US912629A - Foundation-top for pipe-carriers. - Google Patents

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O. L. 6: L. G. STUEBER. FOUNDATION TOP FOR PIPE CARRIERS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 29, 190B.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

IN VENTORS ATTORNEY UNITED srA'rns PATENT orrron.

CONRAD L. STUEBER AND LEO O. S TUEBER, OF WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN.

FOUNDATION-TOP FOR PIPE-CARRIERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 29, 1908.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

Serial No. 450,886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CONRAD L. STUEBEP. and Lao C. STUEBER, citizens of the United States, residing at Watertown, in the county of Dodge and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Foundation-Top for Pipe-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our device is to provide tops for concrete or similar foundations for supporting pipe carriers, especially adapted to railroad slgnaling, the improvements in which embrace strength, durability, firmseating capacity, adjustability sidewise with a pipe line and adaptability to any standard carrier.

We accomplish our object by the mechan ism illustrated in the accompanying draw ings, in which Figure l is a metal top adapted to rest upon a concrete or similar foundation; Fig. 2 is a side view of said top; Fig. 3 is a bottom YlQW of the same showing reinforcements thereon; Fig. 4 is an end view of said top secured to a foundation with a pipe carrier in position on said top; Fig. 5 is a side view of Fig. i, and Fig. 6 is a cross section of the top showing a countersunk slot therein.

In the drawings A represents a foundation, preferably constructed of concrete. B is a metal top set thereon and G O are slots adapted to receive square neck rods D D the lower end of each bent at a right angle to engage with an end E of a pipe extending through foundation A. Slots C C are countersunk thereby providing spaces for nuts (Z (Z on the upper ends of rods D D, rendering top B adjustable sidewise with the pipe line without interfering with bottom rollers f f of carriers F F and permitting the lining up of the pipes of a pipe line after the foundations are set. Said top is also provided with a plurality of rectangular openings I I on each side edge. These are for the carrier attaching bolts J J and are made of the shape shown and described instead of holes in order that a top may be suited to any standard carrier regardless of the varying distances apart at which the carrier bolt holes may be set. By this form of construction it will also be seen that when a carrier bolt in an opening I is broken it can be readily replaced without lifting top B off the foundation and without disturbing any of the other carriers.

K K are intersecting ridges or corrugations cast on the bottom of top B which serve as reinforcements and retain the top in a depressionless, firmly-seated position on the foundation. Said tops are approximately 19x8 inches, but they may be made any length desired and be provided with a plurality of slots C C as well as rectangular openings I I.

'What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination in a signaling apparatus with a foundation having opposite pipe ends and a pipe carrier, of a foundation top provided with longitudinal countersunk slots, square neck rods with nuts seated in said countersunk slots, the lower bent ends engaging with said pipe ends, intersecting corrugations serving as reinforcements integral with the under part of said top, a plurality of side projections the rectangular spaces between the same forming recesses for carrier bolts to engage with said top, substantially as set forth and shown.

2. A foundation top for pipe carriers comprising an elongated metal top portion having elongated slots therein, intersecting corrugations on the bottom thereof serving as reinforcements and a plurality of side projections forming rectangular openings in the sides thereof, substantially as shown and described.

3. A foundation top for pipe carriers comprising a flat base member containin countersunk slots to permit adjustment sldewise with a pipe line and the lining up of the pipes of a pipe line after the foundation is set, and a plurality of projections at the side edges forming rectangular openings to permit the attachment by bolts of carriers of any standard size, substantially as described and set forth.

4:. In a foundation top for pipe carriers the combination of a concrete foundation and the opposite ends of a pipe therein, a metal top provided with countersunk slots, rods with nuts seated in said countersunk slots having lower ends engaging with said pipe ends to hold said top rigid upon said foundation, substantially as described.

5. In a foundation top for pipe carriers a top comprising intersecting corrugations on the bottom serving as reinforcements and holes maybe set; substint-ial ly as set forth 10 sh91vn- In testimny Wherec iifi we'aflizi our signacounfrlink slots to prmit' adjustmnt side: Wise with,v a] 4 pipe ling withq ut in tliffjfig" with the bttom carrier rollers substantially as shown. tures in presencg gf two Witnesses.

6. In a foundation top fr carriers a pli1- CONRAD L. STUEBER. rality of sidepro ject ions forming rectangular LEO C. STUEBER. openings adapted to receive bolts of any VVitnesSes: 7 standard carrier regardless of the varying WARREN ROGER, distances apart at which the carrier bolt R. C. BELL.

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