US1030888A - Brace for broken rails. - Google Patents

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J. L. HORVATH. BRACE FOR BRQKEN RAILS. APPLICATION FILED FEB.3,1912.

WITNESSES INVENTQR ATTORNEYS Patented July 2, 1912.

,hraee as applied to a rail, lig. 2 is an end *tinrrn STATES OFFICE;

J OHN L. HORVATH, OF FERI IGLEN, PENNSYLVANIA.

BRACE FOR BROKEN RAILS speoification of Letters Yatent.

siding at Ferngleu, in theeountv ot Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania have invented eertaiu new and uset'ul lu'iproveiuents 1n lowing is a speeitieation, referent-e heiug had therein to the aeeom mirving drawing.

This invention relates to a brave for broken rails, and more partieularlv to a de \it'O adapted to be' teinpm-arily used for holding and hraeing the broken ends of a rail. v V

The primary ohjeet of my invention is to provide a strong and durable device that ean he easil and quickly plaeed 'in engagement with a broken rail to preserve the alineiuent of the hroken ends ot' the rail until a new rail can heinstalled Another ohjeet ot this invention is to provide a rail chair that ran he used in ease of emergent-v 't'or hraeing-dhe outer side of the rail and preventthe rail from spreading relatively to the other 'ail of the traek.

A further ohjeet of this invention is to pruride a simple and inex wnsive. bond that ran he used in eonneetion with a rail ehair ot the ahore type for establishing an eleet'rie eireuit hetween the hrolien parts of the. rail.

With the allow and other ohjeets in view, the invention resides in the H'N'tl eonstruw than eolnhiuation and arrangtmentof parts to he hereinat'ter spet'itieallv deserihed and then elainied.

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The reference numeral 1 denotes a rail ehair'in the form of a tiatieetangular plate that is plat-ed under the base flange .2 of a hrolten rail It. The ehair is plat-ed to support. the hroken'ends 4 of the rail and at the outer side oi the rail there is plat-ed a split-e bar 5 to assist in maintaining the alineineut ot" the broken ends ht the rail.

The inner side'o't' thefehair 1, at. the ends thereot' is cut away, asat 5 and provided with threaded studs (3 and mounted upon said studs are elanips 7 that are retained thereon hy nuts t-t. The elalnps 7 ext nd on to the inner hase tlange ol' the rail and hedd the inner edge ot the (hair in ngagement he had to the drawing;

I Patented July 2 1912.

3, 1912. Serial No. 675.183.

1 therewith. In addition to these (lamps 1 there are screw sprites t that extend through :t'he openings'ltl provided theret'er at the inner edge of the ehair. said spikes being retamed within said open ngs hy nuts ll heads 12 ot the spikes extend on to the inner hase llange ot the rail and l'irndy hold the inner edge ot the ehair in engagement with said rail. The outer edge of the ehair. at the ends thereof, has angularly disposed hraees 1 engaging under the head ot' the broken rail, and these hraees are provided withscrews 14: that engage the weh of the rail.- The screws 14 are etmneeted by a wire bond for eleetriallv connecting the hrolien ends of the rail. I

The outer side of the. ehair is provided lase :2 of the rail. The outer side of the (hair intermediate its ends is provided with vertieally disposed holts lT upon whi h are mounted sleeves. 1h, these latter engaging the ehair. lrojeetiug from the spliee har 3 are clamping nieuihers l having their tree ends apertured. 'lhe apertured ends of the (damping: neinhers 1'. are mount d upon the halts 17 against the aleeves l8 and are tiyedly seeured in position o nuts it) \vhieh are eonneeted to the hehs ti and engage the outer eml ot the c amping unauhers H3. When the ehair adjusted hy shifting the nut h the splice bar is earried toward the weh tor the reason that it is eonneeted to the (hair. Xtter the snlie hair is elauiped to the rail the spikes Hand 1t; are secured in position to preveut the shifting of the rail.

The ehair 1 upports the hrehen has: of the rail the spikes 9 and iti prevent late at.

supports the ln'oken head ot' the rail.

From the foregoing it will he observed that l have devised a hraeing and clamping (ltVltU that ean he easily and quickly installed for retaining the hrohen ends of a rail in alineineut. the deviee firmly hraeing the rail upon the outer side thereof to prevent the hroken ends ot" the rail from spreading relatively' to the other rail of the trait-h.

Whatelaiin is:--

i. in a hraeiug deviee. the eomhiuation with a hrohen rail. ot a ehair arranged unltitl' aid rail and having the inner edge seretved upon the lower ends thereof. The. traees tor Broken Rails, ot wlneh the tol- 15, said screws and said wire constituting a with serewspikes lt'reapahle of engaging the shitting of the rail and the spliee bar 5 said rail, :1 splice thereof connected to the inner base flange of said rail, angularly disposed braces carried by the outer edge of and chair, at the ends web of said rail at projecting from said LspIice bar and having the free ends thereof apertured and connected to said posts.

'2. In a bracing device, the combination withm broken rail, of a chair arranged un- :der said rail, snid chair having the inner e ethereof cut away at the ends thereof (1 an provided with threaded studs, clamps arranged 'upon the threaded studs of said fehair and engaging the said rail, screw sp lk es-carried bythe Inner inner base flange of edge of said chair and engaging the inner base flange of said rail, angularly disposed braces carried by the outer edge of said chair at the ends thereof and engaging the under side of the head of said rail; :1 splice bar arranged against the outer side of said rail, posts carried by the outer edge of Said chair, and horizontal clamping members projecting from said splice bar and having the free ends apertured and mounted-upon and connected to said posts.

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

" JOHN L. HORVATH.

' Witnesses:

' E. A. Runners, J. G. Smennn

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