US1754778A - Rail cleaner and guard for railroad spreaders - Google Patents

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April 15, 1930.

' RAIL CLEANER AND GUARD FOR RAILROAD SPREADERS Filed Dec. 24, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 v. a. TELLIS 1,754,778

April 15, 1930. v. G. TELLIS 1,754,778

RAIL CLEANER AND GUARD FOR RAILROAD SPREADERS Filed Dec. 24, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 15, 1930 UNITED STA TES PATENT OFFlQE.

VSEVOLOD G. TELLIS, OF EAST CHICAGO, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR T0 0. 1:. JORDAN COM IPANY, OF EAST CHICAGO, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA RAIL CLEANER AND GUARD IOR RAILROAD SPREADERS App1ication filed December 24, 1926. Serial No. 156,795.

This invention relates to improvements in rail cleaners and guards for railroad spreaders and it consists of the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The primary object of the invention is to provide in a railroad spreader which includes a front plow and side spreader wings, a simple and eflicient means to prevent the material being spread from piling onto the rails and tie ends after it leaves the front plow apron.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a means that may be readily brought into operative position with respect to the rails when the spreader is in actual operation and which may be readily elevated to a position removed therefrom when the spreader is in transit.

These objects of the invention as well as others together with the many advantages thereof will more fully appear as I proceed with my specification.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of a railroad spreader embodying the preferred form of my improved rail cleaner and guard.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on an enlarged scale through a part of the spreader the plane of the section being taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a certain carriage block embodied in my improved rail cleaner or guard.

Fig. 4 is a vertical detail sectional view on an enlarged scale as taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

-Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional View on a further enlarged scale as taken on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

Beferringmore in detailto that embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates as a whole the car body of a railroad spreader suitably mounted upon front and rear wheeled trucks 2 for travel upon the rails 3 of a railroad track, only the wheels of the rear truck being shown in Fig. 1. The car body includes front and rear platforms 4. and 5 respectively which are 0 wider than the intermediate connecting portion 6, thus providing recessed or cut in sides for the spreader as best shown in Fig. 2. The front end of the front platform is pointed or V shaped and associated therewith is a similarly shaped plow which includes normally rearward diverging plow members 7 only one of which is shown in Fig. 1. Said plow members project laterally beyond the rails and associated with each plow member is a wing or apron 8. Normally the wings extend parallel with and along the sides of the front platform 1 and terminate short of the rear ends 1 of said platform. The front plow members 7 and wings 8 may be lowered into position with respect to the rails and may be raised to an inoperative position with respect thereto by means of a pressure fluid cylinder 9 mounted on a pedestal 10 on the front end of the Platform.

Rising from each side of the intermediate and narrower portion 6 of the car body slightly to the rear of the rear end portions of the front platform t is an upright wing post 11 comprising longitudinally spaced angle bars 11 -11 Vertically slidable in said post is a carriage 12 having top and bottom hinge blocks 13 and 14 respectively. 15 indicates a hinge plate, pivoted to the bottom hinge block to swing about a vertical axis. The hinge plate 15 embraces the front or innor end of a main spreader or side wing 16, pivoted thereto as at 17 to swing about a horizontal axis. 18 indicates a second hinge plate which is pivoted to the top hinge block 13 so as to swing about a vertical axis, arranged in line with the pivotal axis between the hinge plate 15 and bottom hinge block 14. Interposed between said hinge plate 18 and the top edge of the wing 16 is a telescopic brace 19 which includes a fluid pressure cylinterial being engaged by the front plow is spread laterally and flows along the aprons to then be acted upon by the side wings for further spreading and distribution. However, as the material being moved, fl ws along the front plow a )rons, a portion thereof tends to flow under te same and to pile or ridge up along the rails and the ends. It is of course understood that it is desirable that such material be removed from the rails and tie ends for several reasons and to that end I provide on each side of the car at the rear ends of the front platform the following construction. In each corner defined by the rear ends of the front platform and the front ends of the sides of the narrower intermediate body ortion 6 of the car body is fixed an angle ar 21 which depends a suitable distance below the car body. Said angle bar which is of a substantially large cross section includes a flange 21 secured to the narrower bod portion 6 and a second flange 21 secured to the rear end 4 of the front platform 4. Fix d to the marginal portionof each of said flanges are angle bars 22-22 of smaller cross section thus providing a guide way or channel 23 of rectangular cross section with a cor- Iler opening or slot 24-. Vertically slidable in the guide way is a hollow, elongated carriage block 25 of a cross sectional shape corresponding to that of said guide way or channel. Along that corner of said carriage block associated with the slot 24.- is a pair of vertically spaced bearing sleeves 26 which project through and beyond said slot as best shown in Fig. 5 and in that wall of the block engaged with the angle bar flange 21 is provided a plurality of vertically spaced openings 27 the purpose of which will appear later. 28 indicates a guard or cleaner in the form of a vertically disposed plate having vertically spaced ears 2929 to operatively engage with the cars 26 of the carriage block, a pin 30 passing through the ears 2629 to pivotally connect the guard or cleaner to said block. A portion of the bottom end of said guard or cleaner is cut away as at 31 (see Fig. l) so that when the bottom edge of said plate is in position shortly above a tie 3, said cut away portion closely approaches the rail, The bottom portion of said plate is reinforced for strength and rigidity by a front plate 32. The top end of the carriage block is provided with a pair of spaced cars 33 to which the bottom end of a piston rod 34 is operatively connected.

The piston rod 34 carries a piston 35 at its top end and said piston operates in an upright fluid pressure cylinder 36 supported in any suitable manner from one of the angle bars 11" forming the wing post 11. Fluid under pressure is admitted to either end of the cylinder at will to impart a raising or lowering movement to said carriage block and of course to the guard or cleaner 28.

Means are provided to 1001 the carriage in the desired raised or lowered position and such means are as follows :37 indicates a horizontally disposed pressure cylinder arranged adjacent but at a right angle to the angle bar flange 21 a short distance below the deck of the car body. Said cylinder has lateral base flanges or ears 38 and 39 respectively, the former being secured to one of the angle bars 11 of the wing post 11 and the latter being secured to a bar 40 depending from the framing of the car body. In said cylinder is a piston ll having a stem or rod 42 adapted to extend into a hole a3 in the angle bar flange 21" and to project into the desired opening 27 of the carriage block 25. On said cylinder is a head id and between said head and piston is a helical expansion spring 45. Opening through the inner end of the cylinder is a fluid pressure supply pipe 46 and in the cylinder head is provided a vent or exhaust opening M. When it is desired to retract the stem from locking position with respect to the carriage block 25, fluid under pressure is admitted to the inner end of said cylinder, which will move the piston and stem outwardly toward the cylinder head, at the same time compressing the spring lVith the parts in this position tie carriage block 25 may be raised or lowered through its associated piston and cylinder 353ti, and when properly located fluid pressure is cut off from the cylinder 37 and the spring 45 forces the piston 41 and its stem inwardly to lock the carriage block in the desired raised or lowered position. Thus the weight of the carriage block and cleaner or guard plate is taken away from the actuating cylinder 36 and is imposed upon the stem 43 which is of such diameter as to amply withstand said weight.

t is apparent that the plate 28 being pivoted to the carriage block as described, may swing to accommodate the angular position of the main spreader wing and when the same is in operative position, it receives and spreads the material deflected or otherwise removed from the rails and tie ends. The improved guard or cleaner is indeed eflicientfor its intended purpose and comprises but a few parts which are strong and rigid in construction and which may be readily assembled in place.

While in describing my invention, I have referred to many details of construction as well as form and arrangement of the parts thereof I do not wish to be limited thereto except as may be pointed out in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In combination with a railroad spreader including a front plow and apron and a main spreader wing, a rail cleaner and guard positioned between said apron and wing and embodying therein, means providing an upright guide channel, a carriage block slidable therein, a cleaner plate carried by said block and independent of said apron, means for raising and lowering said block in said guide channel and means adapted to extend throu h a part of said channel to engage and lock t e carriage block in the desired position.

2. In combination with a railroad spreader including a front plow and apron and a main spreader wing, a rail cleaner and guard p0 sitioned between said apron and wing and embodying therein, means providing an upright guide channel, a carriage block slidable therein, a cleaner plate independent of said apron pivoted to said block to swing about a vertical axis, means for raising and lowering said block in said guide channel and means adapted to extend through a part of said channel to engage and lock the carriage block in the desired position.

3. A mechanism of the kind described embodying therein in combination with a car body, an angle bar having flanges fixed to and depending from said car body, an angle bar fixed to each flange and forming therewith a rectangular guide channel with a slot at one corner thereof, a carriage block slidable in said guide channel and having corner ears to project through said slot, a plate having spaced ears along one edge interengaged with said ears on the block, a pivot pin passing through said ears, means on the car body including a part connected to the top end of said block for raising and lowering the same in said guide channel, and means supported from the car body and including a part to extend through a flange of said first mentioned angle bar and to project into one of a number of holes in said carriage block for locking the same in said guide channel.

4. In combination with a railroad spreader including a front plow and apron and a main spreader wing terminating rearwardly of said apron, a rail cleaner guard positioned be tween but independent of said wing and said apron, and means for vertically guiding said rail cleaner guard.

5. In combination with a railroad spreader including a front plow and apron and a main spreader wing terminating rearwardly of said apron, a rail cleaner guard positioned between but independent of said wing and said apron, and means for vertically moving said rail cleaner guard.

6. In combination with a railroad spreader including a front plow and apron and a main spreader wing terminating rearwardly of said apron, a rail cleaner guard positioned between but independent of said wing and said apron, and means for'vertically guiding said rail cleaner guard, and means for locking it in the desired vertical position. a

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this 11th day of December, 1926.

VSEVOLOD G. TELLIS.

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