Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd May, 1887.
Specification Accepted, 3rd June, 1887.
upon the Rails,
I ARTHUR DURIEU of 109 Canal Street New Orleans in the Parish of Orleans,
State of Louisiana, United States of America, Merchant, 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 :-
The object of my Invention is to provide a new and improved apparatus for
facilitating the replacing of railway carriages and locomotives on the rails in case of
de-railment. The said apparatus comprises a pair of platforms adapted to be fitted
upon and alongside of the rails, and with inclines leading up to them, one of them
being provided with an adjustable switch by which the wheels of the vehicle are guided
into position to drop on to the rails.
The Invention consists in the construction and combination of parts and details, as
will be fully described and set forth hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
specification in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the complete apparatus; Figure 2 is
a side elevation, and figure 3 a rear end view of the platform or replacer provided
with the switch tongue. Figure 4 is a rear end view of the platform or replacer
without the tongue. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all
the figures.
The platform A is provided with an inclined extension B which is of less width than
the platform and is inclined from the platform A downward, as shewn in figure 2, so
that its lower end can rest on the sleepers when the platform A is on the rail. The
platform A is provided with the downwardly projecting side flanges D through which
the clamping screws I are screwed, and with ribs G parallel to and a short distance
from the flanges D, the ribs G being provided with the lugs H between which and the
flanges D, the heads of the rails R are received. On the upper surface of the platform,
two longitudinal ribs E, are provided immediately over the spaces in which the rail is
received as above mentioned, the rear ends of said ribs being bevelled or rounded off,
as shewn. At the inner side of each rib E, a notch F is formed in the upper surface
of the platform at the rear end.
In the case of the platform A¹, shewn in the upper part of figure 1, the ribs E¹
form a V-shaped figure, their rear ends being situated immediately over the spaces to

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receive the rail and a switch tongue L being pivoted at the apex of the V shaped
figure, to swing over the incline B₁ which in this case is provided with the two side
flanges M on the upper surface. The free and swinging end of the tongue Lis
bevelled off, so as to be against the flanges M; as shewn. The notches F¹ are on the
outer sides of the ribs E.
The platforms are used in the following manner;-The two platforms above described
are placed on the sleepers at the same sides of the two rails, in such a manner that
the platforms rest on the rail heads and the ends of the inclines B B¹ on the sleepers,
the sleepers' platform provided with the tongue L being on the outer side of the rail.
They are clamped firmly to the rails by the screws I so that they cannot slip. The
tongue L is swung against the outer flange M to guide the wheels running up the
incline towards the rail, the wheel on the other incline and platform running in the same
direction. The treads of the wheels run on the ribs E, and the flanges on the inclines
and platforms. On arriving at the ends of the platforms, the wheel flanges drop into
the notches For F, and the wheels drop upon the rail heads. The devices can be
reversed, so that they can be used on either sides of the rails. The replacers are to
be carried on all trains the same as other wrecking tools.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is ;
1. In a car replacer, the combination with a platform having an inclined extension,
of a V-shaped rib on the said platform and a tongue pivoted on the platform and
adapted to swing over the incline, substantially as herein shewn and described.
2. The combination with a platform having ribs on the upper surface and an inclined
extension provided with side flanges, of a tongue pivoted on the platform and
swinging over the inclined extension, substantially as herein shewn and described.
3. In a car replacer, a platform having an incline extending from its forward edge,
parallel ribs on the upper face at or near its longitudinal side edges and longitudinal
Hanges on the under face parallel with the upper ribs and forming a separate rail
receiving channel below each rib and in vertical alignment therewith, substantially as
set forth.
4. In a car replacer, a platform adapted to be secured upon and over either rail of a
railway, and having an inclined extension, parallel ribs on its upper side adapted to be
brought into vertical alignment with either of the rails of a railway, and notches in
the platform between the forward ends of the parallel ribs, substantially as shewn and
described.
5. A platform provided with an inclined extension, ribs on the upper surface, ribs and
flanges on the underside, and screws in the said flanges, substantially as herein shewn
and described.
6. The combination of the platform A having the plane inclined extension B,
parallel ribs E E on its upper surface, and parallel rail receiving flanges on its
underside, of the platform A' having the flanged incline B³, side flanges M, the
V-shaped rib on its upper surface, parallel rail receiving flange on its lower face, and
the horizontally swinging tongue pivoted at the angle of the V-shaped flange, the free
end of said tongue being adapted to rest against either flange M, substantially as set
forth.
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