US1037986A - Railway-rail joint. - Google Patents

Description

J. REVIS.

' RAILWAY RAIL JOINT.

' APPLIOATIQN FILED M4 Y1, 1912.

Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

an um co'a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- AMEsnEvIs', or BATON, NEW..MEXICO RAiLWAY-BAIL JOINT.

T at? whom'it may camera:

it known that I, JAMES Revise citizen ot the United States. residing at Rat-0n, in

the county of Colfax and State of New Mexico, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rail Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in railway rail joints, andhas for one of its crease; the efficiency and utility of devices j objects ,to improve the construction and inof thischarzicter.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed device of the 15 character which coacts with the tiesto support the rails. and prevent creeping of the clamping and brace members ofthe device.

' Another object of the invention is topre' vide asimply constructed device whereby the meeting-ends of rails are-securely held in perfect alinement without the use of clampbolts'and nuts.

c Ano her object of the invention is to produrable joint is vide a simply constructed device. of; this character wherein an eflicient, strong and members only.

With these and other objects in -view, the

. Iinvntion consists in certaln novel features of construction'as hereafter shown and de scribed and then specifically pointed out 1n the clalms, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferredsembodiment of the invention: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the abutting ends of ap'air of rails with the improved jointfap lied; Fig. 2 -1s a plan.

' view of the same; *ig. 3 is a transverseseo tion on the line 33 of Fig. 1.-

Corresponding and l1ke parts are referred to in thefollowing description and indlcated inall theviews of the drawings by the same.

reference characters;

The improved device is applied to the rails between two ties and the ties'nearect to' the abutting rail ends are utilized to assistin holding the joint.

' at 1 0--l1 and'are of the usual form, and 5'0 e rails are represented conventionally are supported upon ties represented conventionally at '12,"the ties beingspaced apart at equal distances from the terminals of the rails. -The'ties may be spaced any suitable distance apart, but generally will belocated sixteen inches apart or eight inches from each I rail end. The improved attachment comprises a plate or base member 13 bearing by its Yert-ical web at one si at the outer edge. vertical webs and over the tie flange of the produced by employing two Specification)! Letters Patent. Patented sept', 10, 1912, lpplieatlmz filed ma 1, 1912. semi amount.

inner faces of the nearest ties 12, the ties upper face beneath the tie flanges of the a butsg. "I ting rails, and bearing at its endsagainst the being so spaced that the member 13 extends so between them and is held thereby from lat eral movement. The member 13 is provided at one side with a rail brace 14 which extends over the tie flan e and against the 5e and bears at its upper edge beneath the head ofthe rail as shown in Fig. 3.

- The member 13 extends at the opposite side for a considerable distance beyond the,

base of the rail and is formedwith a longi 'tndinal hollow or depression 15 in its upper face and with an inwardly curving rib 16 i Bearing against the rail-at the side opposite to the braceinem- 'ber' 14, is another bracemembcr 17 which conforms to the rail and is likewise provided with a downwardly projecting porti0n'18 conforming to and engaging in the depression 15' of the base late. Themember17-18 is likewise provided with a longitudinal rib 19 which engages beneath the curved, rib 16and completely fills the same.

At its ends the rib 19 extends beyond the ends of 'the member 15-16 as shown -at 2021, and bears by the extended portions upon the upper faces of the ties, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. By this simple means it will be obvious that a strong, durable and efficient joint is produced whereby the rails are firmly united and supported, and by cur, especially when trains are moving rap idly around curves, as the rail. is firmly supported between two coacting braces whichliold the ends in perfect alinement ice A.

at all times. The improved device forms a solid base fox-the weight of the trainand coacts with theties to prevent creeping or longitudinal displacement. The depression 18 of the movable brace plate likewise," extends between" the ties; for a distance and is prevented thereby fromlongitudinal movement.

1.,T0 assemble the improved device the p ate 13 is inserted beneath the rail ends and the Web of the plate against the vertiand the rail ends together with the plate 13 are elevated to bring the cavity 15 above the ties. The plate 17 is then moved longitudinally of 'the rails into place with the roll 19 beneath the turned-over rib 16 cal webs and beneath the heads of the rails The rails together With the plates are thenlowered to position with the rails resting I adapted to bear beneath the abutting ends of a pair of rails and adapted to engage at its ends against the confrontin faces of the adjacent ties, said base having a rail brace at one side and 'a longitudinal depression andan inwardly curving rib at the other side, and another braeefladapted to bear against, the rail ends at the other side and provided with a pr0 eet1on conforming to and engaging in the depression of the 7 base and with a rib conforming to and engaging in the eurving'rib of the base and projecting at the ends beyond the same and adapted to bear upon theadjacent ties The combination with the abutting ends of a pair of rails and of the ties adjacent thereto of a base bearing beneath the railends and against the ties and provided -with a rail brace at one side and an inwardly ciu'ving rib at the other side, said base having a longitudinal depression below the line of the rails, and another rall brace having an extension engaging in thedepression of the base and with a rib extended to bear upon the ties and engaging beneath the inwardly curved base Ilb.

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

. JAMES REVIS. [15.5.] lVitne'sses ALFRED J ELFS,

BESSIE Pansons.

(ippies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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