US712896A - Overhead railway, elevated track, bridge, &c. - Google Patents
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- My invention has for its object to provide overhead railways, elevated tracks, and bridges for the passage of vehicles, .
- which railway tracks and bridges combine the advantages of structures with main girders under the track and of structures with main girders which rise above the track, being safer;
- Figure 1 is a transverse section of an arrangement according to my invention with a track for railway-vehicles;andFig. 2 is a similar view of a like construction, but with a track for ordinary vehicles.
- Fig. 3 is a transverse section, Fig. 4 a sideelevation, and Fig. 5 a plan of a modification, showing a track for railway-vehicles.
- Fig. 6 is a transverse section showing a construction in which overhead stiffeners or braces are used.
- Fig. 8 is asimilar'view of a modified construction with a double track.
- Fig. 9 illustrates some forms of tracks or sleepers and rails which may be used in constructions in accordance with my invention.
- struc ture (whether it be a continuous overhead railway or elevated track 011a track extending only forashort distance, such. as a bridge) of two girdersor trusses, with their webs a outwardly inclined, so that the distance between their respective upper flanges, booms, or chords 1) is greater than the distance between their respectivelower flanges, booms,or chords 0.
- the webs of these girders or trusses may be formed of plates 01, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or of compression and tension members c, as shown in Figs.
- the upper flanges, booms, or chords of the inclined side girders may be so constructed'as to form or support guards or guides to prevent canting of the vehicles in addition to acting as parapets.
- It rails for railway-vehicles h, Figs. 1, 3, 4, and 5, or special tracks 3 of any convenient form for ordinary vehicles, Fig. 2, be used, either longitudinal sleepers j, Figs. 3, 4, and 5, or cross-sleepers 7.0, Fig. 1, may be placed under such rails or special tracks. If the rails or special tracks be not on or above the lower flanges, booms, or chords of the inclined bridge as described is to use obtuse angle-' bars'm, as in Figs.
- splayed channel-bars n as in Fig. 2, in or for the lower flanges, b0oms,or chords of the inclined side girders.
- the upper flanges, booms, or chords 1) are supported laterally at intervals by torseners 0, attached to girders p, which pass under the tracks, and such stiffeners may form portions of the webs of the inclined side girders.
- the whole structure forms a splayed trough-shaped overhead railway, ele
- Bracings orstiffeners (1, connecting the upper ends of the inclined side girders and passing over the tops of the vehicles, may be used, as illustrated in Fig. 6, instead of the stiffeners 0 of Figs. 1 to 5.
- the said bracings or stiffenersq may be used in combination with the stiffeners 0, if desired.
- the overhead railways, elevated tracks,and bridges constructed in accordance with my invention, as described, can be carried on supports of any kind suitable to the situation in which the railways, tracks, or bridges are used.
- Two or more such overhead railways, elevated tracks, or bridges may be constructed side by side or the one over the other, and in the former case they may be combined to form one structure.
- Fig. 7 illustrates one arrangement in which two structures, such as are hereinbefore described, are so combined
- Fig. 8 shows a structure, as hereinbefore described, but wide enough to accommodate two tracks, this latter construction being suitable where there are junctions, cross-over roads, or the like or where for other reason girders rising between the tracks are undesirable.
- Fig. 7 illustrates one arrangement in which two structures, such as are hereinbefore described, are so combined
- Fig. 8 shows a structure, as hereinbefore described, but wide enough to accommodate two tracks, this latter construction being suitable where there are junctions, cross-over roads, or the like or where for other reason gir
- the two inclined side girders have theirlower flanges, booms, or chords under or nearly under the outside rails or tracks h of each line, the inside-rails It being supported by a stiff flooring 7' between these lower flanges, booms, or chords.
- This flooring a" may be of any convenient form, providing that it is so arranged or braced as to be capable of acting as a horizontal Web between the lower flanges,
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No. 712,896. Patented Nov. 4, I902.
a. BARKER. OVERHEAD RAILWAYQELEVATED TRACK, BRIDGE, 8w.
(Application filed Sept. 4, 1902.) v
4 Sheets-Sheet I.
(No Model.)
IN vmrak- GERALD BAR/(5k Br 1. I
- No. 712,896. J Patented m. 4, I902.
G.- BARKER.
OVERHEAb RAILWAY, ELEVATED TRACK, BR|DGE,-&C.
(Application; filed Sept. 1. 1902.) (No Model.) 4-Sh eets Sheet 2.
HIS A 08 I578 Patented Nov. 4, I902.
No. 7l2,896.
G. BARKER. OVERHEAD RAILWAY, ELEVATED TRACK, BRIDGE, 81.0.
Application filed Sept. 4. 1902.5
4 Sheets-Sheet 3.
(No Model.)
W/T/VESSES' GEE/1L0 BAR/(HP I No'.'7I2,89 6. Patented Nov; 4, I902.
G. BARKER. UVERHEAD RAILWAY, ELEVATED TRACK, BRIDGE, 8L0.
( Application and Sept. 4. 1902. l
4 Sheets-Sheet 4.
"(No Model.)
HIM INA UNITED STATE s PATENT OFFICE.
GERALD BARKER, OF WESTMINSTER, ENGLAND.
OVERHEAD RAILWAY, ELEVATED TRACK, BRIDGE, 84C.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 712,896, dated November 4, 1902. Application filed September 4, 1902. Serial No. 122.112- (No model.)
, the following is a specification.
My invention has for its object to provide overhead railways, elevated tracks, and bridges for the passage of vehicles, .which railway tracks and bridges combine the advantages of structures with main girders under the track and of structures with main girders which rise above the track, being safer;
and capable of being constructed at lower levels than the former and cheaper and more compact than the latter, and they occupy less space and oiiier less obstruction to light than do structures as hitherto made for such purposes.
I will describe myinventionwith reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a transverse section of an arrangement according to my invention with a track for railway-vehicles;andFig. 2 is a similar view of a like construction, but with a track for ordinary vehicles. Fig. 3 is a transverse section, Fig. 4 a sideelevation, and Fig. 5 a plan of a modification, showing a track for railway-vehicles. Fig. 6 is a transverse section showing a construction in which overhead stiffeners or braces are used. Fig.
'7 is a transverse section of a constructionfor a double track, and Fig. 8 is asimilar'view ofa modified construction with a double track. Fig. 9 illustrates some forms of tracks or sleepers and rails which may be used in constructions in accordance with my invention.
Corresponding parts are marked with the same letters of reference in the several figures.
Accordingto myinvention I make the struc ture (whether it be a continuous overhead railway or elevated track 011a track extending only forashort distance, such. as a bridge) of two girdersor trusses, with their webs a outwardly inclined, so that the distance between their respective upper flanges, booms, or chords 1) is greater than the distance between their respectivelower flanges, booms,or chords 0. The webs of these girders or trusses (which I call the inclined side girders) may be formed of plates 01, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or of compression and tension members c, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, arranged to form triangulated or latticed webs, and I connect and brace together their respective lower flanges, booms, or chords by horizontal plates f, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or by bars, or by built-up members g, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, capable of resisting tensile compressive and bending stresses, such plates, bars, or built-up members being arranged to form ahorizontal web between the lower flanges,booms, or chords of the inclined side girders and are in combination therewith capable of acting as a horizontal girder to resist distortion by unequal loadin The lines or tracks for the wheels of the vehicles are placed or formed at or near to the inward angles,where the lower flanges,booms, or chords of the inclined side girders are situated. The lower flanges, booms, or chords of the inclined side girders may be so constructed as to form or support the lines or tracks for the wheels of the vehicles. The upper flanges, booms, or chords of the inclined side girders may be so constructed'as to form or support guards or guides to prevent canting of the vehicles in addition to acting as parapets. It rails for railway-vehicles h, Figs. 1, 3, 4, and 5, or special tracks 3 of any convenient form for ordinary vehicles, Fig. 2, be used, either longitudinal sleepers j, Figs. 3, 4, and 5, or cross-sleepers 7.0, Fig. 1, may be placed under such rails or special tracks. If the rails or special tracks be not on or above the lower flanges, booms, or chords of the inclined bridge as described is to use obtuse angle-' bars'm, as in Figs. 1, 8, 4, and 5, or splayed channel-bars n, as in Fig. 2, in or for the lower flanges, b0oms,or chords of the inclined side girders. The upper flanges, booms, or chords 1) are supported laterally at intervals by stifteners 0, attached to girders p, which pass under the tracks, and such stiffeners may form portions of the webs of the inclined side girders. The whole structure forms a splayed trough-shaped overhead railway, ele
vated track, or bridge with open ends. Bracings orstiffeners (1, connecting the upper ends of the inclined side girders and passing over the tops of the vehicles, may be used, as illustrated in Fig. 6, instead of the stiffeners 0 of Figs. 1 to 5. The said bracings or stiffenersq may be used in combination with the stiffeners 0, if desired.
The overhead railways, elevated tracks,and bridges constructed in accordance with my invention, as described, can be carried on supports of any kind suitable to the situation in which the railways, tracks, or bridges are used. Two or more such overhead railways, elevated tracks, or bridges may be constructed side by side or the one over the other, and in the former case they may be combined to form one structure. Fig. 7 illustrates one arrangement in which two structures, such as are hereinbefore described, are so combined, while Fig. 8 shows a structure, as hereinbefore described, but wide enough to accommodate two tracks, this latter construction being suitable where there are junctions, cross-over roads, or the like or where for other reason girders rising between the tracks are undesirable. In Fig. 8 the two inclined side girders have theirlower flanges, booms, or chords under or nearly under the outside rails or tracks h of each line, the inside-rails It being supported by a stiff flooring 7' between these lower flanges, booms, or chords. This flooring a" may be of any convenient form, providing that it is so arranged or braced as to be capable of acting as a horizontal Web between the lower flanges,
booms, or chords of the inclined sidegirders.
Having now particularly described and as- GERALD BARKER.
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WILLIAM' GERALD REYNoLD, RUDOLPH CHARLES NIoKoL.
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