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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
DAVID E. GROVE, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.
RAILWAY-DITCHING MACHINE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,282, dated September 12, 1882.
Applicatin filed April 14, 1589. (No modlelJTo all wlonm it may concern:
Be it known that I, DAVI E. GROVE, of
Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of
Texas, have invented certain new and useful
5 Improvements in Railway-Ditching Machines,
of which the following is a full, clear, and ex-
act description.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying
drawings, forming part of this specification, in
o which similar letters of reference indicate cor-
responding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a plan view of a part of
my improvement. Fig. 2, Sheet 1, is a sec-
tional side elevation of the same. Fig. 3,
r5 Sheet 1, is a sectional end elevation of one of
the carriers. Fig.4, Sheet 1,is a sectional end
elevation of the angle-belt enlarged. Fig. 5,
Sheet 2, is a sectional front elevation of a part
of the improvement. Fig. 6, Sheet 2, is a sec-
2ao tional elevation of a part of the adjusting
mechanism. Fig. 7, Sheet 2, is a plan view of
a part of an adjusting-bar. Fig.8, Sheet 2, is
a side elevation of the same. Fig. 9, Sheet 2,
is a plan view of one of the angle-belt guide-
25 rollers. Fig. 10, Sheet 3, is a plan view of a
part of the improvement, showing the con-
veyer applied to a train of cars. Fig. 11, Sheet
3, is a plan view of a part of the same, show-
ing the position of the conveyer when passing
30 around curves. Fig. 12, Sheet 3, is a sectional
end elevation of the conveyer and supporting-
frame. Fig.13, Sheet 3, is a sectional end ele-
vation of a part of the same, showing the mech-
anism foroperating the conveyer. Fig. 14, Sheet
35 3, is a side elevation of a part of thesame. Fig.
15, Sheet 3, is a side elevation, partly in section,
of a part of the conveyer-apron, and showing
the central-belt coupling. Fig. 16, Sheet 3, is
a sectional end elevation of a part of the con-
40 veyer-apron. Fig. 17, Sheet 3, is a side eleva-
tion of one of the side-belt couplings.
The object of this invention is to facilitate
the opening of railway- ditches and the re-
moval of the dirt therefrom.
45 The invention consists in the peculiar con-
struction and arrangement of parts, as here-
inafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the
claims. .
A represents a flat car, to the opposite sides
50 of the rear end of which are hinged, by bolts
or other suitable detachable means, the rearends of two bars, B. The bars B are hinged
at their forward ends to the outer forward cor-
ners of the frames C. that carry the plows and
the carriers. The bars B and their connections 55
are made of sufficient strength to support the
plows against the resistance of the ground.
The frame ( is formed of a base-frame and an
outer side frame, meeting each other at an ob-
tase angle, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, and 6o
firmly connected together.
To the inner side of the base of the frame
O are attached, by spring-standards D or other
suitable supports, narrow side boards, E, to
keep the dirt in place upon the carriers while 6c
being carried back by the said carriers.
To the forward end of the frame C is at-
tached the plow F, which is made angular in
cross-section, as shown ill Fig. 5, and with its
point in line with the angle of the said frame 70
C. The cutting-edges or shears of the plows
are made sharply inclined,and the outer shear
is made wider than the outer partof the frame
C to shear off the sides of cuts or banks.
The inner side of the base-shear has a narrow 75
inclined flange formed upon it to correspond
with the inner side board, E, and is intended
to serve as a guide to conduct the dirt to the
carrier.
To the base of the frame C is pivoted a so- 8o
ries of rollers, C, around which passes the end-
less belt H to form the base of the carrier.
To the inclined outer side of the frame C is
pivoted a series of rollers, I, around which
passes an endless belt, J, to form the outer 85
side of the carrier. The adjacent edges of the
endless belts I J meet or nearly meet at the
angle of the frame C, and are covered by the
central belt, K, which is made thick and has
its side edges beveled to fit against the upper 90
surfaces of the said belts H .J. The inner side
of the belt K is made of such a width as to
fit the space between the adjacent edges of
the belts 1 J. The outer part of the belt K
projects a little beyond the beveled sides of 95
the said belt, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, to
serve as flexible flanges to pack the edges of
the said belt and prevent dirt from working
in between tile belt K and the belts H J. The
belt K, at the front and rear ends of the frame Ico
C, passes around guide-rollers L, the faces of
which are so formed that the inner side of the
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Grove, David E. Railway-Ditching Machine., patent, September 12, 1882; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170403/m1/4/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.