US1526929A - Rerailer for cars - Google Patents

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C. N. POND EERAILER FOR CA Feb. 17. 1925.

Filed Aug. 4. 1924 INVENTOR Q. .Qmfl m mi.

A TTOR NE YS I CAS Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

conenon 1v. rosin DEGALENA, rumors.

ananas FQB ans.

Application filed August 4, 1924. Serial No. 730,09

T 0 allwhem it may concern Be it known that I, ConoDoN N. POND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Galena, in the county of J o Daviess and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rerailers for Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in rerailers, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a rerailer for cars which is portable and which may be attached to a track at any place thereon so as to adapt the device to be used atthe place where the car was derailed.

A further object of my invention is to provide a rerailer for cars which may be used on either of the two tracks in the railway and which is provided with novel means for securing the device to the ties of the railway so as to provide a secure foundation for the device.

A further object of my invention is to provide a rerailer which is extremely simple in construction and which is cast in a single piece of metal, whereby the device is inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the devlce Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device, and

Figure 3 is a diagrammatic view showing the device applied to a track.

In carrying out my invention I provide a rerailer which is cast in a single piece and which is provided with a groove 1- that is adapted to receive the flange of the car wheel. The body 2 of the device is inclined so as to cause the groove to extend to the top of the rail. The portion of the groove extending from the point a to the point I) is inclined and is supported by the body portion 2 of the device. The portion of the groove extending from the point I) to the point 0 is disposed directly above the top of the ra11 I and is therefore supported by the rail. It should be noted that the groove 1 dips downwardly slightly at 5 so as tobi-ing the wheel of a car directly upon the top of a rail 4:.

The device is secured to the track by means of lugs 6 which straddle the rail 4 and spikes 7 which are adapted to bite into the ties 3 of the track. In the present form of? the device I have shown the projections 6 and the spikes 7 as being cast integral with the body portion 2 of the device.

1 From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device the operation thereof may be readily understood. Assume that a truck has been derailed so as to dispose the wheels 8 off of the rails 4c while the wheels 9 of a forward truck still remain upon the rails 4.. In this case, two of the devices are used and are disposed upon the rails at in the manner shown in Figure 3. The ends a of the devices are disposed adjacent to the wheels 8 so as to cause the flanges 10 of the wheels to be received in the grooves 1 when the car is moved in the direction of the arrow shown in Figure 3. It is obvious that as soon as the weight of the wheels 8 comes upon the body portion 2, they will drive the spikes 7 firmly into the ties 3 so as to hold the devices in place when the wheels are being moved upwardly in the groove 1. Figure 2 shows that the flange 10 of one of the wheels 8 is received in the groove 1. The car is continued in its movement in the direction of the arrow shown in Figure 3 so as to cause the wheels 8 to be carried upwardly by the rollers and to then be placed upon the rails 4;. In Figure 1 it will be noted that the flange 10 of one of the wheels 8 is guided upon the rail 4i so as to cause the flange to drop down on the inner side 11 of the rail 4 after it has passed from the groove 1. In the same manner the flanges 10 of the wheels opposite to the wheel 8 shown in Figure 1 will be carried upwardly and disposed on the track 4: whereby the car is again ready for use. After the wheels have been carried back upon the tracks 4 the device may be removed from the ties 3 and be carried in the locomotive or any other place best adapted for them so that they will be ready for instant use in case it is again necessary. As stated above, the device is extremely simple in construction and may be manufactured at a slight expense, due to the fact that the entire de vice is cast in a single piece. Another advantage of the device over those of similar kinds lies in the fact that this device may j'acent to the top of the rail when the device is applied to a railroad track, said body portion having downwardly extending lugs which are adapted to straddle the rail, and a. plurality of spikes integral with said body and projecting from the under surface thereof, said spikes being adapted to embed themselves in the ties so as to secure the device to the track.

CORODON N. POND.

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