US356609A - William whartos - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

W. WHARTON, Jr.

RAILWAY SWITG-H OR OTHER CASTING, No. 356,609. Patented Jan. 25, 1887.

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IVILLIAM 'WHARTON, JR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM WHARTON, J R, & 00., (LIMITED,) OF SAME PLACE.

RAILWAY-SWITCH OR OTHER CASTlNG.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,O9, dated January 25, 1887.

Application filed November 19, 1856, Serial No. 213,373. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, \VILLIAM WHAn'roN, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Railway-Switch and other Castings, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to so construct a railway-frog, switch, or other casting and so combine it with cross-ties that a firm and soeure support may be provided for the casting, and, further, that the latter may be capable of adjustment to a limited extent upon the ties, in order to bring the track to the precise gage desired, and that it may he firmly secured in such position.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a switch-casting con structed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 4 is 1 1 having depending legs, in combination with a modification.

The switch-casting A is provided in the present instance with a fixed tongue, a, and with pockets or recesses I) at its opposite ends for the abutting rails of the track to rest in. From the underside of the casting depend, at intervals, legs Ii, which are adapted to oombine with and to fit against the flanges e of the cross-ties E. The cross-ties I have shown in the drawin as in the form of T-bars, but they may be of any other suitable constructionsuch as angle-bars or channel-barsprovided they have u pwardl y-proj ecting flanges against which the legs F of the casting abut.

The casting is secured to the cross'ties by suitable pins or bolts, (2, and slots are provided horizontally in either the legs of the castings or the flanges of the cross-ties, or both in the legs and the flanges, in order to permit the casting to be adjusted on the cross-ties to a sufficient extent to compensate for irregularities, in construction or in the fitting of the parts together.

I prefer to pass these bolts 1 through the legs of the casting and the flanges of the ties at points near the upper edges of the flanges, so that the bases of said legs, resting on the bases of the cross-ties, will be the more securely and firmly held.

It will not be necessary to have the slotcon nection between the legs of the castings and the flanges of the ties upon more than one end of the ties, as in this way sufficient adjustability of gage is obtained. In such cases the legs of the casting at the other end of the ties may be riveted or otherwise rigidly secured to the flanges of the ties.

Instead of using pins or bolts to secure the legs to the ties, other means may be employedas, for instance, wedge-shaped keys may be driven through slots in the legs and in the flanges of the ties, so as to produce the de sired result of adjustment and security of position, as shown in Fig. 4.

I claim as my inventionl. A frog, switch, or other railwaycasting cross -ties having an upwardlyprojecting longitudinal flange or flanges to which said legs are secured.

2-. A frog, switch, or other railway-casting having depending legs, in combination with cross-ties having an upwardlyprojecting longitudinal flange or flanges to which the said legs are adjustably secured, substantially as set forth.

8. A frog, switch, or other railway-casting having depending legs, in combination with cross-ties having an upwardly-projecting longitudinal flange or flanges, said legs and flanges being adjuslably secured together by means of bolts adapted to slots, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses;

IVILLIAM WH ARTON, JR. lVitnesses:

WILLIAM D. Comma, HARRY SMITH.

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