US8710A - Of railroad-oaks - Google Patents

Description

H. n. TAYLOR.

Car Brake.

,Patnted Feb. 3. 1852.

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HY. TAYLOR, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

RUNNING-GEAR OF RAILROAD-CARS.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known thatI, HENRY DAVIS TAY- LOR, of the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful improvements in means of preventlng locomotives, rail-cars, and all carriages employed on railroads from running or being thrown off the track or rails; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of the platform or floor frame and trucks of a rail car having my improvements applied. Fig. 2 is a front elevation. of the same. Figs. 3 and 45 areviews of some of the parts detached which are more particu larly referred to in suitable places inv the description.

Suitable letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures.

This invention relates to certain means of removing obstructions from the track and preventing the cars, engine or any carriages employed on railroads from being caused to run off the track by any unevenness or obstruction that does not admit of being easily removed or by any other means.

To enable others skilled in the art to make may be of any suitable form which admits of the inner edge projecting.

Below the car and inside the rails there is a strong frame or truck consisting of longitudinal piers G, G, and crosspieces H, H, of timber or other materials united by metal frames or corner pieces I, I, in each of which frames or corner pieces is hung the axle a,

of a small wheel J, which inclines at an angle of about 45 and is provided in its periphery with a groove fitting to the inner edge of the rail about half way between the wheels D, D, in such a manner that when Specification of Letters Patent No. 8,710, dated February 3, 1852.

all of the said wheels J, arein their places the frame can not rise or move upward. This frame with its wheels is represented in Fig. 4: which is a plan of it and is also seen in Fig, 2, and partly in Fig. 3.

Connected to the outer end timber of each truck B, near each side is a rod K, which passes through a guide L, attached to the opposite end timber. To the inner edge of each rod K, a link M, is attached at the center of its length. One end of each link M, is connected by a rod N, at one end to one of the side timbers G, G, of the lower truck or frame and the opposite end of each link by a rod P, to a link 0, which hangs at the center of its length on a stationary pin 6, attached to the platform A, of the car. This link O,1nust be hung in such a position as to move freely and allow of the shortening of the distance between the ends of the two links hi, which areopposite each other.

Across thecenter of each truck is placed a'framing consisting principally of two parallel bars U, U, and on pivots inserted through these bars are hung links Q, R, R, the pivots passing through the links at about the middle of their length. The front timher of the truck is omitted in Fig. 2 to show these bars U, U. The links Q, are each connected by two rods S, S, (one at each end) to the links R, R; and the opposite ends of the links R, R,,to those which are connected to the links Q, are connected by rods T, T to the cross timbers H, H, of the inclined wheel frame. The last described combinations of rods and links connect the trucks B, B, with the lower truck or frame G, G, H, H and confine them together laterally and are precisely the same in their arrangement and operation as the first described combinations, which connect the body of the car and the trucks B, B, with the lower truck or frame and confine them together longitudinally, the links Quperforming the same duty as those 0, viz, that of allowing for the variation in the distance between the ends of the levers R, B. By means of the two sets of rods and links, one set on each side of the car and one set across each truck B, the car is connected to the lower truck or frame G, G, H, H, in such a manner as to admit of each one, or any number at the same time of the wheels D being raised from the rail in passing over anything which may be upon them and insures their safe return to their proper position on the rail when they have passed over the obstruction or unevenness of surface without giving any very perceptible shock tothe car.

Attached by pins 0, to the end of the lower truck or frame-G, G, H, H, there are two guards V, one on each side nearly close to is a standing rest f, which when the guard is a little raised rests against the axle C behind it. The guards V, are united by cross stretchers g, g, and are designed to catch anything which may be upon the rails and either move it off or carry. it along until a convenient time for stopping. The india rubber bands will break the force of the shock to the car, and prevent injury to living creatures. The number ofguards may be increased and the elastic bands made to extend all across in a continuous sheet. The front of the engine and each or one end of every car or the outer ends of the first and last cars of a train may be provided with the above guards.

The operation of the improvement is as follows: lVhen the cars or engine are running the guards hang perfectly free, but as soon as they meet with an obstruction they are raised and thrown back by the force of the concussion and the rests f bear against the axle C. It depends on the nature or formof the obstruct-ion whether it will be thrown off or carried in front. In case it is carried in front the guards will be prevented from being thrown back by the axle C. Any obstruction of such nature as to adhereto the rails or not to admit of being moved by the guards will be passed over by the wheels D, D, but owing to the form and position of the wheels J, J, which are prevented from rising and which need not extend far on the rail, they the said wheels J, J will either escape, pass under or remove the obstructio-n, and as they are confined to the rails and the trucks must always be brought back to the same position on the rails in relation to the wheels J, J, the cars can not get off the track.

I do not claim the grooved inclined wheels J, J, fitting to the rails in the manner described; but

' What I do claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The lower truck or frame G, G, H, H, supported upon the rails and prevented from rising by grooved inclined wheels J, J, J, J,

fitting to the edge of the rails, and con- 7 nected to the trucks, and body of the car by series of links and rods substantially such as are herein described and represented by O, P, P, M, M N, N, K, K, and Q, S, S, R, R, T, T, operating for the purpose set forth.

2. And I also claim the forked guards V, provided with elastic bands Z, Z, and att-ached to the lower trucks G, G, H, H, so as to move up and down freely but formed so as to take a firm bearing or rest on the front axle or any stationary part of the front truck when brought into contact with any obstruction substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

HENRY DAVIS TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

DAVID W. BALDWIN, CALEB I. TIOHENER.

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