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US957503A US50875509A US1909508755A US957503A US 957503 A US957503 A US 957503A US 50875509 A US50875509 A US 50875509A US 1909508755 A US1909508755 A US 1909508755A US 957503 A US957503 A US 957503A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01H—STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; DISPERSING OR PREVENTING FOG IN GENERAL CLEANING STREET OR RAILWAY FURNITURE OR TUNNEL WALLS
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    • E01H5/07—Apparatus propelled by animal or engine power; Apparatus propelled by hand with driven dislodging or conveying levelling elements, conveying pneumatically for the dislodged material dislodging essentially by non-driven elements, e.g. scraper blades, snow-plough blades, scoop blades and conveying dislodged material by driven or pneumatic means
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  • Patented may 1o, 1910.
  • My invention relates to steam snow plows' of the kind used on ailroads7 and in general ternis it includes a car-like structure lia-ving its for ard end pointed and provided on the two sides of the pointed end with rotary snow-removing wheels provided with blades which are adapted to cut into the snow to disintegrate it and earr it. upward and fan it out through opposed blower pipes or chutes arranged on each side of the car. These chutes are provided ⁇ with hoods which may be turned in any direction which it is desired to throw the snow. It will be understood that the wheels which eut. and raise the snow also form fans whereby the disintegrated. snow is blown upwa 'd through the chutes.
  • These opposed cutting and' tanning wheels are driven by any suitable mechanism mounted in the interior of the car, whereby either one or both ot' the cutting wheels may be used, depending upon circumstances.
  • the invention also consists 'in the details of constructimi and arrangement of parts as set forth in the following description and particularly stated in the claims appended.
  • 'lhe objecty of the invention is to provide a snow plow wherein the plow t'aees are formed with disintegrating whe is which shall cut: up the snow and carry it av. ay from the snow bank and force itI out through blower chutes, and also to provide means whereby at the saine time that the wall of snow at. the front of the car is beingl cleared away, the snow between and ou each side of the track rails may be thrown off to the side.
  • Figure l is a side elevation ot' a snow plow constructed in accordance with my invention
  • Fig. 2 is a longitudinal horizontal section of the plow shown in Fig. l on the. line 2--25
  • Fig. 4 is a fragmentary bottoni plan view nl the front end of the ear
  • Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail, showing the mounting of the hood upon the npp;.r end of Specification oi Letters Patent.
  • Fig. 6 is a diametrical section of one of the disintegrating wheels.
  • My snow plow is mounted u )on the ordinary trucks of a car, and includes a body formed practicallv like the body of the ordinary box car which is mounted upon these trucks.
  • the body of the car is to be made of steel, and the sides are ada ted to extend down on each side of the truexs, as shown in :Fig l.
  • the car may be provided with win (lows and a rear entrance, if desired.
  • the bottom. of the car has its forward edge 2 slightly angled, as shown in Fig. This bottom is supported in rigid relation to the sides by the transverse i lams 3 and the longitudinal steel sills 4. As shown, there are three of these sills, one, 5.
  • T he lateral sills extend to the front inclined walls of the car body and brace the same.
  • the floor of thecar is connected to the side walls thereof b v the angle irons 7.
  • the object of this combination of longitudinal sills, transverse beams and the angle irons 7 is to brace the ear body agai st shock, and particularly to hold the is ⁇ ned front wall of the ear against strain and to brace the saine. lhc side. walls .s of thi ear body are ent. away as at 5) to lit. over the transverse beams 3 so that, :i smooth outer surface is provided.
  • the front', walls of the ear body are convez-gently inclined as at 10.
  • the rear ends ot' the front wall start somewhat. back of the' forward extremity of the side wall 8 so that an angular.l pocket. is formed between the forward ends ol: the side walls 8 and the rear ends of the front walls 10, ⁇ the door 2 extending outward beneath this pocketas at M.
  • Mounted en nach of the inclined faces l() is a rotary wheel 11 which is shown in detail in liig. t3.
  • This wheel l1 is of any suitable construction and is provided on its rear face with anti'riction rollers or ball bearings 11 which bear against thev inclined faces 10 of the plow and aclJ to supportl the body of thewheel against, thtl pressure of snow as the plow is forced into the snow bank. It it. were not. for these bearings, the rotary wheei would he delleeted and bent inward so that in time it would be jammed against the face of the plow.
  • the wheel is provided with two'series of blades.
  • the outer blades l2 are preferably rectangular in plan and project. outward at right. angles to the plane of the wheel ll. These blades are located on the circumference of the wheel l1 and act as fans.
  • the wheels 11 may be driven in any suit.- able manner, preferably, however independentof each other by means of two independeut engines 14 and l5 located within the car, these engines being supplied with au)- suit-- able motive power. As shown, the engines are ⁇ connected to a boiler 16. Any desired gearing may be used for driving the wheels l1 from the en ines. I have shown for this purpose each ot ⁇ the wheels ll provided with an lnwardly projecting shaft l? which extends through the wall l0 and carries on its inner end a sprocket wheel 18 which is driven by a sprocket chain 19 from a sprocket wheel on the engine shaft 20.
  • This chute 22 at its upper end is formed with a raceway 23 (see Fig. and carries upon it a rotatable hood 24, the lower end of this hood being angular-ly flanged as at 25 to project over the racer. ay formed in the upper end of the chute 22.
  • Antifrietion balls 26 are carried in the raceway, and by this means the. hood 24 is made rotatable on the upper end of the chute 22 so that the. hood may be directed into any desired direction.
  • a toothed wheel 27 which surrounds it and is made rigid with the hood 24, this wheel intermeshing with a pinion 28 mounted on a shaft Qtt which projects down through the ear rootl and is provided with a handle or other means whereby the hood 24 nay be rotated by hand.
  • the forward end of the. car plattorm or floor beneath the inclined wall 10 is provided with the angular plow blades 230 which are adapted to extend downward between thc rails A of the track and exteriorly of the angular blades 30 the body is also provided with the blades 3l. These are parallel. to the blades 30, but are spaced from them so as to out the rails A between theirforward ends and the rear ends ot the blades 3
  • the space between the track is cleared of snow and the space immediately exterior of the track or rail is cleared of snow, the snow 'being thrown upward where it. will be out of the way.
  • the snow plow is attached to the front of an ordinary train, or may be Seli"- propelled, as desired.
  • the wheels 11 are rotated downward and rearward in the direction of the hands of a clock. This rotation of the wheels cuts up and disintegrates the. face of the snow bank against which the plow is forced, and the rotation of the wheels acts to throw the snow rearward and upward and to force a currentV of air upward and outward through the chute and the hood 2l, thus blowing the disintegrated snow out through the chutes and hoods and oil1 beyond the side of the track.
  • a snow plow having edge-shaped front ends, disintegrating wheels rotatably vaunted on the sides of the wedge-shaped ends, and chutes arranged in aline-mene with the circumference of the. wheels but rearward of the shafts ot said wheels, said chutes ⁇ extending out at a tangent to the wheels.
  • a snow plow having a wedge-shaped front end, disintegrating wheels rotatably mounted on the sides of thc wedge-shaped end, and chutes arranged in alinement with the wheels but tothe rear ofthe shafts thereof, said chutes extending upward at a tangentl to the wheels, curved hoods mounted upon the chutes for rotation around the axes of the chutes, and mechanism for rotating said hoods.
  • a snow plow having a wedge-sha ed front end, disintegrating wheels rotatalbly mounted on the sides of the wedge-sha end, chutes arranged in alinement witl the described the invention, what'.

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W. H. FERGUSON.
ROTARY SNOW PLOW.
APPLICATIoN .rum JULY 21,1909.
Patented may 1o, 1910.
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APPLICATION FILED JULY 21,1909. 957,503. Patented May 10,1910.
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WILLIAM H. FERGUSON, 0F LA GM.NDE, OREGON.
ROTARY SNOW-PLW.
` of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rotary Snow-Flows,
of which the following is a specilication.
My invention relates to steam snow plows' of the kind used on ailroads7 and in general ternis it includes a car-like structure lia-ving its for ard end pointed and provided on the two sides of the pointed end with rotary snow-removing wheels provided with blades which are adapted to cut into the snow to disintegrate it and earr it. upward and fan it out through opposed blower pipes or chutes arranged on each side of the car. These chutes are provided` with hoods which may be turned in any direction which it is desired to throw the snow. It will be understood that the wheels which eut. and raise the snow also form fans whereby the disintegrated. snow is blown upwa 'd through the chutes. These opposed cutting and' tanning wheels are driven by any suitable mechanism mounted in the interior of the car, whereby either one or both ot' the cutting wheels may be used, depending upon circumstances.
The invention also consists 'in the details of constructimi and arrangement of parts as set forth in the following description and particularly stated in the claims appended. 'lhe objecty of the invention is to provide a snow plow wherein the plow t'aees are formed with disintegrating whe is which shall cut: up the snow and carry it av. ay from the snow bank and force itI out through blower chutes, and also to provide means whereby at the saine time that the wall of snow at. the front of the car is beingl cleared away, the snow between and ou each side of the track rails may be thrown off to the side. .For a full understanding of the invention and the' merits thereof, and to acquire a knowledge ofthe details of construction, reference is to be had to the followiner description and accompanying drawings, in which: Figure l is a side elevation ot' a snow plow constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal horizontal section of the plow shown in Fig. l on the. line 2--25 ["ig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical scction of said car; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary bottoni plan view nl the front end of the ear; Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail, showing the mounting of the hood upon the npp;.r end of Specification oi Letters Patent.
Application filed July 21, 1909.
Patented May 10, 1910.
serial No. 508,755.
the blower chate; and, Fig. 6 is a diametrical section of one of the disintegrating wheels.
Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.
My snow plow is mounted u )on the ordinary trucks of a car, and includes a body formed practicallv like the body of the ordinary box car which is mounted upon these trucks. The body of the car is to be made of steel, and the sides are ada ted to extend down on each side of the truexs, as shown in :Fig l. The car may be provided with win (lows and a rear entrance, if desired. The bottom. of the car has its forward edge 2 slightly angled, as shown in Fig. This bottom is supported in rigid relation to the sides by the transverse i lams 3 and the longitudinal steel sills 4. As shown, there are three of these sills, one, 5. extending through the longitudinal middle of the ear and provided at opposite ends with the draw bars t5. T he lateral sills extend to the front inclined walls of the car body and brace the same. The floor of thecar is connected to the side walls thereof b v the angle irons 7. The object of this combination of longitudinal sills, transverse beams and the angle irons 7 is to brace the ear body agai st shock, and particularly to hold the is `ned front wall of the ear against strain and to brace the saine. lhc side. walls .s of thi ear body are ent. away as at 5) to lit. over the transverse beams 3 so that, :i smooth outer surface is provided. The front', walls of the ear body are convez-gently inclined as at 10. The rear ends ot' the front wall start somewhat. back of the' forward extremity of the side wall 8 so that an angular.l pocket. is formed between the forward ends ol: the side walls 8 and the rear ends of the front walls 10, `the door 2 extending outward beneath this pocketas at M. Mounted en nach of the inclined faces l() is a rotary wheel 11 which is shown in detail in liig. t3. This wheel l1 is of any suitable construction and is provided on its rear face with anti'riction rollers or ball bearings 11 which bear against thev inclined faces 10 of the plow and aclJ to supportl the body of thewheel against, thtl pressure of snow as the plow is forced into the snow bank. It it. were not. for these bearings, the rotary wheei would he delleeted and bent inward so that in time it would be jammed against the face of the plow. The wheel is provided with two'series of blades. The outer blades l2 are preferably rectangular in plan and project. outward at right. angles to the plane of the wheel ll. These blades are located on the circumference of the wheel l1 and act as fans. Inward of the blades l?. are the triangular blades 13 which act as knives to disintegrate ard cut. up the bank of snow into which the plow is being forced. Uf course the blades lil also act in this inanner, but. in addition thereto have the peculiar function above. stated of fanning the snow back into the pocket. before referred to.
The wheels 11 may be driven in any suit.- able manner, preferably, however independentof each other by means of two independeut engines 14 and l5 located within the car, these engines being supplied with au)- suit-- able motive power. As shown, the engines are` connected to a boiler 16. Any desired gearing may be used for driving the wheels l1 from the en ines. I have shown for this purpose each ot `the wheels ll provided with an lnwardly projecting shaft l? which extends through the wall l0 and carries on its inner end a sprocket wheel 18 which is driven by a sprocket chain 19 from a sprocket wheel on the engine shaft 20. The sides 8 at their forward ends, just forward of the junction 0f the sides with the inclined walls 10, are cut away as at 21, or otherwise formed to accommodate an upwardly extending' chute 22 which is attached to the body of the car on the exterior thereot'. This chute 22 at its upper end is formed with a raceway 23 (see Fig. and carries upon it a rotatable hood 24, the lower end of this hood being angular-ly flanged as at 25 to project over the racer. ay formed in the upper end of the chute 22. Antifrietion balls 26 are carried in the raceway, and by this means the. hood 24 is made rotatable on the upper end of the chute 22 so that the. hood may be directed into any desired direction. For the purpose of turning the hood, I providea toothed wheel 27 which surrounds it and is made rigid with the hood 24, this wheel intermeshing with a pinion 28 mounted on a shaft Qtt which projects down through the ear rootl and is provided with a handle or other means whereby the hood 24 nay be rotated by hand.
. The forward end of the. car plattorm or floor beneath the inclined wall 10 is provided with the angular plow blades 230 which are adapted to extend downward between thc rails A of the track and exteriorly of the angular blades 30 the body is also provided with the blades 3l. These are parallel. to the blades 30, but are spaced from them so as to out the rails A between theirforward ends and the rear ends ot the blades 3 Thus the space between the track is cleared of snow and the space immediately exterior of the track or rail is cleared of snow, the snow 'being thrown upward where it. will be out of the way.
'lhe operation of my invention will be evident.. The snow plow is attached to the front of an ordinary train, or may be Seli"- propelled, as desired. As it plunges into thel snow bank, the wheels 11 are rotated downward and rearward in the direction of the hands of a clock. This rotation of the wheels cuts up and disintegrates the. face of the snow bank against which the plow is forced, and the rotation of the wheels acts to throw the snow rearward and upward and to force a currentV of air upward and outward through the chute and the hood 2l, thus blowing the disintegrated snow out through the chutes and hoods and oil1 beyond the side of the track.
'hile l have shown what l believe to be the best embodiment; of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not wish to be limited to the details` shown, as the invention might be embodied in a number of different forms, without departing from the spirit thereof.
Having thus I claim is l. A .snow plow comprising a car body raving a wedge-shaped vertical end, disintegrating wheels carried upon the faces of said wedge-shaped end, and chutes arranged adjacent to said wheel, through which the snow is forced by the'rotation of the wheel.
l. A snow plow having edge-shaped front ends, disintegrating wheels rotatably vaunted on the sides of the wedge-shaped ends, and chutes arranged in aline-mene with the circumference of the. wheels but rearward of the shafts ot said wheels, said chutes` extending out at a tangent to the wheels.
3. A snow having a wet ge-shaped vertical end, ro: rai-able disintegrating wheels carried on the omased faces of the wedge-shaped end, eacn wheel having there in a series of fan blades, and chutes mounted on the car bod)r rearward of but adjacent to the disintegrating wheels` through which the snow is forced by the rotation of said wheels.
4. A snow plow having a wedge-shaped front end, disintegrating wheels rotatably mounted on the sides of thc wedge-shaped end, and chutes arranged in alinement with the wheels but tothe rear ofthe shafts thereof, said chutes extending upward at a tangentl to the wheels, curved hoods mounted upon the chutes for rotation around the axes of the chutes, and mechanism for rotating said hoods.
5. A snow plow having a wedge-sha ed front end, disintegrating wheels rotatalbly mounted on the sides of the wedge-sha end, chutes arranged in alinement witl the described the invention, what'.
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