US1153990A - Rail. - Google Patents

Description

W. H. WRIGHT &J. C. WOODS.

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RAIL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13. 1915.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

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WILLIAM H. WRIGHT, DECEASED, BY WILLIAM WRIGHT, JLEL, EXECUTOR, OF NORTH TONAVJANDA, AND JAMES C. WOODS, 0F LOCKPORT, NEl/V YORK, ASSIGNORS OF ONE- THIED T0 SAMUEL H. PETTIT, OF LOCKPOR'I, NEW YORK.

RAIL.

Application filed March 13, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that W6,WILLIAM H. WRIGHT, Jr., a citizen of the United States of America, executor of the last will and testament of WILLIAM H. WRIGHT, deceased, residing in North Tonawanda, county of Niagara, and State of New York, and JAuEs G. lVooDs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in Lockport, county of Niagara, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rails, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

One of the objects of our invention has been to provide a rail for railways, which shall be continuous, thus dispensing with the use of fish plates.

Another object has been to provide a rail having joints so arranged that expansion and contraction will be taken care of. Moreover, due to the two part construction of our rail the joints between any two sections are staggered so that spreading of the rails or jarring, due to improper alinement of rail sections, is entirely overcome. Furthermore, our rail is especially advantageous for the reason that, when used, bonding by means of electric wires is obviated. Our rail has the same rigidity and support at each end of a section as it has in the middle thereof. In case of a broken rail in either of the sec tions, the other section will hold the same in position, and thus avoid accidents.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows an end, sectional elevation of our improved rail. Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of our rail partly assembled.

Our rail is composed of two parts: a locking member 5 and a base member 6. The base member 6 is formed with the usual flange 7 and web 8 and is separate from the head of the rail. The upper edge 17 of the web 8 is preferably of the same thickness as Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Serial No. 14,195.

the body of the web, and extending longi-v tudinally at about the middle of each slide thereof are two V-shaped ribs 9 and 10.

The locking member 5 of our rail comprises a head 1 1 and a downwardly extending, integral, supplementary web 11, which lies parallel and in contact with the web 8 of the base member 6 when the parts are assembled. This supplementary web 11 is provided with a groove 12, which registers and fits over the longitudinal ridge 10. A reinforcement 13 is provided on the supplementary web 11, and is disposed over where the groove is formed. The head 14: is provided on its under side with a longitudinal groove 15, which is located adjacent to the inner face of the supplementary web 11. The upper edge 17 of the web 8 is arranged to fit into the groove 15. The lower edge 18 of the supplementary web 11 is arranged to fit into a longitudinal groove 16 formed in the flange 7 of the base member.

It will be seen by referring to Fig. 2 that when the rails are assembled, the joints of the two portions are arranged at different points throughout the length of the track, thus keeping the rail sections in perfect alinement. The rail parts are assembled by sliding the locking member 5 longitudinally over the base member 6. When so assembled a series of our rails will form a jointless track and still have the strength and rigidity of the ordinary solid rail construction between joints.

Having thus described our invention,what we claim is:

A continuous rail comprising, a base member and a locking member, said locking member overlapping the joints between two sections of base members, said locking member being formed with the head of the rail and a supplementary web, said supplementary web being formed with a longitudinal groove, said base member being formed with a flange and a web, a longitudinal ridge formed on theweb of said base member and engaging the groove of said supplementary web, the head of the rail being formed with a groove in its under side for receiving the signed our names in the presence of two subupper edge of the web of the base member, scrlblng wltnesses.

the flange of said base member being pro- WILLIAM H.'VVRIGHT,JR., vided with a groove for the reception of the As E meow/tor. lower edge of the supplementary web of said JAMES C .WOODS. locking member, whereby the said members Witnesses: may be loc-kingly engaged. H. A. GRAF,

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto L. D. SIMSON;

Copies of this patent niay be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

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