US1028483A - Rail-joint. - Google Patents

Description

w. NALEPKL BAIL JOINT.

Arm-10511011 TILED saw. 1, 1911.

Patented June 4, 191 2.

WITNESSES FIG. 2

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALENTY NALEPKA, OF SOUTH OMAHA, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-SIXTH TO PAUL ZUREK, ONE-SIXTH T0 KAROL SIEWNAK, AND ONE-SIXTH TO STANLEY WIERNEK, ALL OF SOUTH OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Application filed September 1, 1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALENTY NALEPKA, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at South Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to rail joints, and the objects of my invention are to provide a simple and effective means for connecting the confronting ends of rails that will compensate for expansion and contraction of said rails, and to obviate the necessity of using splice bars and bolts and nuts for connecting the confronting ends of rails.

Other objects of my invention are to provide a rail fastener for the confronting ends of rails that will serve functionally as a bond and can be used to advantage in connection with street railway rails or the rails of a steam railway equipped with electric signals that depend upon the rails for the completion of an electric circuit.

Further objects of my invention are to provide a rail fastener for the abutting ends of rails that can be easily and quickly in stalled and used in connection with various types of ties or sleepers.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the rail joint; Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a detached tie plate.

The reference numerals 1 denote metallic ties of the hollow channel bar construction, these ties supporting the confronting or abutting ends of rails 2 and 6 and have the base flanges 3 thereof secured to the ties by plates 4 that are bolted or otherwise connected, as at 5, to said ties upon each side of said rails.

The end of the rail 2 is provided with two sets of openings 7 and 8 and the rail 6 has the web thereof provided with two sets of openings 9 and 10. Extending through the opening 7 of the rail 2 are the clenched ends 11 of coiled springs 12 having the opposite ends thereof of greater length than the clenched ends, these said opposite ends providing a yoke or stirrup 13 that is placed over a hook 14. The hook 14 has the ends 15 thereof extending through the set of openings 9 of the rail 6 and clenched and mounted in the set of openings 8 of the rail 2 are clenched ends 16 of coiled springs 17, the opposite ends of said springs terminating in a yoke 18 that engages over a hook 19 similar to the hook 14, said hook having the ends thereof clenched, as at 20, in the set of openings 10 of the rail 6. The springs 12 and 17 are located upon the opposite sides of the web of the rail 2, said springs compensating for vibrations of said rails due to heavy rolling stock passing over the same. The yokes 13 and 18 serve functionally as bonds and said yokes cannot become accidentally displaced due to vibrations of the rails, thereby insuring a positive electrical connection between said rails. The fasteners between theends of the rails can be made of a conductive material, as copper, and when of such metal they can be easily placed in position.

What I claim is:

In a rail joint, the combination with the confronting ends of rails, having the webs thereof provided with sets of openings, of coiled springs arranged upon both sides of the web of one rail, said springs having the ends thereof arranged in the opening of said rail and clenched, the opposite ends of said springs terminating in yokes, and hooks having the ends thereof clenched in the openings of the other rail and adapted to hold said yokes and thereby provide a bond between said rails.

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

WALENTY NALEPKA. Witnesses:

J. LEVY, ISIDOR PERELMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

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