US73940A

US73940A - Alban n

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Publication number: US73940A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1868-01-28
Anticipated expiration: 1885-01-28

Description

ALBAN N. TC-)WNliLVOFl CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 73,940, dated January 28, 1868.

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TO ALL WI-IOM THIS MAY CONCERN:

Be it knownvthat I, ALBAN N. TOWNE, of Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented an Improved Apparatus for Putting Cars on the Track; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective representation of my improved apparatus for putting cars on the track.

Figure-2 is a transverse section ofthe same.

Figure 3 is au lend view of one ofthe bars, showing the dog. v

The nature'of my invention consistsin using a long and short har, to be attached separately to the rails of the road, by means of loopsV or clasps, in such a manner as to allow the ends of the bars to be placed the required distance from the rails, to accommodate the position of the trucks, which are tov be drawn upon the track, and is so arranged as to be conveniently carried upon the cars and readily attached to the rails at any place.

My object is to provide more ei'ectual means for putting-cars upon the track than any now iu use; and by the use of my invention I claim that cars standing o from the track, within reach of the bars, can'be put upon the rails in a very short space of time, thereby making a very great saving of time and labor.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will describe the method of construction and operation. p i' A shows the bed of the road, on which the ties B are laid. C represents the common T-rails now used in the construction of railroads. E shows the clasps, which are formed to tit the upper part ofthe rails C, allowing spaces for the keys J, which are made similar to those used in fastening the rails in the old style of chair. D represents the hars, attached tothe clasps E, by means of the bolts I, so as to allow thc bars to be placed in any desired position upon the track orV bed ofthe road A. The opposite ends of the bars I), from the clasps E, are made more thin than the other parts, and terminate in the dogs II, which are driven into the tiesor roadbed, when the apparatus is in use, soas to prevent a lateral motion offt-he bars. I make the bars D from iron or steel, two by two and a'halfinches in size, and `any length desired, but .generally make the short bar threefourths of the length oi` the long one. The ohjectof making one of thehars longer. than. the other, is to allow only one truck-wheel to pass over the ends of the bars upon the rails' C, ata time, thus preventing the possi. bility of the truckssliding from the rails, whichmight be the case if"the'.bars'werc of equa-l length. .lhe clasps E should be made of wroughtiromor of similar material, and in such a manner that they can be loosened from `the rails C, by removing the keys 1I.

Operation.

In order to use my invention, it is rst necessary to secure the clasps E to the rails C, as shown in tho drawings, then swing the ends ot the bars directly in front et' the truck-wheels, and drive the dogs II into the tie or road-bed, which will prevent'a longitudinal or lateral motion of the bars. The cars can then be drawn on the track C, by means of the engine, in the usual manner. The key J must be removed, after which the bars can be detached from the track. G F represent the truck-wheels in the position they are supposed to occupy when being elevated upon the track. X shows the direction the wheels are to move.

Having thus described my device, what I claim, anddesirc to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An apparatus for replacing ears upon the track, formed by a combination of the clamp E and bars D, the former to be attached adjustably to the rail by keys J, and the latter made of unequal lengthsfand terminating with dog II, for attaching them to the track, substantially as set forth.

ALBAN N. TOWNE.

Witnesses:

G. L. CiIAPLv A. L. CHAPIN.