US813416A

US813416A - Railway.

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Publication number: US813416A
Application number: US28788005A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lewis Ginger
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1905-11-17
Filing date: 1905-11-17
Publication date: 1906-02-27
Anticipated expiration: 1923-02-27

Description

PATENTED PEB. 27, 1906.

L. GENGBR.

RILWAY.

Puuuon Plum Nov. 17, ma.

3 SHBETB-SEBET 1.

Attorneys PATENTED PEB. 27, 1906. L. GINGBR.

RILWAY.

.APPLITIDN FILED HO. 1905.

3 SHEETE-BHKET 2.

Inventor Attorneys PATENTED FEB. 2?, 1906.

L. GINGBR.

MILWAY.

APPLIUTION FILED NOV. 1'?, 1995,

3 SHEBTSSHBET 3.

274g, ci 30,

JJ l

A TTORNE V5 Fmwnd descending e mountain. 3o.`

` 4 the advantages of 45 connecting tllcnain sections.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS (lNGlCll, (lF COLURAIKISPRINGS, COLOR/UM).

FlAlLWAY.

Speciilcatin of Letters atent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed )lm amber 17, 1905. Serial lle. 2812880.

To 11,1". whom tja/ay concern.'

Be n known that l, lmwls (linnen, e citi non of the United Sintes, residing nt Colorndo lliisinvention relates to ruilwnvs, sind hnsj for its object to provide n. novel track er- :o rangement for Y convenience in :ascending steep inellnes-#sncln for instance, es the sides Y of mounteins.` In this ccmiection it is prepesed to have the track divided into a series of mam sections located et diierentcievae tiene, adjacenttracksections nnngieennecentente ed' by an abri: tly-inelinef supp track section, ong which the trim or cnr is designed to be earned by eleveting machen-l ism. It is furthermore desi sections and to insure the prompt'land posi tive ascent or descent of tlleear upon the sibrn tl -inclined treck portions. v

e the invention is cepebleof general use, it is particularly designedl asa. vecenic railway and is arranged to give'the passengers a. clear view of the scene when ascendith thcseiand otllercbjects in viewxthe .present invention consists in the combination f and arrangement of parts, as will be licrein after more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and nairticnlerly pointed out in the appended eleii'ns, it: being:

und crstood (het. chnnges in the forni, prop'ortion, size, end minor details iniy be mudo Within the sco e of the `claims without departing from tje spirite'n' sacrificing any uf tie invention. Y Y

In the drawings, Figure l is e diagrammatic view of a. railway of thepresent inven tion, including edjncent main-track sections und e supplemental inclined truck 4portion Fig. .3 is s. diagrammatic si e view illustrating the mana ner ci' con ntcrbnlancing tlie truck which` is dee si rnedto carry the car upon the supplemenin -treclc portion. Fi". 3 is en enlarged ele;

5O vntion locking nt the lice of a snppicinentel truck portion and including en elevatingtruck with a. cer thereon, portions of the truck being .lnoken`way 'to iliustrate ,the hoisting; mechanism thereon.` 4 is en Y end view o!" Fic. 3 with the cer in section.

lFig. 5 is an enlarged dptil plan 151cv. of a ed to have the' 2o cer self-propelled u on ca .e i supplementattraek portion, as wel as upon the 11min-track.`

.. the retin of the 'supplenn-nlnl tinck.

ofthe truck In horizontal und provided wn -portion of the elvvnling-lrnek, Showing lln` einteilen for engagement with the rnrovlnel to prevent the cnr from running oil' the lrnvli. F i r. 6 is an enlarged detail secthnnil view telic-n through oneof the clnlelws. Fig. 7 is n detail perspective view of one nl' the vlnlelns.A

fornire of the clutches. Fig. ll issn fragen-n tory side view ofone of the rails en ilse elevnl ing-truck, showing the grooves therein for the chatche responding parts in all of the figures of the dr wings. f 1

. teferring at first incre particularly lohigs. 1- and 2 ,0f tllc drawings, it will lie ernplninvd itil-ntf AL designates e :nein truck section, ,which may be level or slightly Vinclined nnd dispoed at 'a lower 'elevation tlnin the adju- .cent mnilbt'rack Section B, tln two lnnin-tl'wli .'sectins being conxnected hy nn nlnnplly-incliiied supplemental-trm-k portion dis- )used transversely of the mein-truck section.

tfisl ro )oeed to lieve -tlw train or cnr :sniff prlapel upon the lnlnmlnn-k .section lv)A steam, electricity, or` other nio! ive power und rnptlyfinrlincd supplemental-linria porion hyymeans of an elevator including n lsnvli i3, upbn which 1the cnr E is mlnpled to he rnn frointlle mein-truuk section.

As'eleerlv indicated in Figs. 3 und 4, it. will bc nntcfl that esu'li end nl' their-nek ll'is in the formo? n righi-ungletrinngle, which is disposed with its h \'|mi.ennse`in pnrnllelism with the inclined supplemeninl-lrin'li portion C. -Thc'ende ol.' the truck nre prefer-:lilly in the nature of open imanes, which n1-connected by suitable erom-lmrsj, und nt opposite endscf the bottom' of the truck are axles .i,

equipped with [hinged wheels nnnnii UlUH ie in i reilsflfortliesuppo.of tllewlnrlsol tliecnrhl und are disposed nt substantially rigid. :angles to the lnils of the supplemental trau-k, und therefore in msition to come into nlincnn-nl with the reis ofthe respective 11min-truck sections et opposite limits of the movement of the truck.

' Suitabl journnled n )on tlietruckdwmenth 'the top t wreef, is a. rivesliai't 5, which disposed nlright angles to the mils l and 1s w eels 6, desi ed to )be engaged and' driven by the car-w reels 7, each rail 4 being eut Fig. 8 is n detail perspective view of n guide r Lilrerelmractcrs of reference designan-e cor'- to provide for elevating the enr upon the ehv Y nippei et opposite ends with irictionim away or interrupted, as at 4, to ielmit of the car-wheels 7 engaging the whee s 6. It will here be explained that the car-wheels 7 are drivers and may be driven in any suitable mamier---for instance, b means of an electric motor 8, carried by t ie car and connected to the axle f), u `n which the whecls7 are mounted. ll )on t ie'drive-shaft5isahevcled gear 11),' whiclli meshes with another beveled gear 11 upon a counter-shaft l2, which carries a drum 13, having a hoisting-cable 14 wound upon the drum with its other end suitably anchored at the upper end of the supplemental-track portion, as indicated at 15 1n Fig. 2. Beneath and in substantial parallelism with the drum 13 is another drum 16, having a gear 17 in mesh with a gear 18 upon the drum k13. A cable 19 has one end connected to and wound u oh'the drum A16, while its lower end is suitably anchored at the bottom of the su shown at 2() in l .2.

For counterba ancin the truck there is provided a counterweig 1t 21; running u on a track or guideway 22 in parallelism wit the supplemental track C, there being a cable 23, having one-end connected to the counterweigkt and its other end connected to the truc with its intermediate portion running around an idle drum or pulley 24, mounted at the upper end of the supplemental-track portion.

In practice a car E is run upon the truck or elevator from one of the lower mam-track sections, with its drivin -wheels in engagement with the friction-glieels 6. When the motor or engine of the car is thrown into oper.- ation, the drivers 7 rot-ate without advancing the car, while the friction-wheels 6 are rotated and in turn drive the drum 13, which` winds thei hoisting cable 14 thereon, and thereby eleva tes the truck with thecar thereon along the supplemental track C until the,

truck or elevator reaches the top of the ineline with its rails 4 in alinement with theadjacent upper main-track section B, -where upon the car will run ofi' uponthe main-track section and continue thereon to the next abruptly-inelined supplemental-track portion, where -it will a Yain be elevated ln the manner hcreinbefore eseribed. It will of course be understood that when the drum 13 is winding the drum 1.6 is unwinding, and when the car is descendin the drum 13 is drivenso as to unwind and the drum 16 is driven to wind the cable 19 thereon, and thereby draw the truck or elevator downwardly against the resistance of the count'erweight 21.

Each straight track-sectioruis of course a single track and is provided with one or more switches F, as shown in Fig.. l, wherebythe cars may pass one another upon .the maintrack sections.

By preference the cars are scheduled to meet one another at one end of the abruptly- -m'g a mountain, wherefore plemental-track portion, as-

' of the car, so as to -member may be slid beond the outer side of inclined supplcmcntalftrack portion, one of the cars being side-tracked or switched to permit of the passing of the other car along the main track.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that each su iplemental inclined track section is provided with an elevator, which is entirely independent of the other elevators, and each elevator is actuated by the driving-wheels of the car which is supported thereon, whereby the car is self-propelled throughout the supplemental-track portions as well las when upon the main-track sections.

While any form of selfro elledcar ma be used in connection Wit t e present rail)- way, said railway is especially designed to give a good'view ofthe scenery when ascendit is pro ,osed to have the seats 25 4run lengthwise o the car and arranged in tiers facing the open side 26 give the passengers an unrestricted view.- Y

1n order that 'the truck may be moved independently `ol' the ear, a motor 27, preferab y electric, is mounted upon the truck and provided with a gear 28, adapted to bethrownl i 1ntoand out of mesh with a gear 29 u on the shaft 5, whereby the hoisting mec anism .I

may b e actuated to raise and lower the truck when the latter is not occupied by a car.

It is of course necessary to prevent the car is from running off of the truck when the latter.

in movement, and to accomplish this feature `I employ clutch mechanism to engage one air of the car-wheels, as best `indicated in 3 a'nd .5 of the drawis. In carrying out this feature each rail 4214i the truck has a pair of dovetailed or undercut grooves 30, formed across the tread thereofat a distance from the eut-away portion 4 of the rail, so as to lie at opposite sides of the rear car-wheels when the car-wheels on the other axle are engaging the' friction-wheels 6. Each of these .grooves or guideways is designed to direct the movement of a clutch member 31, which has one end concaved, as at 32, to form a shoe for frictionally embracing the tread of the car-wheel, there beimiba dovetailed or wedge-shaped shoulder or oss 33 upon the under side of the clutch to slide in the groove too IIO

orguideway 30, which guidewsy is continued at the outer side of the rail in a block or bar 34, as indicated at 30', whereby the clutch the track, so as not to'o struct the latter. A oruide menber 34 is supported upon the rame of the truck 4in any suitable manner between the rail and theouter edge of the truck. i

y It is proposed to simultaneously actuate corresponding clutch members at opposite sides of-the truck, and therefore they are connected by means of links 35, each of which has its outer end pivotally connected to a pin tween the link 35 and the lever 37.- livin-it on theront axle is ythrown out of operation,

end of a lever 37, which is fish-,ruined midway.

`clutches the conductor or other attendent V these clutches the other lever 42 is meniplated to throw the outer set ol' clutches in lo engagement with the roar sides of the whenl s, wherehy the latter are held against rotation, sind the cui' iS prevented from running oli' of 36, depending from the boss or shoulder 33 ndpaeent thc-outer side ol the cinici: member, the inner ond of the link heilig pivoted to one of ltscnds, as ut 33, upon n suilnhle frumeher 39. JThe guide member 34 is of course provided willi n sloty 4() for the slidnhlc reception of tho pin 36, und the pin 3h in loont-ed nt the outer :nde of the vinti-h member in order that the latter muy be drown inwardly, no es to lie upon thc top of the rail to engage the periphery of tho oer-wheel. At the outer Side of the truck there nre twdupstanding levers 4l and 42, one for ouch pnir ol' .'lotch members. Each ofthese leversy is fulcruvmed et its lower end, es at 43, and e connecting-rod 44 has its onter end pivotally connected to the adjacent lever, as M345, with its inner end pivoted tothe inner end of the lever 37 upon the pivotal connect ion hc-VV thereof to llold thecnr ngninst,rnnningnil'f.

oly the truck.'Y 'lhe cnrwheels may be re leased hy throwing: the levers 41 and 4'! out-f wnrdly, so Vas to draw tho'elnlchcs mvnjv lnom' the wheels-to Vthe onli-r sides nl' the track. Y Y fl ln practifle when the eer is running onion truck'roxn the clixteh end thereof they motor and when the front wheels have passed the throws the lever 4l inwardly, so as to bring. the inner set of clutches into the nth of the rear wheels, and when the rear w ieels strike thc truck. Tho-motor on the refunxle is ol' course thrown ont of operation when the, rear wheels strike the inner set of clutches. After the roar car-wheels have been engaged with the clutches the motor upon the front axle is thrown into operation, thereby rotellingg the front wheels which driven` the enr, and thus aetuatels the hoisting mechanism to raise and lower the truck. Whe-n the truvk reaches either limit ol' its movement, the motor which has heen running is. thrown out of operation, the clutches aren-leased From the other oar-wheels and the other motor in thrown into operation, whereby the wir will be un oll of the trof-k und onto the :1min miek. It will here he explained than the ,i ear is open throughout that `idv which ie' :n the outer side o llntruck llnleve-,rw 4l :and 4L* are neresnible from 'the enr wherefore the conductor or other attendant need not. alight i from the cur to manipulado the levers.

thus described the invention, what l lavinp' is clannei I. A railway mede up of separate mainy track sections at different elevations, a enpplementalinclined truck seotion connecting main-track sections, :and enr-actuated menne for raising nod lowering cnrs along the inclined sections.

2. A rnilwny'mndc npeof seperate meintmck sections at different elevations, n sul plemental' inclined track Section eonneoting :nein-trank sections,"and eur-operated ineens operating sit' thelinelined section only for moving oars thereon.

-1 vv3rd. rilwayvmndelupof scpnrnteinnin-l Atrnok sections at dilerent elevations', "n suplwith ineensto he ncpuxteofhy' thefdriving nnclniniism of the ver for :.rvrfernil'wnyf imulempfof 'sc'pnnite innin-V 'treck sections :itsdxfl'crigntelevetions;n sup- 'mimi-,truck sqetions', truck running upon drinn carried l hie wonnjlnpon the drum and anchored indepem lentlygo ,diei-Huck; und' drulm-ogmmtmg i li ineens clried h he truck and disposed for he elevated rjfthetrnbk. Y

5` A riiilwnyimde up'of separate maintrsick sections iiftjlillerent elevations, n snp- 'plementnl-t nick section-connecting the mamtrar-k sections, Dtx'm-.k-rrlriving menos carried hy tlie-triiiik, track-Hills provided upon tho truckz nml friction-wheels mounted upon the Voperation h A:th'ev'i rivingvvheels of a cer to {Hentai-,trinkn-eetio connectingadjacent.-

` the supplemental-track*'seni long" nl hoisting rv, the trnek,;nn elevating-entruck in ofwrntiverelation with the truck-2 drivng'menns, vthe track-mils having spaces thervinthrongh whiih the friction-wheels project into' mention for cngnginnent hy the driving-Whoo s of a oar upon the truck.

(i. A railway mudo 'gip of separate mein trnrk sections at different elevations, a Supplemental-tracksection connecting adjacent main-track sections, an elevator running upon the supldemental-trnck section and provided with mennsvactonn-.d by the driving mechanism ofthe ca'rfor running the elevator, and uelutch mechanism carried hy the. elevalor for engagement with the ear-wheels to prevent the car from running olf of the elevator.

The combination of un inclined track an elevator running'thereon and provided with rails having corresponding portions removed, elevator-actuating mechanenn eerrind hy the. elevator and provided with drivello izo

wheels working in the space provided in thecar-wheels to prevent the car from running oil of the truck when the latter is in motion.

8. The combination of an elevator having a trackl for the support of a motor-car, eleva- 5 tor-actuating mechanism carried by the elevat-or and provided with friction-wheels ex--V posed for engaement with the powcr-whecls of a car upon t 1e track, each rail of' the track being provided with a pair of transverse io grooves, grooved guideways leading outwardly from the grooves of the rails, wheelv/ engaging clutches working in the grooves and guideways, means connecting the corresponding clutches at opposite sides of the track for 151simultaneous movements in opposite directions, and controlling-levers for the respective sets of clutches.

9. The combination of an inclined track, a

truck running-thereon, rails upon the trucl1 2o one ofthe rails having a vertical oiening therein, and truck-operating means aving a drive-wheel working in the opening of the rail and exposed through the top thereof to the driven wheel of a car supported upon the rails.

NU. The combination of an inclined track,

a t nek runningY thereon and adapted to carry a car, truck-actuating means having a drive element dis osed for engagement by one of the drive-w eels of a car u on the truck, and means to prevent the car rom running ofl' of the truck when the latter is in motion.

ll. An elevator havin track-rails, a guide- "way intersecting one of t ie rails, and a clutch working in the guidewa for engagement with a car-wheel and capalile of being shifted to one side of the rail to prevent the passage of car-wheels.

12. An elevator having track-rails, one of the rails havin a transverse4 groove interseating its treac, and a clutch shiftable into and out of the groove to enga e a car-wheel and prevent movement thereo on the rail.

`13, An elevator provided with means for driving the same which is controlled by a ear su ported upon the elevator.

n testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto ailixed my signature in the presence `of two witnesses.

LEWIS GINGER.

litnessesz W. S. MORRIS, J. C. OCKENGA.