US1032452A - Guard-rail. - Google Patents

Description

J. D. TURNER.

GUARD RAIL.

APPLICATION FILED A2342. 1912.

1,032,452, I Patented July 16, 1912.

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JOHN DAVID TURNER, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

GUARD-RAIL.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J QHN DAVID TURNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Birmingham, in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guard- Rails, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in guard rails and has for its object to provide improved fastening means to rigidly and securely hold the guard rail in place and prevent the same from spreading.

An additional object .of the invention re sides in the provision of an improved spac ing block or filler arranged between the guard and track rails, and fastening means disposed through said spacing block and coacting with the base portions of the main and guard ails to provide a common fastening means for the block and rails to prevent their relative longitudinal movement.

Still another and more specific object of the invention is to provide a guard rail having a laterally extended base which constitutcs a supporting chair for the main rail, and fastening means to secure the main and guard rails upon a tie, said fastening means also serving to rigidly and securely retain the main rail in position upon the extended base portion of the guard rail.

The final object of the invention is to provide means whereby the guard rail may be easily and quickly arranged in position and secured upon the ties, said means being simple and inexpensive in construction as well as strong, durable and lasting in practical use.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure'l is a top plan view of a portion of the main line track rail and a guard rail arranged adjacent thereto and connected to the same in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail fragmentary perspective View of the filler or spacing bar.

Referring in detail to the drawing 5 des- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 12, 1912.

Patented July 16,1912. Serial No. 690,287.

ignat-es the main track rail and 6 my improved guard rail which is arranged adjacent thereto. The head or tread portion of the guard rail at the opposite ends thereof is curved outwardly away from the main line rail as shown at 7, the base of this guard rail being laterally extended as indicated at 8, said extended base portion of the rail acting to prevent the rail from sinking into the surface of the ties. The ordinary base flange 9 of the guard rail upon one side of the web thereof is provided with notches indicated at 10 and the extension base plate 8 of said rail has openings 11 formed therein which coincide with said notches.

The main rail 5 is adapted to be seated upon the extension 8 of the base of the guard rail, and the base flange of said main rail which is opposed to the flange 9 of the guard rail is provided with the notches 12 which are adapted to register with the openings 11 in the plate 8. The other or out wardly extending base flange on the opposite side of the web of the main rail 5 is disposed inwardly of a series of spike receiving openings 13 provided in the plate 8 adjacent to its outer edge. The securing spikes 14 are adapted to be driven through these openings into the supporting ties indicated at T, the heads of said spikes bearing upon the outer edge of the main line rail base.

The filler or spacing bar 15 shown in detail in Fig. 3 is adapted to be disposed between the opposed webs of the main and the guard rails when the same are arranged upon the supporting tics. This spacing bar is of substantially I-shaped form in cross section, and the heads or flanged edges 16 of this spacing bar are adapted to engage with the webs of the main and guard rails and extend between the under sides of the tread portions of said rails and the base flanges thereof. The intermediate reduced web portion 17 of the I-shaped spacing bar 15 is provided with the rectangular spike receiving openings 18 which are in vertical alinement with the openings 11 in the base plate 8 of the guard rail when the spacing bar is properly disposed between the guard and the main line rails. The spikes 19 are driven through these alined openings of the spacing bar and the base portions of the rails and into the supporting ties. The spikes eflicientlyserve as a common fastening means for the various elements which effectually prevents longitudinal movement of the spacing bar between the rails, or longitudinal movement of the main line rail upon the extended base plate of the guard rail.

. By means of the above arrangement of parts, it will be seen that I have entirely dispensed with the usual transverse fasten ing bolts which extend through the webs of the main and guard rails and spacing mem bers arranged between said rails. Thus a maximum of strength in the main line rail is obtained. Also by providing the spacing bar entirely filling the space between the head and base portions of the rails, the track rail is held absolutely rigid at all times and the same is prevented from tilting or turn ing upon the extended base portion 8 of the guard rail. It also eliminates all liability of a track walker having his foot caught between the main and guard rails and further serves to prevent the accumulation of trash between the rails and beneath the main line rail.

From the foregoing description it is believed that the construction and manner of assembling the various parts of the invention will be clearly understood.

It will of course be obvious that the guard rail and spacing bar may be constructed in various lengths and any desired number of fastening spikes 19 may be employed in securing the parts upon the ties as above set forth. Owing to the simple form of the various elements employed it will further be seen that the entire device can be manufactured at comparatively small cost.

lVhile I have shown and described the preferred form and construction of the several elements, it will be understood that the invention is susceptible of considerable modification without departing from the essential features or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

What I claim is 1. The combination with the main and guard rails having recesses in their opposed base portions, of a longitudinally extending spacing bar disposed between said rails to engage the web portions thereof between the under side of the tread and base flanges of the rails, said spacing bar having openings in alinement with the recesses of the rail flanges, and fastening spikes to be driven through said openings and recesses into the rail supporting ties.

2. The combination with the track rail, of a guard rail having a laterally extended base flange upon which said track rail is seated, the edges of the opposed base flanges of the guard and track rails being provided with notches to receive fastening spikes whereby the guard rail is secured upon the I tie and the track rail held against longitudinal movement with relation to the guard rail, said laterally extending base plate of the guard rail being provided with a series of openings adjacentits outer edge, and fastening spikes to bedriven through said openings into the ties and to engage over the outer edge of the base flange of the track rail.

3. The combination. with the track rail, of a guard rail having a laterally extended base flange upon which the main line rail is seated, the base flange of the guard rail'upon one side of the web portion thereof being provided with notches in its edge, said laterally extended base plate having openings with which said notches coincide, the main line rail being also provided in the edge of its base flange upon one side of the web. portion with notches to register with the openings in said base plate, a spacing bar disposed between the web portions of the track and guard rails and providedv with openings in alinement with the openings in the base plate, a plurality of fastening spikes to be driven through the openings in the spacing bar and base plate to prevent longitudinal movement of the track rail, said base plate being provided adjacent to its outer edge with a plurality of openings, and securing spikes to be driven through said openings into the supporting ties, the heads of said spikes engaging over, the edge of the base flange of the track rail.

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

JOHN DAVID, TURNER.

Vi itnesses MILEs C. TURNER, \V. C. BAROLTFT.

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

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