US682008A - Cattle-guard. - Google Patents

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No. 682,008. Patented Sept. 3, I90l. F. A. WEGNER.

CATTLE GUARD.

(Application filed Aug. 25, 1900.

(No Model.)

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FREDERICK A. WEGNER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CATTLE-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,008, dated September 3, 1901.

Application filed August 25, 1900. Serial No. 28,041. (No model) To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. WEGNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cattle-Guards; and I declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to cattle-guards for railways, and has for its object an improved cattle-guard made from a combination of cement or concrete and metal. The metal serves as a foundation to prevent the concrete from being broken or destroyed and also as a holder for the points or sharp projections that are used to prevent animals from walking over or along the guard.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective showing a portion of the cattle-guard. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of one rib of the cattle-guard. Fig. 3 is a perspective showing a different style of point or top projections from that shown in Fig. 1.

sharp downward-extending valleys and with sharp angles on the outer and under side. At the upper angles or near the upper angles are the projections 12 b, which serve to prevent animals from entering on the guard, and there are also provided holes 0, through which spikes may be driven to secure the guard to the ties. Generally, however, it will be preferable to secure the structure to ties by means of bar-plates cl and spikes a, driven through the bar-plates rather than through the substance of the guard itself.

Fig. 3 shows a form in which the upwardprojecting points are below the summit of the extreme upper angles of the guard in a position where they are efficient to prevent animals from walking along the guard, but also in position where they are not liable to be struck by hanging bars from passing trains, and consequently not liable to be bent down and rendered useless.

What I claim is- 1. In a cattle-guard, the combination of a fabric foundation, a cement or artificial stone coating on both the under and upper sides of said fabric, the structure being formed in ridges with intervening troughs, and corresponding hollows under the ridges, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a fabric foundation, a coating of cement or artificial stone on each side thereof, and projecting points secured to the foundation reaching through and projecting above the cement coating on the upper side thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK A. WEGNER.

Witnesses:

JAMES B. MORAN, J OHN N. GOODRICH.

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