US883685A - Track-gage. - Google Patents

Description

No. 883,685. PATENTED APR. 7, 1908.

L. BARGELOUX. TRACK GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.1,1907.

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2 SHBETB-SHEET 1.

Inventor,

I! v oug'd l 1 I Attor PATENTED APR. 7, 1908.

' L. BARGELOUX. TRACK GAGE. APPLICATION FILED NOV.1,19C|7.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Inventor,

Attorneys .Emi

.at StgGuillaume Station, county of LOUIS BARGELOUX, OF ST GUILLAU'LIE STATION, QUEBEC, CANADA.

mission-GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 7, 1908.

Application filed November 1, 1907. Serial No. 400,270.

To all whom it may concern.-

.Be itknown that 1, Louis BARCELOUX, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing Drummond, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented cert'ain new and useful Improvements in Track-Gages and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it alppertains to make and use the same.

I he present invention relates' to track gages, and more particularly to that class of track gages adapted. for use on railways, and isdesi ned to indicate both a spreading of the rais or variations in the res ective elevations of the same, and to mark 516 portions where either of these variations from a normal position is indicated.

Broadl speaking, the device comprises a framewor mounted upon wheels ada ted to travel upon the rails of a track an to be moved laterally of their supports, together with means for indicating the extent of such lateral movement; a plumb carried by the framework and adapted to cooperate with indicating members -on the framework to show the variations in the elevations of the rails, and a device for dropping coloring matter on the rail either by hand or automaticall when any variations is indicated.

4 In or er to more thoroughly disclose the construction, use and o eration of the device, reference should be ha to the accom anying drawings forming art of this app ication,

wherein similar re erence characters 'designate like parts in the several views. In the drawings: Figure l-isa rear elevation of thedevice, showing the several indicating scales; Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view,

showing a modified form of mounting the rods for operating the horizontal scales; Fig.

4 is a lan view, a section on line 4- 1, and an end vlewof the scale uide; Fig. 5 is a plan and edge elevation of t 'e scale for indicating the spreading of the rails; Fig 6 is a cross section,'taken on line 66 of ig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow; Fi 6" is a cross Section, taken on line 66 of 1g. 6, looking 'in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 7 is a fragmentary detail, showing the means for c upling the axle supporting rollers tothe frame Fig. 8 is a section on line 8 8 of Fig.- 1 Fig. 9

55, is a plan andedge view of the clamp for attaclnngthe device to a car or other means for moving it over the track, Fi 10 is an edge and front view of the part of t e frame 7 en porting the scale 8, the scale being mere y indicated; Fig. 11 is a fragmentary sectional the view, showing the means for lockin plumb in inoperative position; and, F1g.'12 is a front view of the same.

A frame 1' is provided, and adapted to be carried by an axle 2 extending transversely of the track; A bowed supporting member or sup lementary frame 3 1s secured to and carrie by .the frame 1. The opposite ends of this frame are. bent up to form indicating members 4, which cooperate with scales to indicate thevariations in the elevations of the rails, ,as will later appear.

The bowed supporting member 3 is rovided at its center with a bracket 5, which is pivotally suspended the plumb '6, carrying'the framework 7, at the ends of which are mounted adjacent theindicatingmembers, the scales 8. In order to allow perfectly free movement of the plumb. crosswise of the track over which it is used, aml at the same time to prevent contact'between the framework 7 carried ,by it and the supporting member 3, from which'it is suspend- -ed, an adjusting screw 9 is threaded through one side of the bracket 5, through the head of" the lumb, and seated-1n the o posite side of the racket. Thus it will be c ear that on rotation of this screw in one or the other direction, the plumbwill be moved either toward or from-the member 6, and that the only pendulum movement of the plumb'will be crosswiseof the track. a

' It will be noted on reference to Figs. 1 and I 2, that the-ball or weightof the plumb in normal position hangs ad'acent the axle 2. In order to lock the plum in normal or in o erative osition, a notch 10 is formed in t e ball of the same, and a dog 11 is provided to engage this notch; The dog ll-i's carried by the sleeve 12, which may he slid along the axle and locked thereto when desired by the thumb screw 13, or the like. It

' 14 are mounted to have both rotary and whichthe are usedfand to yield sufficiently the wheelsor rollers and slide easily back and forth on the axle 2 withthe sanie, being to allow t em to be forced from such normal position by any irregularit in the spacing of the rails. In order to in icate these variations from the normal gage ,.a plate 17 having overturned flanges I8 and ears 19 is provided, and secured to the frame 3, as shown in Fig. 4, and adapted to loosely receive beneath such flanges bars 20. The bars 20 are provided with overlapping portions 21, the rear one of which is provided with a scale 22. Rods 23 are adapted'to pass throu h ears 24 on the bars 20, and to be adjustab y secured thereto by means of the nuts 25 and threaded portions 26 of the rods 23, as clearly shown m Fig. 5. These rods 23 are extended through the ears 19, .and' are bent to form arms 27, which pass out adjacent one face of held in engagement therewith by the springs 16, see Figs. 1', 3. and-8. @Thus it will be clear that if the'device has been set to the normal gage of the track b ''means of the 'nuts 25, placing the ortions 21 in full overlapped position, so t at 22 willn-ot be seen,

, any outward movementof the guide rollers or wheels will carry with them the rods 23,

thus separating the ortions 21 and indicatonthe scale 22.t e variations.

order to facilitate the use of this device oyer long-stretches of the road and to obmate the necessity of stopplng eve time an irregularity in the road is indicate by it,

order to mark suchirregularit for correction,

a markin device is mounte on the framework. T comprises a reoe tacle'28, fixed to the member 3 m an suitab e manner, and provided with a out o plug cook, or the like, of well known form, to which is attached a cord 29, by which the same may be operated.

. li uid, to deliver'the sameto the rail tread sit or immediately ahead of or immediately 'behind the. roller or guide wheel. ,Prefer- This receptacle is adapted'to contain a coloring material, either in powdered form or as "a ably, it deliversahead, as, by so doing, the coloring matter will be pressed into the surface to give a substantial and reliable mark.

Forlf'attachingi the frameijf'to a hand car or the like, a bracket-130 is provided. This bracket comprises two plates 32 and 33, the plate 32 being provided with an ear. 34 at one tightening screws 3 end adapted to take ainst a beam of the car frame, and an upright lug 35 at its 0 prosite end adapted to engage the end of t e ame l as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The plate 33 is bent to formears 36 at its opposite ends, throu h which are threaded Thus it will be clear on reference to Figs. 2 and 9, that by placing the ear 34 on one side of the beam of the hand car, and ti htening the screws 37, the bracket 30 may e securely attached to the car and the frame 1, in turn, attached to the bracket.

It is only necessary to mark the locality of the irregularity of the rails, and not the particular rail, and therefore the marking device is placed above one rail only.

Many changes in the details of construc-;

tion, in the arrangements and combinations of the several parts, and many other applications of the device may be had, without in any way departing from the field and scope of the presentinvention, and it is meant'to include all such within this application, wherein only the preferred form of the de vice has been illustrated.

Havi thus fully described my invention, what I c aim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a gage for railway tracks or the like,

an axle, guide rollers carried by said axle and adapted to travel on the rails of a track, and means carried by said axle for indicating the variations in the elevations of the rails, said means comprising a "supporting member, a bracket carried thereby, a plumb carried by the bracket, aframe carried by the plumb scale marks placed on the frame, and mdicating members connected to the supporti' member and adapted to cooperate with t e scale marks to indicate the deviation of the rails. I

2. In a gage for railway tracks or the like, an axle, guide rollers carried by said axle and adapted to travel on the rails of a track, and

,means carried by'said axle for indicating the variations in the elevations'of the rails, said means com'prisi a supporting member a- ,bracket carried t fiere L by, a plumb carried by the bracket, a iramecarried by the plumb,

scale marks placed on the frame, indicating members connected to the support .mem-

her and ada ted to coo erate with t e scale marksto in 'oate the eviation of the rails, and means for securing said gage to a hand car fir other means for movmg it over, the two s.-

3. In a gage for railway tracks. or the like,

an axle, guide rollers carried by said axle and adapted to travel on the rails of a track, and

means carried by said axle for indicating the variations in the elevations of the rails, said Y means comprisi a supporting member, a bracket carried t ereby, a plumb carried by the bracket, a frame carried by the plumb,

scale marks placed on the frame, indicating members connected to the supporting memberand adapted to cooperate with the scale marks to indicate the eviation of the rails, and means for adjusting said plumb.

4. In a gage for railway tracks or the like, an axle, guide rollers carried by said axle and adapted to travel on the rails of a track, and means carried by said axle for indicating the variations in the elevations of the rails, said means comprising a supporting member, a bracket carried thereby, a plumb carried by the bracket, a frame carried by the plumb, scale marks placed on the frame, indicating members connected to the supporting member and adapted tocoo erate with the scale marks to indicate the eviation of the rails, and means for locking said plumb in inopera vtive position.

5. In a gage for railway tracks or-the like,

an axle, guide rollers carried by said axle and adapted to travel on the rails of a track, and means carried by said acxle for indicating the variations in the elevations of the rails, said means comprising a supporting member, a bracket carried thereby, a plumb carried by the bracket, a frame carried by the plumb, scale marks placed on the frame, indicating members connectedto the supportin member and adapted to cooperate with t 'e scale marks to indicate the deviation of the rails, means for adjusting said plumb, and means'for locking said plumb in inoperative osition.

In witness w ereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS BARGELOUX. Witnesses:

H. LAMBERT, R. GODBOUT.

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