IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR DRAWING OR EXTRACTING SPIKES OR TRENAILS FROM RAILWAY SLEEPERS AND CHAIRS, AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1858

page_text: chester, in the County of Lancaster, Storekeeper to the Lancashire &
Yorkshire Railway Company, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR DRAWING OR EXTRACTING SPIKES OR TRENAILS
FROM RAILWAY SLEEPERS AND CHAIRS, AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES."
Sealed the 29th June 1858; and dated the .16th January 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard John Badge
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th January 1858.
I, RICHARD! JOHN BADGE; of Newton Heath, near Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster; Storekeeper to the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway:
Cómpany, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR DRAWING OR EXTRACTING SPIKES OR
TRENAILS FROM RAILWAY SLEEPERS AND CHAIRS, AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES;"
to be as follows:
To extract the ordinary trenail I. boré a hole in or near the centre of it
with an auger or other suitable tool; into the said hole I force, by any
mechanical means, a screw having a head formed so as to suit the tool; by'
which the power is obtained to screw it into the trenail; I then attach to the...
head of the said screw, by means of a joint; another screw' fitting a nut or
thread at the top of a tube or frame, the screw passing through its interior.

page_text: The aforesaid frame forms the necessary resisting medium, its lower part
resting or bearing on the chair or foundation from which the spikes or trenails
are to be drawn, which is easily accomplished by turning the screw in the tube
or frame.
To draw out my improved trenail which is secured by Letters Patent dated
October 17th 1857, No. 2656, the screw in the tube or frame is merely con-
nected to the centre piece of the spike, which is formed with a head of any
suitable size and shape, similar to the head of the screw above described, and
drawn out in the same manner by turning and raising the screw in the tube
or frame by means of a rod or lever.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Richard John Badge in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 15th July. 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
JOHN BADGE, of Newton Heath, near Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Storekeeper to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters.
Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Richard John Badge, Her special licence that I, the said Richard John
Badge, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Richard John Badge, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS: FOR DRAWING OR EXTRACTING-SPIKES: OR-TRENAILS FROM
RAILWAY SLEEPERS AND CHAIRS, AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES," upon the condition.
(amongst others) that I, the said Richard John Badge, by an instrument
in writing under my hand, and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain.
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Officer
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.

page_text: ☐ NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Richard John Badge, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which the same.
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the.
following statement (that is to say):-
In order to extract the ordinary treenail I bore a hole in or near its centre
with an auger or other suitable tool, into the said hole I force a screw,
by leverage or other mechanical means, the said screw having a head:
formed so as to be adapted to the tool by which the power is obtained to force
the screw into the treenail. To the aforesaid head I attach, by means of a
joint, another screw fitting a nut or thread at the top of a tube or frame, the
screw passing through its interior. The aforesaid tube or frame forms the
necessary resisting medium, its lower part resting or bearing on the chair or
foundation from which the spike or treenail is to be drawn, the extraction of:
which is easily accomplished by turning and raising the screw in the tube
or frame.
In order to draw out my improved treenail secured to me by Letters Patent
dated the Seventeenth day of October, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-
seven, No. 2656, the screw in the tube or frame is merely connected to the
centre piece of the spike, which is formed with a head of any suitable size and.
shape, similar to the head of the screw above described, and drawn out in the
same manner by turning and raising the screw in the tube or frame by means
of a rod or lever.
.
These improvements will be clearly understood by reference to the accom-
panying Sheet of Drawings, with the figures and letters of reference thereon.
Fig. 1 represents a vertical section of my improved extractor attached to an
old treenail for the purpose of drawing it out; and Fig. 2 is an external view
of the extractor broken off at the bottom in order to shew the connection, the
joint of which is attached to the centre piece of my improved treenail in order
to remove it, and thereby loosen the other parts. In both Figures a represents
the tube or frame of the extractor, at the upper part of which is the nut 6,
having in the interior the screw c, furnished with the lever d. To the lower
part of the screw c, is attached the joint e, which in Fig. 1 is connected by
the pin f to the head of a screw g, forced into the old ordinary treenail h, so
that when the lever d is turned and the screw c raised, the treenail may be
raised with it, and thereby extracted from the chair and sleeper.
In Fig. 2, is my improved treenail, the centre piece of which is connected
by the pin f to the joint e, at the bottom of the screw c, which is turned and
raised by the lever d, thereby drawing out the centre piece, and loosening the
other parts of the treenail.
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page_text: The above operations can be performed with great ease. without. straining
the chair or sleeper, "or causing the line to be out of gauge, thereby affording
a saving of expense and time, and preventing so much destructive wear and
tear on the sleepers and probability of serious danger, as in the modes at
present adopted..
Although the frame of the extractor is shewn tubular, it can be made of
any suitable shape, size, and strength, and also instead of a hole at the joint
to connect the screw with the parts to be extracted, I may attach them.
together in any convenient manner.
Having thus fully described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed,. I desire it to be distinctly
understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein set forth,
as such may be varied or modified without departing from the principle
thereof; but I claim as my Invention, and which to the best of my knowledge
and belief has not been hitherto used within the realm, the construction and
employment of a tube or frame furnished with a screw and nut so that when
the screw is connected either to an old ordinary treenail or to the centre piece
of my improved patent treenail, they may be extracted with ease, as herein
described and illustrated in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard John Badge, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named Richard. John Badge, in the
presence of
E. J. HUGHES, Patent Agent,
Manchester..
R. J. BADGE. (L.S.)