US1101722A - Rail-chair. - Google Patents

Description

J. L. WHEELER.

RAIL CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1913.

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JOSEPH'L. WHEELER, 0F OR'lI-I, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO THOMAS E. JONES,

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RAIL-CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 30 1914 Application filed September 23, 1913. Serial No. 791,299.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J OSEPH L. WHEELER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident or" Orth, in the county of Young and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Chairs, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in means for holding railroad rails against spreading, and comprises two similar chairs each engaging a rail the chairs being connected by a plurality of rods or a solid metal portion, each chair having an upstanding flange arranged to engage the outer side of the base of a rail.

Another object is to provide two rail chairs with a sharp edged rib arranged to be embedded within the tie, the ribs being disposed along the outer edges of the rail and connecting said chairs by means of tie rods disposed in sets of two, so that the same may be sprung one from another to slightly shorten the distance between the centers of the rail chairs, the tie rods being held by means of suitable wedges having their opposite faces serrated, to prevent the wedges from becoming casually displaced from between the tie rods.

"With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and finally pointed out in the appended claims, it being further understood that changes in the specific structure shown and described may be madewithin the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention. 1

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several Views, Figures 1, and 2 show respectively an edge and top view of connected rail chairs embodying my invention. Fig. 3, shows a top view of two rail chairs connected by means of a plurality of tie rods arranged in sets of two and slightly spread one from the other by means of two wedges which have their opposite faces serrated. Fig. 4, is a transverse view of a rail chair constructed according to my invention edge upon two tie rods disclosing a rail as held to a chair. Fig. 5, is a transverse sectional view through a tie giving support to a rail chair embodying my invention, and disclosing the wedges in, position.

In my present invention I provide a positive but comparatively inexpensive means for securely holding two railroad rails against spreading.

A indicates a tie upon which the chairs are placed. As shown, each chair includes a base 1, having an upstanding flange 2, upon what forms the outer side, arranged to engage the base of the rail B. These chairs as shown in Fig. 3 are used in sets of two and each chair along its outer edge is provided with a sharp edged rib 3, located along the outer edge. These chairs are connected by a plurality of bars 4, and 5, disposed in sets of two each bar having its end enlarged as shown at 6 in. Fig. 4-. These rods have their ends cast within the chairs. In securing the chairs to the ties, I employ ordinary spikes 7.

Occasionally it is necessary to bring the chairs a little closer together and where this is necessary I employ two or more wedges 8, which are driven between the sets of tie rods in the manner indicated in Fig. 3, to spread the rods apart or one from another. This results in the rail chairs being brought toward one another. The wedges 8 having serrated faces can not become casually detached from the tie or from between the tie rods.

In Figs. .1, and 2, I show the chairs 9, connected by means of a solid bar 10, this bar 10 having suitable spike openings 11..

A rail chair constructed according to my invention is simple and inexpensive and both durable and efficient in operation and the chairs will securely hold the rails against accidentally spreading.

' Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described, two similar chairs each having an upstanding flange arranged to engage the outer side of the base of a rail, a sharp edged rib extending from each chair along the outer edge, tie rods disposed in sets of two connecting said chairs, and wedges held between said reds, as and for vthe purpose setra'ted faces te-engage said rods, as and in 10 forth. the manner set forth.

2. In a, device of the character described, 1 Intesti-mony whereof I affix mysignatune, two similar chairsdeach having an upstanglin the presence of two Witnesses. ing flange arrange to en 'a e the outer si e y of the base of a rail, a sfiaFp edged rib ex-C JOSEPH WHEELER tending from each chair along the outer Witnesses: edge, tie rods disposed in sets of wtwo-eon- F. C'OFFIEIJ), necting said chairs, and Wedges having ser-. 7 Gr. A. JEWELL:

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'Washington, ID. 0.

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