US85684A - Improved elevated railway - Google Patents

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Elevated Raiiway.

No. 85,684. Patented Jahy 5, 1869.

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Letters Patent No. 85,684, dated .Tamm/ry 5, 1869.

IMPROVED ELEVATED RAILWAY.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all` 'whom it may concern: In the accompanyingdrawings, A A represent the Be it known that 1, RICHARD MONTGOMERY, of the standards supporting my improved railway. city, county, and State of New York, have invented These standards are cmposed of two double-hanged, certain new and useful Improvements in the Construccorrugated-iron beams a. e, riveted together, face to face,

tion of Corrugated-Metal Elevated Railways; and I do upon an interposedl longitudinal tie-plate, c. hereby declare the following to be a full and exact .de- -The lower ends ot' these standards A are inverted, scription thereof, reference being had to the accomand pinned within suitably-shaped mortises, in solid panying drawings, forming a partof this specification, metallic base-blocks 0united and braced byparallel in which4 bars D, secured to theI bottom thereof, and the upper Figure lis a perspective view of a section of my imends a a of the corrugated beams forming these stand- 'proved elevated railway; ards are,in each, so bent apart outwardly as that they Figure 2, a transverse section of one of the standshall project horizontally in opposite directions, but in the same longitudinal plane, 'and form a seat for the ards or supporting-columnsin the line :v a: of iig. l;

Figure 3, a vertical section, through a standard and ends otva correspoinlingly-corrugated cross-tie beam, E, fitting accurately and closely upon and -into 'the cross-tie beam of the railway in the line y y of 2;

Figure 4, a vertical longitudinal section through the same, and riveted therego, as illustrated in figs. l and rail, at a joint thereof, upon a cross-tie beam, cutting 4 of thedrawings. 4

said beam and the end of the standard-plate trans- The plates e, interposed between the faces ofthe corversely in the line Z z of iig. 3;' and rugated beams ibrmingthe standards. are thickened at Figure 5, a'tr'ansvers'e section in the line w fw oftig. 4.. their edges, as shown in viig'. 2, to form shoulders, which Figure i is an elevation, and shall engage the edges of the corrugated beams secured Figure 7, a cross-section of a standard, in which the thereto, and serve to prevent the beams from spreading two corrugated plates 0r beams are united, and secured laterally, thereby imparting great additional strength upon the interposed tie-plate, without rivets, by means thereto. of grooved shoulders or tlanges,'upon'the Aedges of the These shoulders or projections s s, on the edges of tie-plate. the tie-plate e, may be grooved, as illustrated in iig. 7,

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all (sheet 2 of the drawings,) to receive the edges of the corrugated beams or plates a, a, so that they shall be tirmly and securely 'united therewith, and retained thereupon without the use of rivets.

Double-corrugated beams F, laid upon the cross-tie beams in such position as that the central groove shall be open upwardly, constitute the rails of the railway. Each beam equals in length the distance between the standards, so that the joints between the rails fall upon the cross-tie beams, as shown in tig. 1.

To make the rails continuous, metallic tie-plates G, tig. 4, are inserted, and secured between the folds of the corrngations at the joints, as shown in tigs. 4 and 5, to break them.

-The central grooves of the rails may be iilled in, or partially filled in,lalong their whole length, with wooden strips h, continuous with the metallic strips, breaking the joints.

Upon these rails I place triple-flanged wheels K, the tianges thereof being so formed as to project pneither side of the rail, and also in the central groove, 'the central safety-anges, however, being made much less projecting than the other guide-flanges.

The central flange may, it' desired, be omitted, and the wheels used with outer iianges alone thereon, and, in such case, the central groove may be entirely filled. up and closed with an inserted strip.

Having thus fully described my improvements,

I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. Standards or supports A, formed by two corru- The nature of my improvements consists- First, in outwardly curving, in opposite directions, from a vertical to a horizontal plane, the upper ends of the corrugated beams, which, united face to face, constitute standards or supports for elevated structures.

Second, the combination of a corrugated cross-tie beam with the outwardly-curved ends of the corrugated plates of said improved standards, whenused in supporting an elevated railway, to prevent the same from spreading apart, and at the same time aiford a bearing for the rails.

Third, the formation of shoulders on either side of the edge of the central longitudinal tie-plate, interposed between the corrugated plates forming the standards for elevated structures, by means of a rib or head, formed or secured upon' the edges of said tie-plate, so that said shoulder shall firmly stay and bind the co'rrugated plates, receive all lateral thrust thereof, (thus relieving the rivets from strain, so that a less number is required,) and serve eiiectually to prevent the spread-v ing or opening of the ,folds of the corrugated beams; also, the formation oi grooves inthe shoulders formed by the rib on the edge of the tie-plate, to receive and secure the edges of the corrugated plates, and thus obviate the necessity of rivets to unite them; and

Fourth, the combination of a wooden stay-strip with the central grooves of the rails, in continuation of the tallic tie-bars placed therein at the jointsuof the gated beams, whose upper endsa a are curved in opdually, and secured between two corrugated-metal posite directions, substantially in the manner and for` beams, substantially as herein set forth.- the purpose herein set forth. v 4. Central stay-strips l1., inserted in the upper cen- 2. A corrugated cross-tie beam, O, in combination tra] groove of my improved corrugated rail F,substan with the outwardly-curved ends ofthe two corrugated tlally as and tor the purpose lerein set forth.

beams forming my improved standards A, substantially R. MONTGOMERY. as and for the purpose herein set forth. Witnesses:

3. Plain or grooved shoulders or stay-anges, formed DAVID A. BURR, upon the edges of' a tie-plate, c, interposed lougitu- WM. H. ROWE.

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