Year: 1887

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Date of Application, 5th July, 1887
Complete Left, 10th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 23rd Mar., 1888
We, ALOYS MARY LEINWATHER, of III Wassergasse 32 Engineer and Doctor
HEINRICH GLASER of I Franzensring 22, Lawyer both of Vienna in the Austrian
Empire do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a construction of portable railway of inexpensive character
which may rapidly be laid down and removed to form a track on which carriages of
any description can run.
The cross section of the rails is of such form as to involve the principle of diagonal
strutting the two outer struts forming guides by which a wheel or roller is kept on
the rail while the inner struts support the wheel. Thus the rails in their simplest
form are of M shaped cross section and when they have to be made broader, one two
or more shaped ribs are interposed between or added to the similar ribs of the
M shaped rail.
These rails are connected together by means of correspondingly shaped chairs or
sleeves, which embrace the lower parts and sides of the rails. Some of these chairs
or sleeves are provided with lateral eyes so that the two rails can be connected by
transverse gauge-bars or chains.
In some causes the chairs or sleeves are not made to embrace the ends of two
successive rails, but a separate chair or sleeve is fixed to the end of each rail and each
pair of these adjacent sleeves are hinged together so that the rails can be folded over
one another for transport.
The carriages that run ou rails such as are above described may have wheels or
rollers of various forms or instead of wheels they may have balls mounted in
sockets.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We, ALOYS MARY LEINWATHER, of III Wassergasse 32, Engineer, and Doctor
HEINRICH GLASER, of I Franzensring, 22, Lawyer, both of Vienna, in the Austrian
Empire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This invention relates to a construction of portable railway of inexpensive character
which may rapidly be laid down and removed to form a track on which carriages of
any description can run.
The cross section of the rails is of such form as to involve the principle of diagonal
strutting, the two outer struts forming guides by which a wheel or roller is kept on
the rail while the inner struts support the wheel. Thus, the rails in their simplest
form are of M shaped cross section, and when they have to be made broader, one, two
or more shaped ribs are interposed between or added to the similar ribs of the
M shaped rail.
These rails are connected together by means of correspondingly shaped chairs or
sleeves which embrace the lower part and sides of the rails.
Some of these chairs or sleeves are provided with lateral eyes so that the two rails
can be connected by transverse gauge bars or chains.
In some cases the chairs or sleeves are not made to embrace the ends of two
successive rails, but a separate chair or sleeve is fixed to the end of each rail and each
pair of these adjacent sleeves are hinged together so that the rails can be folded over
one another for transport.
The carriages that run on rails such as are above described may have wheels
or rollers of various forms or instead of wheels they may have balls mounted in
sockets.
The accompanying drawings, represent parts of a portable railway according to
this invention.
Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively a cross section and a plan of a four ribbed rail with
chair and a cross tie.
Figs. 3 and 4 shew portions of the rail ties.
Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively a side elevation and a plan of the jointing of two
rails by linking their half chairs together.
Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively an end view and plan of the peg formed at the side
of one of the chairs for receiving the hook of the other chair.
Figs 9 and 10 are respectively a side view and plan shewing the half chairs
connected by a chain link.
Fig. 11 shews part of the two rails folded together. Figs. 12, 13 and 14 are
respectively a side view plan and transverse section of a rail joint with half chairs
rigidly connected to each other and rivetted-to the cross ties.
Figs. 15 to 20 inclusive are diagrams, illustrating various cross sections of rail.

page_text: As above stated the profile of the rails, constructed on the principle of diagonal
strutting, consists of at least two outer struts a a and two inner struts as shown in
fig. 15. Between the two apices e e, ribs of less height may be interposed as shewn
at e', c² and in figures 16 to 20.
In rolling the rails, the parts that sustain the greatest strain are reinforced as
shown in fig. 1, and the edge struts a a may have foot flanges d, as shewn in
fig. 14, so as to give them greater rigidity and a better bearing on their chairs.
The junction of the successive rails consists of two chairs E one for each rail end
with means for coupling them.
The chairs E may be of such transverse section as to embrace closely the underside
and both lateral sides of the rails like the chair E in fig. 1, or the chairs may be of
other transverse section as shown in fig. 14, but in all cases the rail should be firmly
seated, and held against lateral motion or displacement. Each half chair may be made
in one piece as shewn in figs. 5 to 11 or it may consist of a plate el to which are
rivetted locking dogs e clamping the flanges d of the rail A as shown for the chairs E¹
in figs. 12 to 14.
The half chairs may be rigidly connected as shown for the chairs E' in figs. 12 to 14
by split bolts. Or the chairs may have articulated connections formed by links
interposed between the half chairs, or by a hook on the one half adapted to engage
on a peg of the other half chair.
In the first case illustrated by figs. 9 to 11 the rails A are linked together so that
they may be folded over one another as shewn in fig. 11. Thus a number of folded
rails loaded upon a vehicle may he laid as the vehicle advances along the track, and
the rails may be removed by folding them upon a slowly travelling vehicle. As shewn
in figs. 9 to 11 each half chair E has an eye bolt g, and these are connected by a chain
link g'.
In the second case illustrated by figs. 5 to 8, a coupling book is secured in one
of the half chairs E by passing its one end through a hole and bending it over, and
its hooked end is engaged on a pin e projecting from the other half chair.
In connecting these rails, that which has the pin eis turned up to a vertical
position as indicated by the arrow Fig. 5 so that the pin enters the look and then
it is turned down.
The parallel rails are connected by tie rods having eyes or by chains & attached
to the link g or hook by which the half chairs E are coupled. Or as shewn
in figs. 12 to 14 the ties may be T shaped in cross section with the chairs e
rivetted to them.
The rails may be supported by any desired number of intermediate chairs E² figs. 1
and 2, having cars connected by cross ties to the chairs of the parallel rail.
In fig. 1 a portion of a wheel is shown by dotted lines and a portion of a ball is
shewn at m, running on the rail.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. For a portable railway, the construction of rail with ribs arranged to act as
diagonal struts, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
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2. The combination with the rail A of half chairs E, their couplings, and g' or h
and cross ties jor k, substantially as described.
3. The combination with the rail A of intermediate chairs E with cross ties ; or k
substantially as described.
Dated this 10th day of February 1888.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.