Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-08-07 | Page 29 | Device is for Gripping Rails Salt Lake Man Receives Patent Model Displayed by Inventor

DevicE eVl 5 1 Is s f for P Rails RIs R a Is 0 I I I I. I 10 1 r Lake Man Ma n Re Receives ei s P Pa Patent tent 5 a. a II JI I Model Model del Displayed y d by Inventor br-Inventor Inventor t I iI i- i MA M I A. A p PATTON A ON o of Salt t Lake is lie here c l J n M with a mo model l device which it t is claimed ca can be bc used to to pull traffic up UI any grade 5 I i H j S k 4 4 I 1 I 1 p e Iti l I 5 I wr I 41 tZ r tx i 4 k g wJ I Revolution ion in R Railroading ding on Heavy Grades May MayBe MayI I B Be Revolutionized by Ad Adoption of Mechanism ism ism Originated ted J by y M. M A. A Patton I A rail g gripping d device that Is d de declared d- d dared by Its Its- Inventor In and engineers to promise a revolution re In railroad bu building g and operation so far taI as grades grade's ar are concerned has hM been patent patent patented pat pat- ent d by bya a Salt Laker M. M I. I A. A Patton 60 BO West Fifth South street reet Is the inventor In He has but recently received a patent on his de device device device de- de vice a fully constructed and operatIng operating operating ing model of ot which is now now being displayed displayed dis die played by c the inventor According to Mr tIr Patton the de device de- de vice provides that miniature engines In comparison with the monster locomotives locomotives locomotives loco loco- motives of today may be used Ho Ie further claims that a 1 track for en engines en- en gh glues gines 8 and cars using th the rail gripping device de may be built bunt for tor half the cost of ot the standard gauge carrying the thes s same me load and using a heavy hN wood rail Instead of ot the T rail and a a. channel channel chan- chan i nd nel rod for the tho theran rail ran i It It Is ie claimed that tho the wood rail would cost ot but 25 per cent of ot the he T T-rall and the channel rod but about one one eighth of ot tho the T T-ralL The InventOr Inventor Invert Invert- tor declares that thata n a two ton two engine o equipped with wIlh his device can dr draw w a a. heavier ler load Joad than a a. a ton engine of ot today and ascend L a r grade than any any- present engine can climb empty It Is is said that the tho Patton engine would prove pro exceptionally valuable for mines where heavy y grades are en encountered encountered cn- cn en- en countered and anywhere steep In Inclines In- In dines clines are the rule An act actual al test said aId the Inventor tor has been made male with the thc tail rail gripping gripping grip grip- ping engine with a load ten times heavier than the gripping machine and it has climbed a 30 per cent grade Rail Railroading with Ith an and l' l without the device Is comparable to a n. farmer hn hauling freight with shod and barefooted barefooted bare bare- I footed horses