US909944A - Car-replacer. - Google Patents

Description

G. H. SARGBNT'. GAR RBPLAGEE. I AYPLIOATIOR FILED JUNE 12, 1908.

909,914. Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

l-lll 1 n. m 18 GEORGE H. SARGENT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CAR-REPLACE R.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

Application filed June 12, 1908. Serial No. 438,095.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. SARGENT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Replacers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention concerns derailed car replacers or rerailers which are employed temporarily as rails or supports for the wheels, the latter rolling up the same and being delivered to and replaced upon the railroad rails. In devices of this character it is essential that they shall possess adequate strength, be simple in design, be effective and eflicient in operation, and be of a minimum weight, whereby a single man may readily carry a pair of them without difiieulty or discomfort. It is furthermore advantageous to have the construction such that the derailed wheels will travel on their treads on the replacers rather than on their flanges, which, because of the considerable weight or load imposed upon them, have a tendency to cut into or score and break the rerailers. In addition, it is the aim of my present invention to so construct the replacers or rerailers that they will be capable of reversal as regards position alongside the rail, and may consequently be used to rerail a car when rolled upon them from either of two opposite directions.

As will be apparent from the detailed description hereinafter, my improved rerailers belong to the class of derailed car replacers of the single pick-up end wedgeshaped type, rather than to the style or class of rerailers of the straddle-rail or V-shaped pattern.

My improved replacer, which is used to rerail the wheel derailed or displaced outside of the pair of railroad rails, has an inclined or wedge-shaped pick-up or receiving end adapted to be placed under the tread of the wheel, and up which the tread of the wheel is adapted to be rolled. At the delivery or higher end of the replacer, this inclined elevating track merges into or terminates in a broadened discharge terminal portion whose top face is transversely convex, its highest points or line being disposed substantially longitudinally centrally of the rerailer. Only that half of the beveled or inclined convex surface of the delivery or discharge end of the rerailer adjacent to the railroad rail is employed for sliding or delivering the elevated wheel to the track, the other or opposite half being used when the position of the rerailer is reversed alongside the rail to replace a wheel when rolled upon it in the opposite direction. The companion rcplacer employed to rerail the wheel temporarily derailed between the rails has a receiving and elevating inclined track portion on which the tread of the wheel rolls as described above, but in this replacer the top face of the broadened discharge end is transversely concave and symmetrically disposed in relation to the central longitudinal plane of the device. In this case the discharge end of the structure picks up the flange of the wheel, which by cooperation with the inclined half of the concave face remote from the rail causes the wheel to travel toward and be replaced upon the rail. The concave surface of the one replacer and the convex surface of the other coact with the wheels to effectively and quickly put the derailed truck on the rails. Owing to the symmetrical arrangement and structure of the pair of companion rerailers, they may be so positioned along the sides of the railroad rails as to replace a truck when rolled upon them from either direction, it being understood that each replacer has but a single elevating or pick-up end, which is placed under the treads of the wheels.

On the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and to which reference will be made in connection with the following description, I have illustrated a pair of cooperating or companion car replacers or rerailers of preferred and desirable form, and on the various views of the drawing, like reference characters refer to the same parts throughout.

On the drawing,l igure 1 is a vertical cross-section through the railroad rails illustrating in end elevation the two companion replacers and a portion of a car truck; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the replacer adapted to rerail the wheel which has been displaced outside of the railroad rails; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 2; Fig. i is an elevation of the left-hand end of the structure shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the opposite end of the same device; Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the other replacer; Fig. 7 is a plan view of the same; Fig. 8 is an elevation of the left-hand end of the rerailer shown in Fig. 6, and in addition shows a portion of a car-wheel there on; Fig. 9 is an elevation of the opposite end of the device shown in Fig. 6; Fig. 10 is a section on line 1010 of Fig. 6; and Fig. 11 is a section on line 11l1 of Fig. 6.

Referring first to the car replacer or rerailer shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5, it will be noticed that the device is supplied with a wedgeshaped or inclined track 12 substantially Lshape in cross section, the lower tapered end of this elevating track being intended and adapted to be placed under the tread of the wheel derailed outside of the railroad rails. In order to securely main tain this end of the rerailer in place on the cross ties, the base of the same is supplied with a pair of oppositely-extended apertured ears 13, through the holes of which spikes may be temporarily driven into the cross tie. The other or broadened delivery end 14 of the device is of shell or box shape construction, being equipped on itsbase or bottom edge with a plurality of oppositely-in clined spurs or prongs 15 adapted to be pressed into the top face of a cross tie to assist in maintaining the wheel replacer in proper position. This delivery or discharge end. 14 of the device is transversely convex, as is clearly indicated in Figs. 1, 4 and 5, the convex surface being symmetrically arranged with respect to the central longitudinal plane of the structure, so that the highest point or line of this discharge end constitutes an extension or prolongation of the wheel elevating track 12, which at its inner end merges into the convex surface, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3.

Giving attention now to the companion rerailer of difierent construction, shown in Figs. 6 to 11, inclusive, it will be-noted that this rerailer has an inclined tread track 16' of substantially I-shape in cross section, and of the same general construction and for the same purpose as the corresponding track 12 of the other wheel replacer. The track 16 is also supplied with apertured ears 17 intended to accommodate and receive spikes to be driven into a cross tie. The other end of this rerailer is of shell construction, as is clearly indicated in Fig. 11, and is equipped along its bottom edge with a number of oppositely inclined or disposed spurs 18 adapted to become pressed into the wood of the cross ties or sleepers. This discharge or delivery end 19 of the replacer is downwardly inclined toward the adjacent end of the device, so as to assist in the rol ing: and delivery of the wheels on to the rails. This discharge end 19 is broadened at 20 at its inner portion, and is tapered toward the end of the structure, as indicated in Fig. '1. its top surface, which is transversely concave and symmetrically disposed with relation to the central longitudinal plane of the device, is somewhat lower in position than the upper end of the elevating track 16, so that as the tread of the wheel leaves the track and passes from the end thereof, the concave surface 19 will receive the flange of the wheel, as is shown in Fig. 8.

The operation of these replacers is sub stantially as follows: Assuming that both of them have been laid alongside the respective railroad rails witn their pick-up or inclined track ends placed beneath the treads of the pair of derailed wheels, the latter are rolled up the tracks 12 and 16, and caused to travel upon the discharge er delivery ends 14: and 19. The flange of the wheel which has traveled up at one side of the track 16 rides upon and engages the inclined half of the concave face 19 remote from'the adjacent rail, the,

whole truck a sidewise travel, so as to deliver both wheels on to their respective rails. The contact of the flange of the outside wheel with th tapered portion of its replacer between the track 12 and the broad discharge end also gives to the wheel 'a sidewise travel tows d its rail. It should he noted that the discharge end 14; of the device illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 is of sutlicient height so as to carry the ii-i e of the wheel traveling thereon over the rail, this relation of the parts being indicated in Fig. 1. Since it is not ne essary to lift the flange of the other wheel over its rail, it need not be raised as high.

To those skilled in this art it will be apiareut that by carrying the wheels on the eplacers on their treads for a considerable )Ol'ijlOll of their travel, am enabled to make -h weight and of girder or end for end, in which case the opposite sides of the convex and concave discharge or delivery faces would be employed for giving the sidewise tendency of travel to the wheels to land them on the tracks.

These devices are susceptible of considerable structural change without departure from the substance of my invent-ion, which is not limited to the exact and precise structural features shown and described.

I claim:

1. A pair of cooperating inner and outer railway car replacers the latter composed solely of a base, an inclined track on said base up which the tread of a derailed wheel is adapted to roll, said track terminating in a discharge end having a top transversely-convex face, whereby either inclined side of said convex face may be employed to deliver the wheel to the rail, substantially as described.

2. A pair of cooperating inner and outer railway car replacers the latter being composed solely of a base, an inclined track on said base up which the tread of a derailed wheel is adapted to roll, said track terminating in a discharge end having a top transversely-convex face disposed substantially symmetrically with respect to the longitudinal central plane of the device, whereby either inclined side of said convex face may be employed to deliver the wheel to the rail, substantially as described.

3. A pair of cooperating inner and outer railway car replacers the latter being adapted to be laid beside the rail and having an inclined track of I-section up which the tread of a derailed wheel is adapted to roll, said track terminating in a discharge end of shell or box section, said end having a top transversely-convex face disposed substantially symmetrically with respect to the central longitudinal plane of the device, whereby either inclined side of said convex face may be employed to deliver the wheel to the rail.

-'L. A pair of cooperating inner and outer railway *ar replacers, the former being adapted to be laid beside the rail and having a centrally disposed inclined track up which the tread of a derailed wheel is adapted to roll, said track terminating in a discharge end having a top transversely-concave face, whereby either inclined side of said concave face may be employed to deliver the wheel to the rail, substantially as described.

5. A pair of cooperating inner and outer railway car replacers, the former being adapted to be laid beside the rail and having a centrally disposed inclined track up which the tread of a derailed wheel is adapted to roll, said track terminating in a discharge end having a top transversely-concave face substantially symmetrically disposed with relation to the longitudinal central plane of the device, whereby either inclined side of said concave face may be employed to deliver the wheel to the rail.

6. A pair of coope'ating inner and outer railway car replacers, the former being adapted to be laid beside the rail and having an inclined track of substantially I-section up which the tread of a derailed wheel is adapted to roll, said track terminating in a discharge end of shell or box section having a top transversely-concave face, whereby either inclined side of said concave face may be employed to deliver the Wheel to the rail.

7. A pair of railway car replacers adapted to be laid alongside the railroad rails and cooperating to replace a derailed truck or car on said rails, one of said replacers having an inclined track up which the tread of a derailed wheel is adapted to roll, said track terminating in a discharge end having a top transversely-convex face either inclined side of which may be employed to deliver the wheel to the rail, the other replacer having an inclined track up which the tread of a derailed wheel is adapted to roll, said latter track terminating in a discharge end having a top transversely-coneave face either inclined side of which may be employed to deliver the wheel to the rail.

8. A pair of railway car replacers adapted to be laid alongside the railroad rails and cooperating to rerail a derailed truck or car, one of said replacers having an inclined track up which the tread of a derailed wheel is adapted to roll, said track terminating in a discharge end having a top transverselyconvex face disposed substantially symmetrically with relation to the longitudinal central plane of the device, whereby either inclined side of said convex face may be ememployed to deliver the wheel to the rail, the other replacer having an inclined track up which the tread of a derailed wheel is adapted to roll, said track terminating in a dis charge end having a top transversely-concave face disposed substantially symmetrically with respect to the central longitudinal plane of the device, whereby either inclined side of said concave face may be employed to deliver the wheel to the rail.

9. A pair of railway car replacers adapted to be laid alongside the railroad rails and cooperating to rerail a derailed truck or car, one of said replacers having an inclined track of substantially I-section up which the tread of a derailed wheel is adapted to travel, said track terminating in a widened discharge end of shell or box section having a top transversely-convex face disposed substantially symmetrically with respect to the central longitudinal plane of the device, whereby either inclined side of said convex face may be employed to deliver the wheel to the rail, the other replacer having an in clined track of substantially I-section up I whereby either inclined side of said convex which the tread of a derailed Wheel is adaptface may be employed to deliver the Wheel ed to travel, said track terminating in a disto the rail.

charge end of shell or box section having a GEORGE H. SARGENT. top transversely-concave face disposed sub- Witnesses: stantially symmetrically with respect to the VALTER M. FULLER,

central longitudinal plane of the device, CLARE L. ROsENOW.

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