US1135443A

US1135443A - Rail-joint.

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Publication number: US1135443A
Application number: US86204314A
Authority: US
Inventors: Samuel Du Rall
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1914-09-16
Filing date: 1914-09-16
Publication date: 1915-04-13
Anticipated expiration: 1932-04-13

Description

S. DU RALL.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 16. 1914,

1 135 1131 I Patented Apr.13,1915.

ALJJ Witnesses \fi ag-WM SAMUEL IDU' HALL, OF COBDEN, ILLINOIS.

RAIL-JOINT.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL DU RALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cobden, in the county of Union and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Rail-Joint, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be employed in connection with a pair of ties, for the purpose of directing the ballast downwardly toward the lower edges of the ties, and for the further purpose of tamping the ballast beneath the ties as the rail which is supported upon the ties springs vertically.

It is within the scope of the invention to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With 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 described 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: Figure 1 shows the invention in side elevation, the ties being in section; and Fig. 2 is a top plan, the rail and attendant parts being removed.

In the accompanying drawings, a pair of ties 1 is shown. Supported upon the ties is a bridge 2 having downturned flanges 3 at its ends, the flanges 3 engaging the remote edges of the ties, to prevent the ties from spreading. A rail 4 is supported upon the bridge 2, and when a joint 5 occurs between the ties 1, the constituent portions of the rail 4 are united by fish plates 6 and bolts 7, or in any other suitable manner.

Attached to the under face of the bridge 2 between the ties 1 by means of securing elements 8 are downwardly inclined ballast directing chutes 9 in the form of plates, the plates 9 preferably flaring toward their free ends as shown at 10. The free ends Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 16, 1914 Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

Serial No. 862,043.

11 of the plates 9 are disposed relatively near to the lower edges of the ties 1.

In practical operation, the ballast tends to slide down the chutes or plates 9 and accumulates close to the inner, lower edges of the ties 1. Further, it is to be noted that as the rail 4 springs vertically, the plates 9 will act as tampers and tend to force the ballast underneath theties 1. The plates 9, if desired, may be slightly resilient. The plates, taken together, form an arched element, the crown of which is secured as shown at 8 to the bridge 2, the free ends of which are located relatively near to the lower edges of the ties 1.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a tie; a rail thereon; an inclined ballast directing chute extended downwardly from the rail toward the lower edge of the tie; and means for supporting the chute.

2. In a device of the class described, a tie; a rail thereon; and an inclined ballast directing chute extended downwardly from the rail toward the lower edge of the tie, the chute being responsive to the vertical springing movement of the rail, to constitute a tamper for forcing the ballast beneath the tie.

3. In a device of the class described, a pair of ties; a bridge resting thereon; and a tamper secured to the bridge, the tamper being downwardly extended toward the lower edge of one tie.

4. In a device of the class described, a pair of ties; a bridge resting upon the ties and provided at its ends with flanges engaged with the edges of the ties; and an arched member, the crown of which is secured to the bridge, the lower ends of which are disposed adjacent the lower edges of the ties.

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

SAMUEL DU BALL.

Witnesses:

J. B. HOLLOWAY, J. E. Honsnnv.

tl'opiea of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.