US2481483A - Spike setter carriage - Google Patents

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S p 1949- K. KERSHAW ET AL 2,481,483

SPIKE SETTER CARRIAGE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 6, 1946 IN VEN TOR.

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KERSHAW ETAL 2,481,483

v SPIKE SETTER CARRIAGE Filed Sept. 6, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I N VEN TOR.

Roy e Mrs/law TTQR/VEV W Patented Sept. 13, 1949 STATES PATs-ENT OFFICE SPIKE SETTER 'CARRIAGE Knox Kershaw and RoyceKershaw,

Montgomery,.A1a.

1 Claim. -1 This iinvention relates "to $2, ccarriage for ruse setting railroad spikes to he later driven home by uneans of mechanical spik rlrivers .or other means, and has for .an .object the provision of zapparatuszof vthecharacter designated which shall Ehe propelled by .the operator "pushing :on the {ground withhisieet .andon'which there is carmied ,a ssupply of railroad "spikes :within his easy meazch.

CA furthen objectiofour invention is to provide a carriage of the character designated which shall include an operators seat and a spike storage bin so situated that the operator is in position to set the spikes with a small hammer, straight and true, for final driving.

A still further object of our invention is to provide a carriage for use in setting railroad track spikes whereby the arduous physical labor usually associated with such work may be greatly reduced.

As is well known in the art to which our invention relates, the setting and driving of railroad track spikes has heretofore involved a great amount of extremely hard physical labor. It has heretofore been the practice to assign one workman to carry and distribute spikes along the track, another workman to set and hold the spikes, and two other workmen with sledges to drive the spikes home. By means of our invention, the manual labor involved can easily be accomplished by one workman. our invention embodies a relatively light carriage which may be readily lifted on and on the railroad track. Included in the carriage is a main frame having tandem double flanged supporting wheels riding on one rail of the track and having an operators seat on one end and a storage bin for railroad spikes on the other end, facing the operator. A discharge gate for the spikes is within ready reach of the operator and from this gate he withdraws the spikes, sets and starts them with a small hammer while in a sitting position. Sockets are provided on both sides of the main frame for detachably connecting a transverse frame member which carries a fiangeless wheel which rides on the opposite rail of the railroad track. By this means, the carriag may be mounted on either rail of the track, and propelled by the operator in the same direction.

Apparatus embodying features of our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this application, in which Fig. l is a plan view thereof;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation showing the carriage on one rail of the track; and

2 \view --showing the carriage the track and the transopposite .side of :Eig. 3.4 is aa similar :cn the-opposite rail :of verse member -.connected .to the thefrnain frame.

Referring mow -to the drawings :fDl' "a better understanding of our :invention, we .show .a :railroad. :track embodying rails .10 and 1 l .and cross +2. Mounted on the track :is our improved *carriage -which comprises a relatively long main as which may :be .constructedwof zany :suitable material such as standard, rolled steel shapes, pipe, or other known structural forms which provide strength with light weight. The carriage I3 is supported by tandem double flanged wheels l4 and It having axles I! and 18 which are journalled in the main frame.

Joined to the main frame l3, on opposite sides thereof, are two socket members I!) and M which may conveniently be made of short sections of pipe welded to the main frame. A transverse frame member 22 is adapted to fit in either of the sockets l9 or 2| and be secured thereto by means of bolts or other suitable fastening means 23. The transverse frame member 22 has journalled on its outer end a fiangeless wheel 24, or roller, which rests on the opposite rail H of the railroad track. As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the main frame I3 with its supporting wheels l4 and I6 is mounted on the rail H1. By detaching the transverse frame member 22 and inserting it in the socket [9, the carriage may be mounted on the rail H without being turned around.

Mounted on one end of the main frame !3 is an operators seat 26 which is made relatively low, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby a workman sitting on the seat, is not required to bend over an undue amount in accomplishing his task. On the opposite end of the main frame l3, facing the operators seat 25 is a spike storage bin 21 which may conveniently be made up of structural steel angles and plates. The storage bin is provided with a sloping bottom 28 which delivers the spikes in the bin to a discharge gate 29 Within easy reach of a Workman on the operators seat 26.

In operation, a workman seated on the seat 26, as shown in Fig. 2, pushes the carriage backward by means of his feet engaging the ground alongside the main frame. As the carriage is pushed backwards, the workman reaches the spikes in the discharge gate 29, sets them and starts them by means of a small sledge hammer 30, as shown in Fig. 2. After the spikes have been set for the required distance on rail I0, the carriage is returned, the main frame with its wheels l4 and I6 is placed on the rail II, the transverse frame member 22 is removed from the socket 2| and placed in the socket 19, as shown in Fig. 4, and the workman then sets the spikes along the opposite rail ll. After the spikes have been set as described they are driven home by a mechanical spike driver, not shown, or other suitable means.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that We have devised an improved means for setting railroad track spikes which is simple and sturdy of fonstruction and which serves to reduce greatly he manual labor involved in this operation.

While we have shown our invention in but one form, it will be obvious to those skilled in theart that it is not so limited, but is susceptible of vari-, ous changes and modifications, without departing from the spirit thereoiland we desire, therefore,

adapted to fit in either socket, a wheel carried by the outer end of the transverse frame member adapted to rest on the opposite rail of the track,

an operators seat on one end of the main frame over one of the supporting Wheels and of such height that when seated thereon, the operators feet are in engagement with the ground in position to propel the carriage, a spike storage bin on the other end of the frame, spaced from the seat and having a discharge opening therein in 'easy reach of a workman on the operator's seat 'andafiording an uninterrupted space in which to manipulate a spike setters hammer, and a sloping bottom in the storage bin for delivering the spikes to the discharge opening.

KNOX KERSHAW. ROYCE KERSHAW.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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