US1079284A - Rail-joint. - Google Patents

Description

R. T. BERRY.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION TILED MAILZZ, 1913. 1,079,284, Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

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RICHARD 'I. BERRY, OF MENDENHALL, MISSISSIPPI.

RAIL-JOINT.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD T. BERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mendenhall, in the county of Simpson and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Rail-Joint, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway rails, and more particularly to means whereby the ends of the rails can be fastened together securely without the use of fish plates and with the use of the minimum number of bolts. 1

A further object is to provide rails the ends of which are so shaped as to interlock, means being employed whereby the rails can be secured in interlocked relation without the necessity of employing bolts such as heretofore commonly employed in securing rails together.

l/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter de scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forms of the invention have been shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of the interlocking ends of two rails. Fig. 2 is a section on line AB Fig. 1. said section being on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on line CD Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a rail end viewed from one side. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of said rail end viewed from the other side. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a joint member embodying the present improvements and which is particularly designed for use in connecting a broken rail to one end of a complete rail.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference R designates a railway rail which is of the ordinary size and proportions throughout the greater portion of its length. Each end portion of the rail, however, has the web 1 of the rail thickened, as shown at 2, one side face of this thickened portion being substantially flush with the edge of one of the base flanges of the rail, as shown at 3, while the other side of the thickened Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. March 22, 1913.

Patented Nov. 1.8, 1 913.

Serial No. 756,259.

portion 2 occupies a vertical plane extending longitudinally along the center of the web 1, said face being indicated at 4. This inner side face extends up to an abutment 5 formed by the thickened portion 2 and extending laterally from the face t toward the adjacent side of the rail. Extending from the thickened end of the rail is a tongue 6 the upper corner of which is cut away to form a right angle recess 7 along one side of which is formed a flange 8. The vertical wall of the recess 7 extends upwardly to the top of the rail and an obliquely disposed face 9, which is of substantially the same height as the rail head, extends from the vertical wall of the recess 7 back to a shoulder 10 formed above the abutment 5. The head 15 of the rail projects beyond the abutment 5 and up to the shoulder 10 so as to overhang a block-like extension or ledge 11 which extends from the abutment 5 along the bottom of the rail and beyond the shoulder 10, this ledge being provided at its outer corner with an upstanding rib 12. Thus it will be seen that a recess 13 is formed between the ledge 11, the abutment 5, and the overhanging portion 14 of the rail head 15. That portion 14!; of the head which overhangs the ledge 11 has a groove 16 extending longitudinally thereof and close to the vertical face 4, this groove being so proportioned as to receive the llange S of the adjoining rail. The overhanging portion 14lof the head 15 is so shaped as to lit snugly into the recess 7 in the next adjoining rail while the vertical wall 01 the recess 7 of said next adjoining rail will fit snugly against the shoulder 10. The obliquely disposed face 9 of the rail extends slightly beyond the vertical taco 1 so that the ledge 11 is thus slightly overhung by a. triangular shoulder 17, as will be apparent by referring to Fig. 4. Thus it will be seen that when two rails are assembled, the upper edge of the tongue 6 will extend under this overhanging shoulder 17 of the opposed rail. Tongue 6 does not extend down to the bottom of the rail but has its lower edge located at a distance from the bottom of the rail equal to the height of the ledge 11 and the rib 12 thereon. In other words, the top ol the rib 12 is located in substantially the same horizontal plane as the bottom of the tongue 6. Formed along the bottom of tongue (3 with one face flush with the vertical face 4 of the rail is a rib 18 and extending across the end the upper and lower faces of the tongues for cooperating to hold the members against lateral displacement when said members are shifted toward each other while the tongues are seated in the recesses.

4. A rail joint including oppositely disposed similar members each having a side recess and a tongue, the tongue of each member being insertible laterally into the recess in the opposed member, means upon the upper and lower walls of the recesses and upon the upper and lower faces of the tongues for cooperating to hold the members against lateral displacement when said members are shifted toward each other while the tongues are seated in the recesses, and means insertible into the recesses and cooperating with the tongues for holding said tongues against longitudinal movement to disengage said cooperating means.

5. A rail joint including oppositely disposed similar lapping members each having a recess in one side thereof and a tongue, each tongue being insertible laterally into the recess, there being a longitudinal groove in the upper wall of each recess and a longitudinal rib upon the bottom wall of each recess, means upon each tongue for extending into the groove in the opposed member and back of the rib on said opposed member, respectively, when the two members are shifted toward each other, thus to hold the members against lateral displacement.

6. A rail joint including oppositely disposed similar lapping members each having a recess in one side thereof and a tongue, each tongue being insertible laterally into the recess, there being a longitudinal groove in the upper wall of each recess and a longitudinal rib upon the bottom wall of each recess, means upon each tongue for extending into the groove in the opposed member and back of the rib on said opposed member, respectively, when the two members are shifted toward each other, thus to hold the members against lateral displacement, and means insertible into each recess and between the transverse rib and the rib upon the bottom of the recess, for holding the tongue against longitudinal withdrawal from the recess.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD T. BERRY.

Witnesses SELINA NVILLSON, HERBERT D. LAWSON.

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

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