US94541A

US94541A - For cone-wheels

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Publication number: US94541A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1869-09-07
Anticipated expiration: 1886-09-07

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Letters Patent N 94,541, elated )Septemberl 7, 1869.

RAILWAY-CROSSING FOR CCNE-WHEELS.

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

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH BABIES, of Manchester city, Lancashire, and Kingdom of England, have invented a new and useful Improved Cone-Wheel with Crossings adapted; andl do herchy declare that the followings; is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in thc art to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

lhen narrow-gzmge rolling stock is provided with cone-wheels, they can run over hroad-gaugc tracks; however, the narrowgange tread, where desirable, may be carried over diamond and other crossings, on high rails, provided and tapering at each end, and thus provents the. cutting olf thecrossiugs` and diamonds now in use, and the tapered rails will admit ot' broad-gauge rolling stock running as heretofore. But at diamondcrossings, where there will be no objections to have extra grooves cut for flanges, then the narrow-gaugetrack rail can be kept below the broad-gauge rail the dit'erence in the cone diameter. In adopting this plan, the high-tapered rail will not be required; rentra' low "rails will be usedat all public crossings, to'aihrd easy access for horses.

At crossings in yards, where it will not he desirable to use high rails, then the wing-rails maybe left wider, to admit extra width ot wheels passing through; but when this plan is chosen, then the wing-rails may be connected with tho switch-rails, and both work together hy means of rods and cranks, or any other convenient mode.

Figure Il, in the dra-wing, is a cross-section of my improved crossing, with the cone-wheels to which it is adapted, said wheels being designed for use on broadgauge and narrow-gauge tracks, without requiring athird rail, except at crossings where a high-tapered rail will enable the. narrow-gauge tread to ascend and descend, and thereby raise the flange above the rails of the crossing-track,and take olf and bring on the broad-gauge part of the cone 011 to its track. a a are a' broad-gauge tread, and b b narrow-gauge tread; c c are broad-gauge track; l d, narrow-gauge track; o e, guard rails inside; f j; outside guard for curves.

Figure 2 is a side elevation, showing one cone-wheel resting ou broad gauge, and the other on narrow gauge, when passing crossings. In said ligure, (l (l indicate a high-tapered rail at crossings.

Figure 3 is a ground plan of crossings or diamond.

The foregoing letters ot' reference apply to the last figure.

.Having thus described my invention,

ters Patent, is-

A railway-crossing, adapted to the use of conewheels, for tracks of different gauges, arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth. V

The abovespecication of my invention signed by nic, this 6th day of April, 1869.

HUGH BAINES.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-h Witnesses:

JOHN L. BLAIKIE, A. R. FAULKNER.