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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
CREED LEON, OF NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS.
TRACK-LAYING APPARATUS.1,006,488.
Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 24, 1911.
Application filed July 5, 1911. Serial No. 636,892.To all whomit rmay concern:
Be it known that I, CREED LEON, a citizen
of the United States, residing at Nacog-
doches, in the county of Nacogdoches and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and
useful Track-Laying Apparatus, of which
the following is a specification.
This invention relates to improvements in
a track laying apparatus, the primary object
10 of the invention being the provision of a
car or truck adapted to be either self-pro-
pelled or pulled upon the track, the said car
or truck being provided with a power oper-
ated means for transferring sections of
15 track from the ground onto the car or truck
or from the car or truck upon the ground in
the position that the sections of track are to
assume to form a continuous track, the said
apparatus being provided with a supporting
20 frame carried by the car or truck and having
mounted centrally and longitudinally there-
of a guiding support for a carrier or frame
combined with hingedly mounted sectional
supports adapted to be connected to form an
25 extension of the central longitudinal guide
support of the apparatus when in use and
when not in use to be folded back upon the
upper portion of the framework.
A further object of this invention is the
30 provision of a novel supporting frame
mounted upon a portable car and provided
with a central longitudinal guide carrying
rail having an extension hingedly connected
to the frame and adapted to be extended be-
85 yond the platform of the car or truck so
that the object to be raised and lowered may
be projected beyond the platform of the car
and deposited or lifted from the ground at
a point beyond the car and placed upon the
40 platform of said car, a novel form of hoist-
ing means being operably connected with the
carrier or frame and to a hoisting drum con-
trolled either by a steam, explosive or elec-
tric motor as may be desired.
45 With the foregoing and other objects in
view which will appear as the description
proceeds, the invention resides in the com-
bination and arrangement of parts and in
the details of construction hereinafter de-
50 scribed and claimed, it being understood that
changes in the precise embodiment of in-
vention herein disclosed can be made within
the scope of what is claimed without depart-
ing from the spirit of the invention.
55 In the drawings-Figure 1 is a side eleva-
tion of the cmplete apparatus the extensionbeing in the position it assumes when in use,
while dotted lines show it as folded and out
of use. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the com-
plete apparatus. Fig. 3 is a cross section 60
taken on line X-X of Fig. 1 looking to-
ward the rear of the machine.
Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1
designates the platform of a flat car, mount-
ed upon the trucks 2, and provided with the 65
rear inclined uprights 3 and forward per-
pendicular and parallel uprights 4, the
braces 5 and 6 being connected to the respec-
tive uprights 3 and 4 to provide a frame-
work to properly support the metal girder 70
or I-beam 8, which is connected to the cross
beam 6' of the inclined standards 3 and to
the transverse bar 7' of the supports 4, the
inclined braces 7 being connected to the up-
per end of the supports 4 and extending in- 75
wardly of the machine above the girder 8.
This girder 8 as will be understood forms a
track supporting means for the carriage as
will presently appear.
The extension 9 which is a similarly 80
shaped and constructed I-beam or girder, as
8, is provided upon its upper face with the
two inclined braces or arms 9', whose ends
abut the outer ends of the braces 7 where the
extension 9 is hingedly connected by means 85
of the rod and hinges 10, so that the said
extension may assume the position as shown
in Figs. 1 and 2 when in operation, and
when folded or out of use will have its free
ends resting upon the upper end of the in- 90
lined brace or support 12 having its in-
clined legs 15 connected to the platform 1
forwardly of the inclined supports 3 and
also connected to said supports 3 to brace
the same and assist in bracing the entire 95
structure.
In order to properly support the extension
9 when extended and relieve the hinges 10,
the guy rope 13 is connected to the yoke 14
at the extreme end of the extension 9 and to 100
the eye bolt 15 of the apex 16 of the inclined
supports 3, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2
of the drawings.
Provided with the supporting anti-fric-
tional wheels 17 and disposed to travel to 105
engage the webs a and a' of the respective
girders 8 and 9, are the depending arms 18,
which carry the carriage 19 which as shown
is adapted to be moved above the platform
1 between supports 4 upon the lateral rails 110
a and a' and the centrally disposed longi-
tudinal rails or girders 8 and 9 so that the
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Leon, Creed. Track-Laying Apparatus, patent, October 24, 1911; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508225/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.