length any desired number of carriers may be accommodated upon the saine foundation within reasonable limits. The simplicity of my construction not only greatly reduces the cost of this kind of structures, but it permits of constructing it in a very expeditious manner, and the compact form and absence of bulky foundation renders it extremely desirable in railway yards and grounds,where ground-space has to be economized in every'possibleway. It also permits of boxing in the whole line of carriers at a minimum cost.

Vhat I claim as my invention is- 1. In a carrier for pipes, dac. a foundation unit comprising a foundation-pier, a metallic bed-plate, removably secured upon said pier and extending crosswise over the top of said pier, means at the ends of the bed-plate for rigidly uniting it in series with like bed-plates,

a series of standards arranged side by side upon the bed-plate,rollers supported between said standards, and means for collectively clamping the standards to the bed-plate.

2. In a carrier for pipes the., a foundation consisting of a series of like bed-plates detachably united at their ends and forming a continuous uniform bed, a series of foundation-piers one for each bed-plate, anchoringbolts detachably secured in recesses in the side of the foundation-pier and detachably securing the bed-plate upon the foundationpier.

In a carrier for pipes duc., the combination of the bed-plate O having longitudinal abutments D, the standards having legsf, the shoulders z' and 7L formed on the base of Ithe legs,the clamping-plate G extending between the legs of the standard and means forclamping it to the bed-plate. 4. In a carrier for pipes &c. the combination ofthe bed-plate, the standards F secu red upon the bed-plate,the horizontal rails o upon opposite sides of said standards, the rollers II supported upon the rails o between adjacent standards free to travel, the antifriction-rollers J and the shaft p upon which said rollers are journaled, said shafts being removably secured in the top of the standards and having means at the ends for detachably connecting them together.

5. In a carrier for pipes dac., the combination of the foundation-pier, the bed-plate supported thereon, standards resting upon the bed-plate and adapted to support the pipes, a clamping-plate coextensive with the bedplate and adapted to clamp the standards collectively to the bed-plate and anchoring-bolts secured to the foundation-pier and extending through the bed-plate and clam ping-plate and provided with separate securing-nuts for the bed-plate and clamping-plate.

6. In a carrier for pipes dac., the combination of the bed-plate having flanges D extending longitudinally thereof, standards supported upon the base-plate, a clamping-plate, clamping-shoulders on the bedof the standards coperatingwith thebed-plate and clamp- IOO IIO

'ing-plate to clamp the standards to the bedplate, a foundation-pier supporting the bedplate and anchoring bolts secured in the foundation pier and extending upwardly through the bed-plate andv clamping-plate and forming the means for detachably clamping the standards in position upon the bedplate.

' 7. In a carrier for pipes &c., the combination of a foundation-pier, a bed-plate secured thereupon, a series of like standards each formed with two legs having clamping-shoulders, a clamping-plate extending longitudinally of the bed-plate between the legs of the standards, and coperating with the clamping-shoulders thereon, and bolts detachably securing the clamping-plate to the bed-plate.

8. In acarrier for pipes, the combination of a foundation-pier, a bed-plate supported thereon, a series of like standards supported upon the bed-plate, a clamping-plate extending longitudinally of the bed-plate, through openings in the base of the standards and bolts anchored in the foundation-pier and extending through the bed-plate and clampingplate and provided with nuts detachably securing the clamping-plate and bed-plate to the foundation-pier.

9. In a carrier for pipes dac., the combination of the bed-plate formed with longitudinal abutments,the standards supported thereon and formed with openings in the base, the clamping-plate extending through said openings and adapted to clamp the base of the standards to the bed-plate, the anchoringbolts connecting the clam ping-plate and baseplate to the foundation-pier, the traveling rollers supported between the standards free to travel and the shafts p formed at their ends with connecting means adapted to unite the shafts, said shafts being removably secured in the top of the standards and carrying antifriction-rollers.

IO. In a carrier for pipes, the combination with a series of standards between which the pipes are removably supported, of the shafts detachably supported at their ends in recesses in the top of the standards above the pipes, one shaft between each pair of standards and means at the ends of the shafts detachably uniting the shafts and securing them in position in the standards.

ll. The combination with the base-plate, the series of pipe-carryin g standards thereon, a wire-carrying standard thereon, a clamping-plate common to both the pipe and wire carrying standards and means for clamping the plate to the base.

12. In a pipe-carrier, the combination with a base-plate, a series of standards on the base, each carryingpipe-supportingrollers,aclamp= ing plate or plates common to a plurality of the standards, and means for securing the clamping plate or plates to the bed-plate.

13. In acarrier forpipes, a foundation composed of a series of like units, each comprising a foundation-pier, a bed-plate removably secured upon and extending crosswise over the top of said foundation-pier, and means at the ends of the bed-plates detachably uniting them in series with each other, each independently removable from the adjacent bed-plate and adapted to form therewith a continuous and uniform bed for the support of the standards of the carrier.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. WILLISTON.

Witnesses:

P. M. HULBERT, H. D. MILES.

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