US849313A - Car-replacer. - Google Patents

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N o 849,313. PATBNTED APR. 2, 1907. E. H. BEST.

'GAR REPLAUER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEZB, 1906.

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APPLIOATIQN FILED JUNE 28, 1906.

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EDWARD H. BEST, OF ST. THOMAS, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FOURTH TO B. M. O. TOOTHE, AND ONE-HALF TO E. BEST, BOTH OF LONDON, CANADA.

CAR-REPLACER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

L-atented April 2, 1907.

Application filed June 28,1906. Serial No. 323,852.

1'0 all lull/0777, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD HENRY BEST, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at St. Thomas, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Replacers and I do 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.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for replacing derailed cars, locomotives, and the like upon their track-rails.

The object of the invention is to improve and simplify the construction and operation of devices of this character, and thereby render the same more efficient and durable and less expensive.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a railway-track, showing my improved car-replacers applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the same, taken on the plane indicated by the line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views of the two members of the improved device, and Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the replacer member which extends along the outside of the track-rail.

The device comprises two members 1 2, which are adapted to be placed, respectively, along the inner and outer sides of two trackrails 3, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and to be supported upon the crossties 4. These members may be cast, stamped, or otherwise formed, and each comprises a body of segmental form, the sides 5 of said body being inclined outwardly and downwardly, and the top 6 being inclined downwardly from its center to its two ends.

Upon the top of the inside member 1 is formed adjacent to one side tapered ribs 7- 8, which extend from the ends of the member 1 upwardly to a recess or depression 9, which is preferably formed in the top 6 and side 5 of said member at its center, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The tapered inner ends of these longitudinally-aiming ribs 7 8 are cut away to form seats 10 for the end of a pivoted switch or guide point 11. The latter is in the form of a block, which has at one end a tapered portion 12 to engage one of the seats 10 and at its opposite end a circular portion 13, which is concentrically pivoted by a bolt or the like 14 in a similar-shaped recess or depression 16, formed in the center of the top of a guide-rib 17. The latter is formed upon the top of the member 1, adjacent to one of its sides, and has its inner face or wall 18 curved, as shown, for the purpose of guiding a car-wheel, as presently explained.

The outside member 2 has formed upon its top longitudinally-alining centrally-disposed ribs 19 20, which have their lower ends tapered slightly and their upper ends formed with vertically-extending grooves or channels 21. The latter open into an opening 22, formed in the top 6 of the member 2 and adapted to receive a roller 23. The latter may be of any suitable form and construc tion; but as shown in the drawings it is solid and bored to receive an axle 24, upon which it rotates. This axle has its ends projecting into the vertical grooves 21, and it is prevented from turning therein by keys 25, provided upon its end and adapted to enter notches or seats 26, formed in the bottoms of the grooves 21. Bolts or the like 27 may be passed through the grooved ends of the ribs 19, above the axle 2-1, for the purpose of retaining its ends in said grooves. The body of the member 2 is preferably strengthened by transverse bracing-webs 28, arranged between the side walls 5 at points adjacent to the ends of the opening 22; but, if desired, other braces may be provided both in the member 2 and in the member 1.

I11 using the device the two members are placed alongside of the track-rails, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and they are prevented from slipping upon the cross-ties by spurs 29, formed upon the bottom edges of their sides 5. It will be seen that as the tread of one of the car-wheels rides upwardly upon the rib 7 its flange will engage the curved face 18 of the guide-rib 17 and be deflected thereby inwardly until the flange of said wheel strikes the pivoted switch or guide point 11. The latter if not already pointed in the direction in'which the car is moving will be swung in such direction until its end engages the seat 10 upon the rib S and causes it to direct the wheel toward and upon the track-rail, along the inner side of which the member 1 is disposed. The tread of the wheel upon the opposite side of the car rides up the rib 19 and onto the roller 23, which latter owing to the weight of the car will rotate inwardly and cause the car to move laterally and the wheel to engage the track-rail along which the member 2 extends. The sides 5 of the bodies of the two members are inclined sufficiently to permit the flanges on the car-wheels to pass between them and the heads of the track-rails when they are in their positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The guide-rib 17 upon the member 1 is of greater height than the ribs 7 8. In the event of a wheel without a flange mounting the rib 7 the guide-rib 17 will be high enough to obstruct or engage it and force it onto the track-rril. By providing the pivoted guide point or block 11, so that it may be swung to form a continuation of either end of the guide-rib 17, it will be seen that the member 1 may be made comparatively short and at the same time have the necessary lead.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it will be understood that I do not wish to be limited to the precise showing herein set forth, since various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the princi'ple or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A -carreplacer comprising a pair of members, each provided with a body having outwardly and downwardly inclined sides and a top inclined downwardly from its center to its ends, ribs upon the tops of said members to receive the treads of carwheels, and means upon said members for directing the car-wheels from said ribs and onto the track-rails.

2. A car-replacer comprising a pair of members, each provided with a body having outwardly and downwardly inclined sides and a top inclined downwardly from its center to its ends, ribs upon the tops of said members to receive the treads of car-wheels,

and movable devices upon the tops of said members for deflecting the car-wheels from said ribs and onto the track-rails.

3. A car-replacer comprising a pair of members, each provided with a body having outwardly and downwardly inclined sides and a top inclined downwardly from its center to its ends, ribs upon the tops of said members to receive the treads of car-wheels,

one of said members having a deflecting or guiding roller at its upper and inner end and the other of said members having a guiderib, and a movable element to form a continuation of said guiderib.

1. A car-replacer comprising a pair of members, each provided with a body having outwardly and downwardly inclined sides and a top inclined downwardly from its center to its ends, ribs upon the tops of said members to receive the treads of car-wheels, one of said members having a deflecting or guiding roller at the upper and inner end of its rib and the other of said members having a guide-rib, and a deflecting-point pivoted upon said guide-rib and adapted to be swung into engagement with either of the treadengaging ribs on said member, substantially as shown and described.

5. A car-replacer comprising a body having outwardly and downwardly inclined sides and a top inclined downwardly from its center to its ends and formed with acentral opening, longitudinally-tapered ribs extending longitudinally and disposed centrally upon the top of said body at its opposite ends, said ribs terminating at the ends of said opening in the top of the body and formed with vertical grooves, and a roller disposed in the opening in the top of said body and having trunnions to enter said grooves, substantially as described.

6. A car-replacer comprising a body having outwardly and downwardly inclined sides, a top inclined downwardly from its center to its ends and having a depression or cavity at its center and upon one side, longitudinally-extending ribs upon the top of said body adapted to receive the treads of carwheels and formed with seats at their inner ends, a guide-rib upon the opposite side of the top of said body, and a deflecting-point pivoted in a' recess in said guide-rib and adapted to be swung into engagement with either of the seats of said tread-engaging ribs, substantially as described.

7. In a car-replacer, a body having its top inclined downwardly from its center to its ends, ribs upon said body to engage the treads of car-wheels, a guide-rib upon said body, and a swinging deflector-point mounted to engage either 01" said tread-engaging ribs and to form a continuation of said guiderib.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD H. BEST. lVitnesses R. M. C. TOOTI-IE, E. BEsT.

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