US947268A - Railway cattle-guard. - Google Patents

Description

G. F. WOOD.

RAILWAY GATTLE GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1809.

Patented Jan. 25, 1910.

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G. F. WOOD.

RAILWAY CATTLE GUARD.

APPLICATION rum) mm: 15, 1909.

947,268, Patented Ja11.25,1910.

2 SHBETSSHEET 2.

firm nu GEORGE F. WOOD. 0F MOKINNEY,

TEXAS. AS

FIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE B. SMITH.

OF M c KlNN HY, TEXAS.

RAILWAY CATTLE-G UALRD.

Application tiled June 15. i909.

To all whom, it may concern.

lie it known that l, tinouoi-z i Wow, a citizen of the United States, residing at Me- Kinney, in the county of ('ollin and St ate of Texas, have invented certain new and usel'ul lmprovtnnents in ltailway (attlc-(iuutrds, ol whieh the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawlugs.

this invention is an improved railway rattle guard and consists of the novel eonstruction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Theobjet-t of the invention is to provide a device of this eharnmer whieh will be inex pensive in construction, durable in use and etlieient in operation; to provide one will make a rattling noise when an animal ZlllLlllllta to cross it and thereby frighten oil the animal; and to proride one in which the track rails may be used as a part of the supporting' framework of the device.

The above and other objects of the inven- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 25, 1910.

Sena! No. 502.313.

or other hard substantially spht-rieal objects fall which will produce a noise when they against the eor'rugattal sheet metal body 5.

which tion are attained in its preferred embodiment illustrated in the at-eoiupauylng draw- I ings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved railway cattle guard; Figs. 2 and 3 are loir gitudinal and tranaverse sectional views: and Figs. "l and 5 are detaihperspective views showing the manner in which the rollers or cylinders of the guard may be fastened.

In the drawings 1 denotes railway track rails and 2 cross ties for supportin; the same. These ties are preferably made of triangular-shape in cross section at the guard so that their upper or side faces will be downwardly inelined.

The guard coni 'iriscsa plurality of rollers preferably of and made of sheet metal so that they will be hollow and corrugated longitudinally. 'lhese rollers which are arranged between a pair of' the track rails 1 are designated by the of the notch 'l'he rollers or cylinders l are preferably llltllllil 'tl h arranging them on transverse pi\ot rods 7 which extend through opei'iings s unched in the heads 4. Said openings 8 are t' irmed by punching the heads inwardly Hi that the portions l of the heads will provide inwardly extending bearin; surfaces for the pivot rod, thereby strengthening said heads, as shown in the drawings. The base [tonnes of the track rails l are used a supports for the pivot rods T, which latter are se ured to said tlann'es by forming in their endsnott-hcs [0. t] to receive the base flanges of the opposing trarl-z rails The notch lO at one end of each pivot rod is comparatively short and of ju t suliiei ut size to receive and ctletrtively engage the base tlauge of one of the tra k rails. but the notch it at the other end of said pivot rod is long so as to receive a locking wedge or key 1'; in addition to the base flange of the opposing track rail. The key 1'2 is in the form of a \\'ctlge-sluipetl plate. which driven into the inner portion 11 after the outer end of said notch has been engaged with the baseflange of the rail so that the pivot rod 7' will be rigidly clamped between the two track rails.

1 slot 13 intersecting the notch 11 in a plane substantially cylindrical shape numerals 3 and. each consists of two circular I in; said heads suitably united to its ends.

The rollers or cylinders manner'so that they may contain small objects 6 which will more around in the roller t spiked. as shown at 18, to the ends of the as it is rotated by the animal. and produce a rattling noise and frighten the animal away. Said objects 6 may be pebbles,

are made in this of the rail and marbles, shot,

at right angles to the same so that the wedge key may be inserted vertically instead of horizontally, as will be understood on referonce to Fig. of the drawings. \Vashers 14 are preferably arranged on the pivot rod 7 al the ends 01' the rollers or cylinders 3. It. will be understood that one or more of the rollers may be arranged between each of the cross ties.

As above stated, the rollers 53 a re arranged between opposing track rails in either sin le or double tracks and where there are dou 1e tracks similar rollers 15 may be similarly mounted between the adjacent rails of the two tracks. On both single and double tracks rows of similar but smaller rollers 16 are arranged between the outer base flanges an angle metal pivot supporting bar or plate 17 which may be cross ties 2 or otherwise suitably mounted.

In operation, when an animal voluntarily first tests it.

The moment the animal touch s the cylinder or roller with its hoof 1 or nose the motion of the cylinder in revolving suggests its instability and the rattling noise caused by the balls or other objects in the cylinder will frighten the animal away. in case an animal crosses the guard involuntarily, as, for instance, by being pushed over it; by other animals or being frightened across it by a train, the animal wlll not be injured or caught in the guard. This feature obviates all danger of trains being wrecked which frequently happens where ordinary pit guards are used. it is impossible for an animal to get caught or hung in the guard since the rotary movement of the cylinders or rollers and the resiliency of the metal from which the device is (:(mstllilititl will readily release any part of the animal upon its slightest exertion.

ll will he noted that the peculiar construc tion of the device rcnders it inex 'iensive and at the same time strong and durable. The nuI-unling of the pivotsfor the rollers on the flanges of the rails obviates the H6095 sity of extra supporting framework and, consequently (LiiiliJll'e the guard to be easily and quickly llFIlllf-Il at an exceedingly will rjlfil. When once installed, it will be emetdiup g durable and it will be practit-ally Without ust of maintenance. By uialtiy the J'Ullclf; or cylinders of galvanized iror they will be visible on the darkest night which an advantageous feature.

While l have shown and described in detail the preferred embodinigit of the invention. I wish it to be undcrstliod that various changes in. the form, proportion and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction may be resorted to Within the. spirit and scope of the invention.

lluving thus described the invention what is claimed is:

t. In a railway cattle guard, the combination with opposing track rails having base flanges, of transversely arranged horizontally disposed pivot rods formed at their ends with inwardly extending longitudinal notches to receive the opposing base flanges of the track rails, wedges driven into the innor portions of the notches at one end of said pivot rod and engaged with the base flanges of the adjacent track rail to retain said pivot rods in position between the rails, guard rollers rotatably mounted on said pivot rods, and washers upon said pivot rods )H liWGGIl the ends of the rollers and the track ra1 2. in a railway cattle uard, the combination with cross ties o substantially V- a-rhape in cross section, and track rails upon ntiltil tie;- and formed with oppositely projecting base flanges, of angle metal support ing plates having upright portions secured to the ends of said cross ties and inwardly extending horizontal flanges disposed in the hOIlZOI'iifll plane of the base flanges of the track rails, transversely extending horizontally disposed pivot rods having their ends formed with.1nwardly extending longitudinal notches to enga e the flanges on said track rails and sai angular supporting plates, Wedges driven into certain of the notches of said pivot rods to retain them in position, and guard rollers freely rotatable on said pivot rods and disposed between the cross ties.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atlix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE F. WOOD.

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