Improvements in and connected with Wagons for Single Rail, Field, or Portable Railways.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Jan., 1890-Accepted, 8th Feb.,.1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Wagons for Single Rail, Field,
or Portable Railways.
I, FRIEDRICH FLEISS, of Schelecken, near Taukischken, Prussia, Proprietor, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It is generally considered that a single rail, field or portable railway, is in some
cases more advantageous than a double rail, as the removal of the single rail track is
easy and convenient, and the transport of the same from one place to another may be
effected with less cost. Wagons as hitherto constructed applicable for use on such
a single rail railway are subject to great inconveniences, for example, they must be
either held by the workmen in order to protect them from accidents, or when
otherwise protected they are subject to numerous other disadvantages, such as
having a tendency to turn right or left and particularly when passing over sharp
curves.
In order to obviate these inconveniences I provide the wagons according to my
invention with four wheels running behind each other, two of each pair being
connected with each other by being mounted on trucks or bogies, and I further
provide the wagon frame with two rods converging to an angle at their outer ends
and extending horizontally or nearly so on one side of the said wagon, and these
rods are supported at their outer ends by a roller. The rods and the roller prevent
the tilting over of the wagon, because they act partly as a support and partly as a
counterpoise.
The tipping-box or body of the wagon of the desired construction rests upon two
supports which are fastened upon a horizontal beam. The latter rests upon two
wooden blocks carrying on the side arms projecting therefrom the wheels which rest
upon the rail.
Each block has two wheels, one in front and one behind the block, and
the four wheels of both blocks lie in a straight line behind each other. The blocks
with the wheels form the trucks or bogies upon which the carrying-beam of the tipping-
boxes rests as aforesaid.
The connection of the beam with the blocks is effected by bolts, which go through
the beam and the blocks and are screwed fast to the beam, but inside the block in
the direction of the lineal axis of the wagon they have a certain movability, as the
holes in the block widen towards the bottom of the blocks. Between the beam and
the blocks the bolts have distancing washers which rest upon the metal bearing bands
that are fixed on to the blocks. In consequence of this arrangement the beam has a
certain amount of movability and can always remain horizontal even when the rails
lie
upon uneven ground.
Upon the beam and before and behind the tipping-box or body, the two rods here-
tofore mentioned are fastened, which stretch out on the one side and meet together
in a common point, where they are connected by a shoe, or the like, and carry a
pivot on which a roller is loosely mounted. The rods and the roller serve as supports
to the wagon when it inclines down towards the said roller and as a counterpoise when
it inclines upon the other side. In both cases they protect the wagon from accident
whilst it travels on the rail.
As a matter of course the wagon-frame instead of a tipping-box may carry a fixed
box or a platform.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Wagons for Single Rail, Field,
or Portable Railways.
I, FRIEDRICH FLEISS, of Schelecken near Laukischken, Prussia, Proprietor 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:—
It is generally considered that a single rail, field or portable railway is in some
cases more advantageous than a double rail as the removal of the single rail track is
easy and convenient and the transport of the same from one place to another may be
effected with less cost. Wagons as hitherto constructed applicable for use on such a
single rail railway are subject to great inconveniences, for example they must be
either held by the workmen in order to protect them from accidents, or when
otherwise protected they are subject to numerous other disadvantages such as
having a tendency to turn right or left and particularly when passing over sharp
curves.
In order to obviate these inconveniences I provide the wagons according to my
invention with four wheels running behind each other, two of each pair being con-
nected with each other by being mounted on trucks or bogies and I further provide
the wagon frame with two rods converging to an angle at their outer ends and
extending horizontally or nearly so on one side of the said wagon and these rods aro
supported at their outer ends by a roller. The rods and the roller prevent
the tilting over of the wagon, because they act partly as a support and partly as
a counterpoise.
In order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will further describe the same by reference to the accompanying
drawing.
Figure 1 shows in back elevation a tip wagon for single rail, field railway
constructed according to my invention, Figure 2 shews the same in side view, and
Figure 3 is a plan view of same. Similar letters of reference refer to like parts in all
the figures.
The tipping box or body of the wagon A of the desired construction rests upon two
supports a, a which are fastened upon a horizontal beam b. The latter rests upon two
wooden blocks d carrying on the side arms projecting therefrom the wheels which
rest upon the rail B. Each block d has two wheels, one in front and one behind the
block, and the four wheels of both blocks d lie in a straight line behind each other.
The blocks & with the wheels f form the trucks or bogies upon which the carrying
beam of the tipping-boxes rests as aforesaid.
The connection of the beam b with the blocks d is effected by the bolts g which
through and d and are screwed fast to the beam 6, but inside the blocks d in the
direction of the lineal axis of the wagon they have a certain movability, as the holes
widen towards the bottom of the blocks as is shewn in Figures 4 and 5. Between the
beam and the blocks d the bolts g have distancing washers g' which rest upon the
metal bearing bands g² that are fixed on to the blocks. In consequence of this
arrangement the beam 6 has a certain amount of movability in the direction of its
horizontal axis and can always remain horizontal even when the rails lie upon uneven
ground.
Upon the beam b and before and behind the tipping-box or body A the two rods h
heretofore mentioned are fastened, which stretch out on the one side and meet together
in a common point, where they are connected by a shoe, or the like, and carry a pivot
on which a roller is loosely mounted. The rods and the roller i serve as supports
to the wagon when it inclines down towards the said roller and as a counterpoise
when it inclines upon the other side. In both cases they protect the wagon from
accidents whilst it travels on the rail.
As a matter of course the wagon frame instead of a tipping-box may carry a fixed
box or a platform.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
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In single rail, field or portable railways, a wagon in which the horizontal beam b
carrying the tipping box or wagon body, fixed box. or platform as the case may be,
is so connected with its two two-whealed trucks as to allow for horizontal and vertical
curvatures of the track, whilst the horizontal beam is supported and is protected from
accident by means of a roller i which is carried by a side projecting fork h. h, all
substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth with reference to the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of January 1890.
FRIEDRICH FLEISS.
By Brewer & Son,
Agents for the Applicant.