US763043A - Street-railway switch. - Google Patents

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US763043A
US763043A US16057803A US1903160578A US763043A US 763043 A US763043 A US 763043A US 16057803 A US16057803 A US 16057803A US 1903160578 A US1903160578 A US 1903160578A US 763043 A US763043 A US 763043A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
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  • My invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the switch-operating
  • Figure 1 is v a plan view of a section of railway-track containing a switch provided .with my operating means.
  • Fig. 2 is a side view of the said operating means.
  • Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the engaging means carried by the car.
  • Fig. 4 is a side view of the same, and
  • Fig. 5 is a detail plan view 'of the switch-throwing lever.
  • the bell-crank levers 1 and 2 are pivoted on the rail 3 at a suitable distance from the switch-point and are movable in a vertical plane.
  • the longer arms of said levers are adapted to extend slightly above the surface of the rail 3, while the short arms thereof extend downward and have the rods 4 and 5 connected thereto, as shown.
  • An L-shaped lever 6 is pivoted at the center of the short arm thereof on the rail 3 at a point adjacent to the switch-point and is movable in a horizontal plane.
  • the rod 1 is connected to one end of the short arm of the said lever 6, and the rod 5 is connected to the other end of said short arm.
  • a short connecting-rod 7 joins the end of the long arm of the lever 6 to ver 1 the rod 4 is pulled, the lever 6 turned 'journaled in bearings 10/
  • a lever 11 is secured to one endof the shaft and extends up ward into the vestibule, as shown.
  • To the other end of the shaft is secured the arm 12, which is forked at its lower end and carries thereon the small wheel 13, slidably held on the shaft 1 1, as indicated.
  • the operation of the mechanism is as follows: The handle 19 of the, shaft 18 is turned until the wheel 13is shifted to that side of the rail on which is the lever 1 or 2 which it is desired to engage. The lever 11 is then pushed forward, thereby turning the shaft 9 and bringing the wheel 13 to a position such that it will engage with and push down one of the levers 1 and '2 and throw the switch to the desired position.

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PATENTBD JUNE 21, 1904. A. E. GAUGHEY. I
STREET RAILWAY SWITCH. APPLICATION FILED mun 8.1903.
no MODEL,
' UNITED STATES- Patented June 21, 1904.
ALBERT E. OAUGHEY, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.
STREET-RAILWAY SWITCH.
SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent'No. 763,043, dated June 21,1904. Application filed June 8, 1903. Serial No. 160,578. (No model.)
To all whom, it may concern:
- Be it known that I, ALBERT E. OAUGHEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Street-Railway Switches; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.
My invention relates to street railway switches; and it is the object thereof to provide simple and convenient means for throwing switches without stopping the movement of cars.
My invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the switch-operating,
means and in the means carried by the car for engaging the switch-operating means.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is v a plan view of a section of railway-track containing a switch provided .with my operating means. Fig. 2 is a side view of the said operating means. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the engaging means carried by the car. Fig. 4 is a side view of the same, and Fig. 5 is a detail plan view 'of the switch-throwing lever.
In the construction shown the bell-crank levers 1 and 2 are pivoted on the rail 3 at a suitable distance from the switch-point and are movable in a vertical plane. The longer arms of said levers are adapted to extend slightly above the surface of the rail 3, while the short arms thereof extend downward and have the rods 4 and 5 connected thereto, as shown.
An L-shaped lever 6 is pivoted at the center of the short arm thereof on the rail 3 at a point adjacent to the switch-point and is movable in a horizontal plane. The rod 1 is connected to one end of the short arm of the said lever 6, and the rod 5 is connected to the other end of said short arm. A short connecting-rod 7 joins the end of the long arm of the lever 6 to ver 1 the rod 4 is pulled, the lever 6 turned 'journaled in bearings 10/ A lever 11 is secured to one endof the shaft and extends up ward into the vestibule, as shown. To the other end of the shaft is secured the arm 12, which is forked at its lower end and carries thereon the small wheel 13, slidably held on the shaft 1 1, as indicated. One side of the said Wheel has a grooved collar thereon which is engaged by the forked lever 15, pivoted on the arm 12. From the upper end of said le-- ver a connecting-rod 16 extends to the small crank 17 on the lower end of the shaft 18, journaled on the lever 11. At the upper end of the shaft 18 is a handle 19, by which the same may be turned. The movements of the handle 19,- connecting-rod 16, lever 15, and wheel 13 are shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3.
The operation of the mechanism is as follows: The handle 19 of the, shaft 18 is turned until the wheel 13is shifted to that side of the rail on which is the lever 1 or 2 which it is desired to engage. The lever 11 is then pushed forward, thereby turning the shaft 9 and bringing the wheel 13 to a position such that it will engage with and push down one of the levers 1 and '2 and throw the switch to the desired position.
Now, having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is
1. In a railway-switch-operating mechanism, two levers pivoted on one of the trackrails and movable in a vertical plane, a lever pivoted adjacent to the switch-point and movable in a horizontal plane, rods connecting each of the vertically-movable levers to the horizontally-movable lever, a connecting-rod from the horizontally-movable lever to the switchpoint, a wheel carried by a car and normally held clear of the track, means for depressing the wheel and means for shifting the same raising and lowering said shaft relative to the car carrying the same, and means for shifting the disk longitfidinally along the shaft where- 5 by the same may engage and depress either of the levers, substantially as described.
In testimony whereof Ihereunto aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.
ALBERT E. OAUGHEY.
Witnesses: HOWARD J. COWGILL, D. O. BARNELL.
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