US1040720A - Combined rail-joint and nut-lock. - Google Patents
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- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of u mil ch sti'ncml in uccoii'lnnco Wlill the ii-assent in cm. unie like. parts tl'n-oughout all views A designates the abutting ends of ⁇ E i mils having their Web portions mum-2T1 upon opposibe sides by the fish .s 2, 2 and provided with openings olining with the openings in the fish plates 11nd dasigned to receive bolts 3 having their free ends threaded to receive the nuts el.
- the fish plates :2 are provided with flanges oi'hasc members 5 designed to overlie the base of" the rail and formed immediately adjacent their marginal edges with apertures (3 adapted to receive "the spikes 7 or other suitable retaining elements tosecure the rails to the tie 8.
- the base plates 5 of the fish plates terminate beyond the longitudinul cdgosof the rail edges and arc arranged in a plane coincident with that 01" the base of the rail so as to materially increase the rigidity of and reinforce the mil joini Mountod intormr-dialio the up 'ior sin- 11cc of the lie and the base of the rail.
- tho chair 9 formed in provide a lip 10 arranged at an M15510 to the chair and designed io ovci'lic the 1 oi one of the fish plat es f3 and provniod with an opening of sull'icicnt area to sub stanfiully incloso the head of the spikes (3 arranged upon this side of the oil.
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J. A. MOELROY & W. B. FREEMAN. COMBINED RAIL JOINT AND NUT LOCK.
APPLICATION FILED 1120.8, 1911.
1 ,O&O,7 20. Patented Oct. 8, 1912.
(.77. C deincur-l JACKSON A. McEL-RD'EZ' AND "W'llllLIAM 11. JEfRElilMAN, GE IEA'IWIESE'URG, IIZISEEISESIPFI.
COMBIITIEJD IiAIL-JOINT AND NUT-LOOK.
Spccification of Letters Patent.
Pal/outed Oct. 8, 1912.
Application filed December 8, 1911. Serial No. 664,547.
To all lvhom it may concemr Be it known that We, JACKSON A. Mo- Emo'v il'i l, YVHJIIAN "B, 'l nnuiimsn citizens the Unilod Sluice. oi Ilium-nu rmiidi'ng ut i ll ii vcnlion con'ipicinruds lI'Ll- I i-owning;i'lis H1 in mills and lulu ti'oi. on of i,
Ii'll ii v o1? ljllc invontion the gn'ovision ol 3 mil choir which shall he :idnplen lo nun-age the nuts at the joint of {he mils to oirovcnli the displacement of the sniff! nui's,
With lhn uhovo and oil 1 ohjccis in view, i in the cumsii'uclion,
ngcmcntparts hereol Lilian and falling williin the the zipi'iondcd claim.
is a perspective view of u mil ch sti'ncml in uccoii'lnnco Wlill the ii-assent in cm. unie like. parts tl'n-oughout all views A designates the abutting ends of {E i mils having their Web portions mum-2T1 upon opposibe sides by the fish .s 2, 2 and provided with openings olining with the openings in the fish plates 11nd dasigned to receive bolts 3 having their free ends threaded to receive the nuts el. their lower edges the fish plates :2 are provided with flanges oi'hasc members 5 designed to overlie the base of" the rail and formed immediately adjacent their marginal edges with apertures (3 adapted to receive "the spikes 7 or other suitable retaining elements tosecure the rails to the tie 8. It will be noted that the base plates 5 of the fish plates terminate beyond the longitudinul cdgosof the rail edges and arc arranged in a plane coincident with that 01" the base of the rail so as to materially increase the rigidity of and reinforce the mil joini Mountod intormr-dialio the up 'ior sin- 11cc of the lie and the base of the rail. is a chair 9 of a width grmlm' than the combined widths of the hash iYlHIIllJk-JS of the mil and fish plulcs, when the lulitcr iii-c. usscmhlod, the chair lining novidcd with openings l'hi-mugh which the spikes 7 are puss. ionc side of the rails, tho chair 9 formed in provide a lip 10 arranged at an M15510 to the chair and designed io ovci'lic the 1 oi one of the fish plat es f3 and provniod with an opening of sull'icicnt area to sub stanfiully incloso the head of the spikes (3 arranged upon this side of the oil. Tho l lfiit and of iho lip lcrminutes in u m1l1- ,Qjinf: mninlicr ll having; :1 horizontal sui'iucc d ins:
signed LU no nd l'wi'wocn the flange 2 in the nuts 1. 'fiom his cow sl'i'uciiion ii will ho scan ihni; filo units in) prevented from ucci loninl du-splncomcnl' owing lo tho horizontal lucc ii i! oi lho null engagingmember ll. cnnlnciing with the some.
liimm tho ahovo dcsci'iplism lxnlici'i in conncction with the accon'ipnnying drnwings it will ho o that We have provided a rail joint 1 is ita zti'cmely cheap to manufacture, in mi nsl'i'uclion and which. him i A combined mi joint and nut look, 'lhcynliy greatly incrczuiingjz; the life, and oilic'icncy oi? the joint.
Having thus dosci'ihcd our invention, What we claim and dcsirc to sccul'c by Letters Pnl'cnt is:
Tho combination with the. meeting ends of a pair of mils, and fish phi 110s cmlrlmcing the opposite sides 01'? the webs oi the rails and provided with flanges overlapping the rail hoses and extending beyond such looses and provided adjacent to their edges with open lures suit-ably spaced apart of 0. chair be- .low said rails provided with spaced npciturns registering with the first-mentioned apertures, said chair being further provided with an inclined lip at one of its longitudinal edges having relatively large openings therein spaced apart and ulining with the first-mentioned openings whereby a spike In testimony whereof We afifi; our signamay be driven through bhe apertures and fares in presence of two Witnesses.
the head thereof disposed below the plane of JA CKSON A. 'MQELROY. the upper surface of-the lip, said liptermi- VHL'LIAM B. FREEMAN. mating in a nutengaging member having a Witnesses:
horizontal face adapted'to engage'the nuts TIM. COLLIER,
upon the bolts of thel'ail joint. JAs. A. Lo e/mm.
Gopies 'of this patent me}; be obtained fpr fiye cents each, by addressing the (iqmmissioneref Patents,
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