US1039510A - Rail-joint. - Google Patents

Description

W. H. GAITHER.

RAIL JOINT. I APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1912.

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WILLIAM H. GAITHER, OF THOMAS, WEST VIRGINIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1912.

Application filed July 9, 1912. Serial No. 708,403.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. GAITHER, citizen of the United States of America, residing at Thomas, in the county of Tucker and State of WVest Virginia, 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 novel rail chair for supporting the confronting or abutting ends of rails whereby said rails cannot become accidentally displaced, and to obviate the necessity of using detachable splice-bars, bolts and nuts for connecting the confronting ends of rails.

Other objects of my invention are to provide a rail chair that can be easily and quickly installed by unskilled labor and connected to wooden ties or other supports, and to accomplish the above results by a mechanical construction, that is simple, durable, inexpensive to manufacture and highly efficient for the purposes for which it is intended.

IVith the above and other objects in view,

the invention resides in a novel construction to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the rail joint. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same partly broken away and partly in section, and Fig. 3 is an end View of the rail joint.

Further describing my invention with reference to the drawing wherein like numerals denote corresponding parts throughout: 1 and 2 denote the confronting or abutting ends of rails and embracing these rails, at the ends thereof, is a rail chair, comprising a tie plate 3 that has integral rail braces 4t engaging the sides of the rails 1 and 2. The tie plate 3 has lateral extensions 5 that are secured to ties 6 by spikes 7 or other fastening means. It is in connection with these splice-bars or braces 4 to which I attach considerable importance, as these braces prevent vertical and lateral displacement of the rails 1 and 2. By reference to Figs. 2 and 3, it will be observed that the confronting walls of the splice-bars or braces 4;, at the ends thereof, are beveled, as at 8 and this construction has a twofold purpose. First, the rails 1 and 2 are easily placed in the ends of the rail chair, and second, the confronting or abutting ends of the rails are engaged by the confronting walls of the braces or splice-bars 4, while the outer ends of the braces or splice-bars are removed from the rails to such a degree that the chair can be readily used upon a curved section of a track.

From the drawing it will be observed that I have devised a novel rail chair that distributes the weight of rails and rolling stock upon more than one tie, and it is in this connection, that I reserve the right to make the chair of any desired length and of a size to accommodate rails of various weights.

What I claim is In a rail joint, the combination with the confronting ends of rails, and ties, of a rail chair mounted upon said ties and embracing the confronting ends of said rails, said chair comprising a tie plate having lateral flanges secured to said ties, braces formed integral with said tie plate and engaging the sides of said rails, said braces havin the confronting sides thereof beveled and removed from said rails with the intermediate portion of said braces engaging the webs of said rails.

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

WILLIAM H. GAITHER.

Witnesses:

L. E. SHAHAN, GEORGE MARTIN.

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

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