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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
WALTER R. NATHANIEL, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.
TRACK SWEEPING AND OILING DEVICE.1,171,454.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Feb. 15,1916.
Application filed August 6, 1912. Serial-No. 713,644.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WALTER R. NATHAN-
IEL, a citizen of the United States, residing
at Houston, in the county of Harris and
5 State of Texas, have invented new and use-
ful Improvements in Track Sweeping and
Oiling Devices, of which the following is a
specification.
This invention relates to a track sweeping
10 and oiling device and the principal object
of the invention is to provide an improved
oiling device which is so constructed that
it may be yieldably held in an inoperative
position and moved into engagement with
15 the track by means of a plunger when
desired.
Another object of the invention is to pro-
vide a device of the character described
which is so constructed that it will be strong
20 and durable and not liable to easily get out
of order or need repairing.
Another object of the invention is to so
construct the device that it may be easily
applied to cars now in use, no special car
25 construction being necessary in order to
mount the oiling device.
This invention is illustrated in the ac-
companying drawings, wherein-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device
30 showing the same in conjunction with a plat-
form of a car, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the
device, Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional
view of the device.
In the accompanying drawings the nu-
35 meral 1 indicates the body portion or
frame work of the device which body por-
tion carries the discharge tube 6 adjacent
one end. The upper end of this discharge
spout 6. extends above the body portion as
40 shown clearly in Fig. 3 to provide a sleeve
2 telescoping upon the lower end portion, of
the pipe 3. This pipe 3 passes through an
opening formed in the platform a of a car
and carries the oil tank 9, the outlet spout
45 10 fits into the upper end portion of the pipe
3 and is normally closed by a valve 13. This
valve 13 is yieldably held in a closed posi-
tion by the springs 15 and is provided with
an operating stem 14 so that it may be
50 moved to an inoperative position to permit
oil to pass through the pipe 3 into the dis-
charge spout 6. In order to yieldably sup-
port the body portion 1 and discharge spout
6 there has been provided springs 5 which
B5 are connected at their upper ends with ears
4 and have their lower ends connected withthe body. portion and discharge spout. It
will therefore-be .seen that the body portion
and discharge. spout may be normally held
in a raised position but that they may 'be 60
moved to an operative position when desired
by means of the plunger 16, the plunger
being connected with the body portion at
18 and provided with a handle 19.
The forward end portion 21 of the body 65
portion is hingedly connected with the rear
end portion for horizontal swinging move-
ment and is yieldably held.in a normal posi-
tion by the springs: 23 which are positioned
between the forward end portion of the 70
body portion and the. free.end portion of the
yoke arms 20 extending from the rear end
portion of the body portion. The free end
portion of the rod 21 which forms the
forward end portion of the body portion 1 75
is bent downwardly as shown at 30 and
terminates in a plow 31 which fits into the
depression of the rail indicated by the nu-
meral 8 to remove hardened substances
which may have gathered in the rail. 80
To the rear of the arm 30 which supports
the plow there has been provided depend-
ing arms 25 which extend from the sleeves
24 and carry the springs 26 between which
the handle or standard 28 of the brush is 85
mounted. Therefore the brush will be
yieldably mounted and can have free move-
ment in a plurality of directions due to the
action of the springs 23 and 26.
When this device is in use it is mounted 9
as shown in Fig. 1 and 'oil is placed in the
receptacle 9 through the inlet 11 which is
then closed by means of the cap 12. As the
car passes over the track the cleaning and
oiling mechanism will be normally held in 95
a raised position by the springs 5. When it
is desired to bring the cleaning and oiling
mechanism into use the plunger 16 is moved
to force the body portion downwardly thus
bringing the plow and broom into engage- loo
ment with the rail and also bring.the free
end of the discharge spout into close en-
gagement with the rail.. The plow will re-
move stones and other 'articles from the
groove of the track and will also loosen any ios
dirt which may have collected in the groove.
The broom will then sweep the track clear
and the oil which passes into the discharge
spout when the valve 13 is raised will drop
upon the rail and lubricate the same. When flo
the plunger is released the springs 5 will re-
turn the frame or body portion to its nor-
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Nathaniel, Walter R. Track Sweeping and Oiling Device, patent, February 15, 1916; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857765/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.