US1109007A - Derailing device. - Google Patents

Description

G. W. NIBBE.

DERAILING DEVICE.

Patented Sept. 111914.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10, 1913.

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G. W. NIBBE.

DERAILING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10, 1913.

1,109,007, Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

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DERAILING DEVICE;

I Speeific ation of Letters Patent. 1

To all zohomitmay aim-em.-

Be itknown that I, GEORGE W. NIBBE, a

citizen of the United States, anda resident of Chicago, in the county of'Cook and State of Illinois, have inventedfcertain new and. useful Improvements in DerailingDevic'es;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.- l f This invention relates to an improvement 'in derailing devices and consists of the matters hereinafter described and more particularly'pointed out in the appended claims.

, The railroad rails used by difierent roads, and even those used by the same roadon different branches and in yards may vary widely in weight and the different weights of rail vary in height, that is to say, in the distance from the top of the ball of the rail to the base flange which rests. onthe tie.

Derailing devices, as heretofore constructed, have been such that it has been necessary for each railroad'to have a supply of derailing devices for each weight of rail used inits system. This. is annoying .and' ex- -.pensive and the object of the present invention is to provide a derailing device capable of such adjustment that it may be applied "to rails of any of the several weights between the maximum and minimum limits now employed by railroads;

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view representing in perspective one of my improved derailing devices applied to a rail, as it appears when looked at from a point beyond the outer side of the rail., Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the derailing device with the lugs or ears, to which the derailing member is hinged, shownin vertical section. Fig. 3 is a view representing avertical section through the derailing device in a plane indicated by the line 33 of Fig. 2.-

Fig.4 is a view representing a vertical section through the derailing device in a plane indicated by the lineH of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig.' 3, except that the parts of the derailing device are-shown ad- :justed in a differentrelation in order to accommodate a rail of a different height.

Fig. 6 is a perspectiveview of the shaft upon which the movable part ofuthe derail- 'ing device is rotatablym'ounted. 5

Referring now to that embodiment of my Patented Sept. 1, {19 14. Application filed November 10, 19 13. 1 Serial No."80j0,026.. r r q invention illustrated in the drawings, 10 indicates'. a rail attached to and supported.

upon ties l1-inthe usual manner. The dera ling .device'is'applied to the rail at a point between two ties where a channel 12 below the rail base is formed in the ballast or 'roadbed to provide space for the parts of the device whichare located of the rail base.

below thelevel F My improved derailing device includes the usual derailing blocklS, whichis carried by a rock arm 14; a supporting and attaching member 15 by means of which the device is attached to the rail and by which the rockfarm 14: is rotatively carried; and

an operating link 16 which extends transversely under the rail in the usual manner. The derailing block'13 is of any familiar or convenient construction and has a rail tread 17 which isinclineddownwardly so as a to merge atone end: into the top surface of.-

the rail in order :to guide the tread of the wheel to thetop of the block and hasan upright flange 18 inclined diagonally across said tread: from its inner to its outer edge so constructed that it will catch the wheel flange and force said wheel as it ridesupon said block to travel in a diagonal'direction across the block from its inner edge to its outer edgecin such manner as to derail the wheel. The formation of said block is of no interest in the present invention as it maybe "of any approved or preferred construction known to those familiar with the art,.so that a further description of the same is unnecessary.

The attaching and supporting member l5 has an upright flange 19 adapted for engagement with the outerface of the web of the rail and provided with apertures for bolts by means of which it may beIattached to the rail. Said supporting member also has a base 'flange 21 for engagement with the top face ofthe rail base flange. Said supporting member isvprovidedowith longitudinally, spaced lugs 22 in'which is carried a non-rotative shaft 23"extendin'g parallel to the rail 10 and constituting the member upon'which the rock :arm 14: connected to the derailing block13'is hinged. Each of said lugs 22 has a vertically elongated slot '24: of a width substantially equal to the diameter of the shaft 23. Thevertical sides of said slot are "provided vwith vertically spaced notches or keyways, 25 which are adapted to receive oppositely placed keys 26, 26 fixed to the shaft 23. There are two pairs of such keys fixed to the shaft, one 1321.11 being placed near one end and one pair In order to provide vertical adjustment.

of the shaft 23 at points as closely spaced together as possible without unduly diminishing the thickness of the keys 26, 26 and the width of the grooves or keyways 25 in which they are secured, I prefer to place the keys on opposite sides of aplane through a diameter of the shaft 23 and to arrangethe keyways 25 on the opposite sides of the slots 24 in staggered vertical relation. Manifestly, the shaft may be adjusted dis- .tances equal to half the vertical distance between the keyway notches in the grooves by. reversing the shaft end for end, thus bringing the keys on one side of the shaft into engagement withone of the keyways which was engaged in the first instance, and bringing the keys on the other side of the shaft into engagement with the keyways next below those with which the shaft was engaged in the first instance. The arm 1% is provided with a bearing aperture 28 to re-- ceive the shaft 28 and said bearing aperture has on each side notches. 29, so that the shaft with its keys may be passed through the aperture in the arm 14 in assembling the device no matter which way the keys are disposed.

30 indicates horizontally spaced lugs on the arm 14 which project downwardly be low the level of the shaft 23, and which are provided with apertures for the reception of a pivot bolt or nut 31 by means of which the link 16 is operatively connected to said arm 14. The longitudinal movement of the link 16, produced by suitable mechanism placed on the outside of the rail opposite the rail 10, operates to swing the arm 14 so as to apply or remove the block 13 to or from the rail as desired, in the usual manner.

In order to lock the derailing device in position, one of the lugs 22 is provided with a flange 34 having a vertically elongated slot 35 and the arm 14L is provided with a similar flange 36 placed adjacent to the flange 34 and having alike vertically elongated. slot 37. The hasp of a lock passed through said two slots will apparently lock the parts in such position as to rigidly hold the derailing block on the rail.

l/Vhile in describing my invention, I have referred to certain details of mechanical construction and arrangement, it is to be understood that the invention is in no way limited thereto except as pointed out in the appended claims.

I claim as myinvention:

1. In a derailing device, the combination of a derailing block, means for operatively supporting'said derailing block for motion to and from derailing position, and adjusting means whereby said derailing device may be made to accommodate rails of different heights.

2. In a derailing device, the combination of a derailing block, means for rotatively supporting said derailing block for motion to and from derailing position, and means for vertically adjusting the axis about which saidblock rotates to accommodate rails of different heights. Y

3. In a. derailing device, the combination of a .derailing block, a support therefor fixed in a position adjacent to a rail, means for operatively connecting said derailing block to said support for motion to and from derailing position, and adjusting means whereby said derailing device may be made to accommodate rails ofdifferent heights.

1. In a derailing device, the combination of. a derailing block, an arm fixed thereto, means for rotatively attaching said arm in a position adjacent to a rail, and means for vertically adjusting the axis of rotation of said arm to accommodate rails of different heights.

5. In a derailing device, the combination of a derailing .block, a rock arm fixed there to, la supporting member adapted to be attached to the rail, means whereby said rock arm is rotatively connected to said supporting member, and means for vertically adjusting the axis of rotation of said arm to accommodate rails of difierent heights.

6. In a derailing device, the combination of a derailing block, a rock arm fixed thereto, a supporting member adapted for attachment to the rail and provided with longitudinally spaced lugs, a non-rotative shaft carried by said lugs, said rock arm being rotatively mounted on said shaft, andmeans providing for the vertical adjustment of said shaft in said lugs'to accommodate rails of different heights.

7 In a derailing device, the combination of a derailing block, a rock arm fixed thereto, a supporting member adapted for attachment to the rail and provided with longitudinally spaced lugs, a non-rotative shaft supported in said lugs, said rock arm being rotatively mounted on said shaft, said lugs being provided with vertically elongated slots to receive said shaft, and said slots having vertically spaced notches on each 7 side, and said shaft being provided with keys to engage said notches.

S. In a derailing device, the combination of a derailing block, a rock arm fixed thereto, a supporting member adapted for attachment to the rail, said supporting member being provided with longitudinally spaced lugs, a shaft carried by said lugs and upon which said arm is rotatively mounted, said lugs being provided with vertically elongated slots of a width substantially equal to the diameter of said shaft, and the vertical edges of said slots being provided with vertically spaced keyways, the keyways on mounted, said lugs being provided with vertically elongated slots of a width substantially equal to the diameter of said shaft Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the f Commissioner of Patents, I

and the opposite vertical sides of said slots being provided with vertically spaced keyways, the keyways on one side of said slots being arrangedlin staggered relation with reference to the keyways on the other .side of said slots, said shaft being provided with oppositely disposed keys for engagement in 5, j

the keyways of said slots, and said rock arm being provided with a bearing aperture adapted to receive said shaft and to permit the passage of said keys in assembling. the;

device.

In testimony, that I, claim the foregoing 1 as my invention I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this 7th day of November A. 1913.- i

GEORGE w. NIBBE, Witnesses: p 5,

ALFREDs, G. R. WILKINS.

Washington, D. 0.

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