US1458061A - Rerailer - Google Patents

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June 5, 1923. ,458631 E.`G. JACKSON RERAILER Filed' Nov. 8, 1921 Jig@ Patented .lune 5, IQZB,

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ELI/[ER G. JACKSON, OF ELMHURST, ILLINOIS.

RERAILER.

Application filed November 8, 1921. Serial No. 513,774.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER G. Jackson, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elmhurst, in the county of Du Page and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Iterailers. of which the following is a specification.

rIhis invention relates to railroad"\appli ances and an object of the invention is to provide a device for replacing the wheels of railway cars upon the tracks in case the wheels jump the rails.

More specifically the invention relates to a frog or re-railer which rests upon the ball of the rail and has laterally extending inclined wings gradually tapering inwardly and upwardly towards the ball of the rail for guiding the wheel flange into the proper position against the inner edge of the ball of a rail, regardless of the position of the flanges when the car is de-railed.

Another object of this invention is to provide a re-railer as specified which will also serve to prevent spreading of the rails of a railway track.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. l is a top plan of a pair of the iniproved re-railing frogs showing them in operation.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the re-railing frogs mounted upon a track.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the improved re-railers are constructed of suitable metal, preferably cast steel or Bessemer steel and they are formed in one piece each comprising laterally extending wings l and 2 which diverge from the head 3 of the body 4 and incline outwardly and downwardly as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. The upper surface and the inner side edges 5 of the wings converge as they extend upwardly to the head 3 and open out through a slight depression in the upper surface of the head as shown at 6 which depression is arranged to guide the flange of a railway car wheel upon the ball 7 of the railway rail 8 with which the re-'railer is associated. The head 3 is recessed Yas shownl at 9 to receive thi@A rail 8 and it is further recessed as shown at 10, which decreases the weight of the rerailer without affecting the strength thereof. Transversely extending flanges 11 are formed on the head 3 and have spurs I2 formed thereon for fastening the re-railer to the ties 14 of the railway track structure. The wings l and 2 have spurs or spikes 15 depending from their under surfaces adjacent their ends remote from the heads E, which spikes are embedded in one of the ties 14 and which assist in securely attachin@ the re-railer to the track structure.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it will be apparent that the improved rerailer or frogs will re-rail a car from several different positions, such as one with the wheels astride the rails, both wheels on the outside of the rails or both wheels on the inside of the rails as the wheels come to the tail or lower ends of the wings l and 2, which wings take in a relatively wide radius on each side of the rail and as the wheels advance over the re-railer they will be guided and held in position by the flanges or side edges 5 and upper surface of the wings for properly depositing them upon the rail structures. The re-railers will also act as stops to prevent further turning over or tilting of the rails in case they are turned over by de-railment of a train.

It is, of course, to be understood that the invention may be constructed in various other manners, and the parts associated in different relationsand, therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any manner except as set forth in the claim hereunto appended.

Having thus described 'my invention what I claim is:

A rerailer comprising a body having its top provided with compound curved edges merging into a depression at the head end of the body, flanges projecting laterally from the body at a point below said depression,

said flanges having a flat top surface horizontally disposed, and spurs projecting downwardly from the bottom surfaces of said flanges, said flanges adapted to rest upon a tie and said spurs to be forced into the tie by striking against the top surface of the flanges.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ELMER G. JACKSON.

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