US1016674A - Rail-joint. - Google Patents

Description

J. GUSIGK.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 6, 1911.

1,01 6,674, Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

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IJVV'EJV'TOR. rfofuo Guam/I I BY I f f zen of theUnit-ed States of America, residing at Sharon, in the county of Mercer and I bracingand connecting alining rails.

[that of the enlargement 5. The beveled por- Joints, of'which the following is a; specifi-- adapted to-be placed between-two ties or endsof rails 3 that rest upon ties or sleepers.

'in ajdirection opposite that of the flange 8 of the other splice bar, and the outer edges UNITED STATES PATENT orraon;

JOHN CUSICK, or SHARORJPENNSYLVANI'A'I RAIL-JOINT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J HN CUsIcK, a citi- State of Pennsylvania,- have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ri11l-' cation, reference being had thereinf'to the: accompanying drawing.

Thisvinvention relates to rail j oints,-and the primary object of my invention is to provide a novel chair and splicebars for connecting the confronting "ends of rails without-resorting to the use of 'bolts and nuts. I 1

Another object of this invention is t'o-furnish a rail chair with splice bars .t-hat willf have a double wedging action for-positively A further object of t-his invention is to provide a rail joint consisting of c0mpara-' tively few parts that are inexpensive to inanufacture and easy to install by unskilled abor. I

l" attain the above objects by a mechanical. construction that will be liereinafter" specifi-- cally described and then claimed, and ref erence will now be 'had to the drawing, wherein :Q Y Figure 1 is a' plan of the railjoint, Fig; 2' is a side elevation of the same, andFig. 3 is a cross sectional View. V A A rail joint in accordance with this-i11 vention comprises a chair or rail plateil sleepers 2 for supporting-the confronting The chair 1 has the longitudinal edges'thereof provided with enlargements-lan'd 5 andthe confronting faces of these enlargements are provided-With beveled portiorisifi and 7. The beveled portions 6 and 7 of the enlarges ment 4 are tapered -in--a-.-direction opposite t-ions 6 are further tapered, in a manner that Will' presently; appear, and these beveled and tapered portions of the. enlargements are adapted to engage the flanges 8 and 9- of ing the webs and, heads thereof.

v he flange 9 of one splicebar is tapered the base flanges 11 of the rails 3 and brac of these flanges areheveled, as at 1210 en Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 6, 1911. Serial No. 647,884.

gage the beveled portions of the enlargements 4: and'ii. I

'The' flanges 8 and 9 have longitudinal Patentedheb. 6,1912.

't01lg11,S 13 adapted to engage the -beveled" 7 portions f the enlargements 1 and 5. .The 60 beveled portions, 12 of: the splice bars are tapered to correspond to the taper'of the beveled tapered portions 7 of the enlargements 4 "fandb'uand'ithe longitudinal tongues 6 have a double't al'i er, The t-aper'attherouter edges of the tongues conforms to the taper of the "beveled-portions 60f the enlargements 4 and 5, and the up er surfaces of the tonguesare. inclined'downward from 'endto end, as desig nated at 14 in Fig; 2, whereby these, tongues will have a doublewe'dging action.

driven in opposite directions between the en-- largements 4and 5 and"the' rails 3, and as said sphcebars are driven home, the tapered Itis necessary thatflthefsplice bars be beveled portions 6 and .7 of the enlargements 4 and -5 force the splice bars 10 inwardly I against the webs of the rails, While the addi-- tionaltaperi'ng-of thetongues 13-forces'said splice bar's;v downwardly upon the base flanges 11' of the rails, thereby firmly hold ing the rails in the chair. I attach considerable,importanceto this double wedging action, as the railsare-firmly clamped in posi- 'tion,; and these two double. wedging actions jcooperate in preventing the splice bars from becoming. accidentally displacedg However, to maintain said splice ;;bars 7 in position, the oute ends ofs aid bars are provided. with 'spike'notchesf15 for spikes 16 driven into the tiesor sleepers 2; It is preferablev to alternately arrange the I spike notches, whereby there is less liability of-the spikeslfl splittm'g the ties. Furthermore, it is preferable --5 9 .tofuseftwo spikes at the. rear end of each.

splice bar to guardagainst, any rearward movement of said splice bars. "The joint can beeasily. tightened" should it"becon' e v loose and. can. be removed as easily and 10' quickly as iinstalled,- .without interfering' with the'rails.

VVhatIclaim is:- .In. a rail joint, the'combination. with a pair of ties and 'aqpair of rails mounted,- thereon, of a' chair positioned against the lower faces of the bases of said rails and ar ranged between said ,ties,said"chair projecting from the longitudlnal, led esjof said longitudi-' bases; vertically dispos d an nally extending enlargements integral with the piujeubll'lg portions "of said chair and spaced from the longitudinal edges of said bases, the inner face of each of. said enlargements provided with .an upper and a lower outwardly beveled tapered portion, the loiver beveled portions ofsaid enlargements providing pockets, the beveled portions of one enlargement disposed in an opposite di- .rection with respect to the beveled portions of the-other enlargement-s, splice bars positioned against said rails 'and provided at. their lower portions with flanges, 531d the enlargements whereby the enlargements of the other flange, sai

and flanges are connected together and the rails maintained in supported position, the beveled portion and tongue of one flange disposed in an opposite direction with respect to the beveled ing beyond the ends of said enlargements and upon said ties, and means engaging the projecting ends of the bars and said ties for maintaining the bars from shifting longi'tl'ldinally."

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN CUSIGK.

Witnesses:

CHRISTINA T. H000, MAX H. SROLOVITZ.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. 0.

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