US2019135A - Railway buffer stop - Google Patents

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Oct. 29, 1935. K- JAEGER 2,019,135

RAILWAY BUFFER vSTOP Filed Jan. 18, 1932 2 sheets-sheet 1 0ct. 29, '1935. K. JAEGER '2,019,135

RAILWAY BUFFER STOP Patented Oct. 29, 1935 y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RAILWAY BUFFER STOP Karl Jaeger, Brandenburg-on-the-HaveL Germany Application January 18, 1932, Serial No. 587,254 In Great Britain January 21, 1931 Claims. (Cl. 104-254) This invention concerns improvements in buffer tent the ends of the bars 22 engage the stops 23 stops of the kind in which the buffer block is and pull forward the sleeper 24, so that there is connected by auxiliary rails or the like to movno appreciable length of rails unsupported by able sleepers adapted to be dragged over the track a sleeper.

5 ballast. When, as has hitherto been the case, WhatIc1aimis:-

the sleepers come into action succesively they 1. A railway buffer stop comprising a movable are liable to cant round relatively to the running block, movable sleepers, means connecting said rails, thus forcing out the keys or tending to break block and sleepers, said means allowing relative the keys or chairs. movement of the sleepers with respect thereto in According to the invention to overcome this emergency, and means for spacing said sleepers 10 the sleepers are spaced or connected tomove in at a constant distance apart and forcing them to parallelism, While at the same time the sleepers move in parallelism at such constant distance are connected in known manner to the auxiliary apart. rails so as to be slidable relatively thereto in 2. A railway butler stop comprising a movable emergency. By spacing the sleepers by Wooden block, movable sleepers, means connecting said blocks or the like all may move simultaneously if block and sleepers. said means allo-wing relative desired, but clearly the sleepers may be moved in movement of the sleepers with respect thereto in groups to provide a cumulative buiiing action. emergency, and compression spacing members In order that the invention may be readily between said sleepers for maintaining them at understood, one embodiment Will be described a constant separation throughout movement with reference to the annexed drawings, wherethereof.

in: 3. A railway bulTer sto-p comprising a mov- Fig. 1 is a plan view and able block, movable sleepers, means connecting Fig. 2 a side elevation. said block and sleepers, said means allowing rela- The buer block I0 is connected by means of tive movement of the sleepers with respect there- 25 suitable brackets II to the trusses I2 which at to in emergency, and spacing means for causing their lower ends are connected to the auxiliary groups of sleepers to move simultaneously in rails i3 by means of buckles I4. In the exparallelism and at constant distances apart from ample shown there are four rails I3 disposed in .one another. pairs laterally of the running rails I5. 'Ihese 4. A railway buffer stop comprising a movable rails I5 are mounted on the sleepers I6 by chairs buning member, auxiliary rails adjacent the rail- Il in the usual manner, and the rails I3 are conway running rails, sleepers under all said rails, nected to the sleepers by clamps I8 soi that relameans connecting the bufling member and the r tive movement between the rails I3 and sleepers auxiliary rails, and means connecting the aux- 3" is possible in an emergency. The sleepers are iliary rails and the sleepers, said second-named spaced apart by means of Wooden or like blocks connecting means causing simultaneous movei9, and are adapted to be engaged by brackets ment of the sleepers with the auxiliary rails under provided on the rails i3 when the latter are normal shocks and permitting simultaneous slipmoved by the impact of a locomotive truck or the page between the auxiliary rails and sleepers 40 like against the butler block. It will be underunder abnormal impact upon the buning memstood that the brackets 25 may slide on the rails ber. I3 in an emergency in the same manner that 5. A railway buffer stop comprising a movable the rails I3 may slide in clamps I8 in such case. bufng member, auxiliary rails adjacent the rail- It will be seen that by the blocks I9 the sleepers way running rails, sleepers under all said rails, are caused to move in parallelism, and therefore means connecting the buing member and the cannot twist with respect to the running rails, auxiliary rails, spacing members located between so that the keys and chairs of the latter are prothe sleepers for initially spacing the sleepers and tected against damage. maintaining said spacing during operation, and The sleepers may be hauled back into normal means connecting the auxiliary rails and the 50 position after displacement by means of thev sleepers, said second-named connecting means strap 2|. causing simultaneous movement of the sleepers The ends of the rails I3 are provided with bars with the auxiliary rails under normal shocks and 22 co-operating with stops 23 on a sleeper 24 permitting simultaneous slippage between the which before the buffer is used is close to the last auxiliary rails and sleepers under abnormal im- 55 xed sleeper 2E of the permanent way. When pact upon the -buing member.

the buiTer has been moved to the maximum ex- KARL JAEGER.

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