USRE3286E - Improved portable railway - Google Patents

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Letters Patent N 57,S2(i, daicd September 4, 1866; lrcz'srac No. 3,286, lated Irbrua'ry 2, 1869.

IMPROVED PORTABLE RAILWAY.

n. Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the Ilm- To il lwhom 'it may concern.-

le it known that J ont NX N. PE'ruLun,

ful improvement in Portable Railroads; and I, ALol's Pn'rutnn, as assignee ofthe `said Jonasx N. Parnu-1n, do hereby declare the following to be a t'ull, clear, and exact description thereoi', which will enable those skilled in the art to make and usejthc saine, reicrence heilig had to the accompanying drawing, i'orniing part of this specification', in which drawing-- Figure l represents a plan otan ordinary section.

Figure 2 is a sin1ilnr .\ie\r oi' turn-out.

Figure 3 is a similar View ot` asupporting-traine with longitudinal cimncetions.

Figure 4 is a similar View of the bridge.

Figure 5 is a similar' View of a crossing.

Figure 6 is a similar new of a turn-table.

Figure T shows the turn-table andconnoctions.

Figures 8, Si, audit) showdiii'erentv constructions oi' curves. A

Figures 11 and 115 show an end view and a side view of a ein'.

The. remaining iigures show details or sections, and will be referred to as the description progresses.

.lhe object of this invention is a portable railroad, which can be readily transported from one place to another, and easily put down or taken up, and which can be used with great advantage for passing over -inarsh-lanLLY-Ibr building roads, or for engineering or building-opemtioiis in general.

' The ordinary"sections, A, are composed of two strips of wood, each about twenty or twenty-live feet long, three and ahalt'ini-ln-s high, and two and ahalt'inches wide, oval on top, otherwisLl rectangular. If desired, strips of iron may be fastened to their uppcr surfaces by rivets or other means.

These strips or rails are connected by means ot' four (more or less) cross-ties, m, of east iron, or other suitable lmaterial, whichv are secured in position by nuts screwed on their ends, or in any suitable manner.

Each of' these sections is provided at one end with suitable dowels or hooks, mid at the other with sockets or staples, so that the same can bev readily and con veniently connected, and that, by connecting a series of sections, a road of anydesred length can be formed.

The hooks and staples are shown in Figure 1.1;, and the dowels and sockets in tig. 1, but it ninst'be remarked that any other suitable fastening may be said sections, so that the and disconnected.

It' the portable railroad is much used, tum-outs, B, are required, such as shown in tig. 2.

Each turn-out is construct@ d of wooden rails, connected by cross-bars, as shown, and it is made in two halves, each half being provided with hooks and staples, or other suitable iastenings,

applied to same can be readily connected at both ends, so that the ltwo y o f Sehepp:n'l1,l{ingdon1ot Bavaria, has invented a new and usei halves can be connected together at their wide ends, and attached to the sections A et' the road at their narrow ends, as shown. \Vheu disconnected, each half` can easily be carried by thite'nleii. f

. It', for particular purposes, a wider or longer turnout should be required than the one shown in the drawing, it could be made in more than twoparts, by cutting it up transversely or longitudinally to suit convenience.

By placing between the two halves of the turn-out one or more ordinary sec-tions of' rails, the turn-out can be prolongatcd to any bsired distance.'

Said turn-out is constructed, by preference, of oak wood, and not more than a felw minutes are required to put it down or take il, up.

' In easethe railroad js to be pnt down on lnad land or marshy ground, a suppol'tiiig-ti'alne, O, is required to prevent ythe rails from sinking into the.

, weight oi' the ears.

of `cross-ties, n, which extend transversely across the rails, and the ends of which are connected to boards, o, running parallel with the rails.'

'lhese longitudinal connections forin the walks for the car-1nen,and they are united to each other by suitable fastenings, similar to those described `in figs. l, lil, and 1X.

By these means supporting-trames are formed which are capable of supporting any weight to which they may be exposed; and said 'alnes canbe made so light that they can be vreadily put down or ytaken up by a few men. l

a bridge, D, constructed as shown iu fig. 4.

These bridges are similaiin construction to the snpporting-fralnes, but the longitudinal connections are stronger than those of said trames.

If a canal exceeding sixteen feet in width is to be crossed, the ends of thc bridges are supported by suitF able yokes, and in crossing rivers ordinary rafts are used.

Where one road crosses another, a crossing,'E, is used, such as shown in iig. 5. These crossings are provided, at their ends, with suitable fastenings,so that they can be easily carried by two men, and that they can be laid down and taken up without trouble or loss of time.

lu many operations, such as iilling up low or marshy ground, or levelling hills,&e.,a turn-table, F, is required, which is constructed as shown in figs. (i and 7 It is made of a wooden rim about four feet indiamctcr, three inches high, and six inches wide, with a cross-shaped centre-piece of suitable strength.

The rim is strengthened' by a cast-iron hoop, which is provided with ears, c, projecting beyond the circumference of the wooden riln.

4Said ears are perforated with holes` into which the ground by the The supporting-names are constructed'iof a Vsexies For the purpose of crossing rivers or canals, I use v rails are hung, and by changing?` the rails in the various holes, cars can be riin in thirty-two(more or less) dinerent directions without moving,l the turn-table. 'lhe rails which are attached to its riin may be made to radiate in any desired direction.

On the turn-table are secured the rails 71, so that they can be freely revolved on the ventre-pin of said turn table, and by driving a ear on the rails, it can be readily turned to any des 'ed direction, and a suitable stop or' catch serves to retain said rails in positioin'ii'hen they have reached the desired direction.

By 'taking up the tnrn-table and putting it domi in another spot, backward' or forward, thirty-two (more or less) new directions are obtained, and by these means every square foot oi' a piece oi' ground can be reached. Tlieweiglit of the turn-table is such that the saine can be convenientlycarried by three uien, and it can be easily laid down in any desired place.

The holes in the ears a. ina) be cast in, and they may be made up and down, or in a horizontal diri-etien, according to the construction of tastenings on the several sections of rails to hc connected to the rim.

The rails b, which revolve on the centre-pin oi' the turn-table, must be so arra'rnged that their surfaces are on a level with thc ral s attached to the ears a.

'It' desired, a combinatioiirail, G, may he secured to the turn-table, suoli as shown in iig 7.

By the ilse of this combination-rail, several directions, which diverge under very acute angles, can be reached without requiring any change in the position oi' the turn-table or ot' the rails.

Where the road has to be laid in curves, sect-ions H, T, and K, are used, such as shown in figs. S, E), and l0. These curved sections may either be iliade in the siniple forni` shown in tie'. 8, or two curvesl maybe conibined as' shown in Iig. i), o1' 't curved section may be combined with an ordinary straight section, as shown in fig. 1U; and where two sections are combined, suitableI frogs, e, are applied, so that the cai's can be readily brought from one section to the other.

It is obvious that the shape of these curves7 and their combination with 'each other, or with straight sections,

can be changed. in a great many diii'erent ways, to conforin to the formation of a tract of land, although it must be remarked that the curves shown `in the drawing are sutiicient for almost any emergency which may arise. l

The cars L used on my portable railroad must below, s o as to prevent them from swayiugto and fro, or from tubliug over,` particularly where the roadpasses over soft or maishy ground, and great precaution must be taken in this respect, particularly be anse the gauge oi the road cannot be iliade to exceed twenty-four inches wit-hout inipairiny the qualityvof being portable.

The ars must also he so constructed that they will open from both sides, and, in seine cases, also from the ends.

The operation oi" this portable railroad is very siniple, and it saves much time and labor. All the part-s required for a line oi" one thousand` Feet canY be carried by three ordinary wagons, and ten men can take up the roadand lay it down in from one and a half to t'oin hours, according to the formation ot' the ground.

Minor alterations in the road can be effected. with little loss oi time. Four men can take up and relay a turn-table iu tive minutes anda turn-out in ten ininutes.

The expense ot' a line oi' one thousand feet is from foinhundred tosix hundred dollars, and it can be used in a great many operaiions.

ln diggiing,y peat, iilling up sinikcii or wet lands, levelor building roads, and, in fact, in all building or cngineering operations, the use of my road saves much time, labor, and pense. It has also been applied with great succes. inclay-p` brick-yards, and mines.

Having thus 'described my invention,

VV'hat I claim as nei and desire to secure by Letters latent, is-

i. [ii a portable railway, a sect-ion, A, composed ot two rails, which are connected by cross-ties, in, and provided :it their ends with hoolis and staplcs,or lany other vsuitable instelling, as shown and described.

2. A turn-out, B, made intwo halves', whiehare provided at their ends with hooks aiid staples, 'or other suitable fastenings, as set forth.

5. A siippoitingrame, C, composed of two rails, supported by cross-ties, vm, which are connected by longitudinal boards, o, said rails being provided at their ends with hooks and staples, or other suitable fastenings, as shown and described.

4 t crossing, E, constructed as shown iu fig. 5, and

provided at its ends with hooks and staples, or other suitable fastening, as set forth.

The combination et' the perforated ears a and turntable F, constructed and operating substantially as described.

\Vitncsses:

E. F. KASTENHUBER, U. WAHLERS.

ALoIs PETELER.

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