US598486A - Foot-guard for railway-frogs - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

0. PARTINGTON. FOOT GUARD FOR RAILWAY FROGS.

No. 598,486. Patented Feb. 1, 1898.

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CHARLES PARTINGTON, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO THE I WEIR FROG COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

FOOT-G UARD FOR RAlLWAY-FROGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,486, dated. February 1, 1898.

Application filed October 16, 1897- Serial'No. 655,489. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

I Beit known that I, CHARLES PARTINGTON, residing atNewport, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foot- Guards for Railway-Frogs, of which. the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a foot-guard for railway frogs, switches, crossings, and guard-rails, consisting of brackets and bars, the brackets being so constructed that. they can be used for frogs of any size or angle.

The features of myinvention are more fully set forth in the description of the'aocompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a top plan View of a railway-frog with my safety-guard applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a section on line as at, Fig. 1.

A B represent the point-rails.

O D represent the wing and guard rails.

E represents a bracket provided with a knee at each end, one of which, a, is bolted to the web of the rail bya clamping-bolt c. To sustain the guard-bar, two of these brackets are required, as shown in Fig. 1, and they are in the forward point of the frog, andthe single V- shaped openings in the rear end of the frog are each protected by a guard-bar supported on said brackets. A very important advantage is obtained by this method of so protecting and bridging the V- shaped openings of railway-frogs so as to prevent the foot from being caught therein.

The brackets E can all be made of the same size and shape, and they Will suit any frog, I

the only change required to fit the guards to different frogs being in the length of the safety-bar, and as they can be made of common bar-iron they may be readily cut into the desired lengths and punched to receive the bolts.

It will readily be seen that this device is cheap and easily applied and provides an effectual guard against the foot being caught in the frog.

Having describedrny invention, I claim A foot-guard for railway-crossings consisting of knee-brackets bolted to the rail, a suit able distance apart, and a bridge-bar bolted to the other ends of said brackets, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES PARTINGTON.

Witnesses:

W. R. W001), OLIVER B. KAISER.

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