US1210785A - Rail-joint. - Google Patents

Description

P. MFUNOS.

HAIL WINT.

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vPatented Jan. 2, 19H.

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INVENTOH WITNESSES ATTORNEY :mamen Wilesses MTOHNEY PETER J'. FONOS, 0F NEW RICHMOND, WISCONSIN.

RAIL-JOINT.

To all whom t may] concern.'

Be it known that I, PETER J. FoNos,

citizen of the United States, residing at New Richmond, in the county of St. Croix and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail- Joints, of which the following is a. speelfication.

My invention relates to railway rail joints and more particularly to rail jolnts of the type includingr complemental interlocking rail terminals or ends.

`An object of the invention 'is to generally improve railway rail construction whereby the splice or joint may be made rigid and secure against both lateral and vertical strain.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved and simplified retaining means for relea-sably locking the rail ends in engagement one with the other.

I still further contemplate an improved means whereby the retaining element may be fastened or secured.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in their preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, described in the fol' lowing specification and then more particularly pointed out in the claim which is appended hereto and forms a part of this application.

In describing my invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure l is a top plan view of my improved rail joint, thecomplemental or interlocking rail terminals having been separated, and the retaining element and locking means removed; Fig. 2 is an end view of one of the meeting rails, the retaining element and lock means being shown 'in section; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation, the parts constituting the rail joint being shown in assembled relation.

Referring now to the drawings by numerals, 1-1 designates the respective interlocking railway rails, 2 as an entirety the retaining element and 3 as an entirety the fastening means whereby the retaining element is held in place.

' rlhe base flange portion of each rail 1 is cut at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the rail or as indicated at 4, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

angular faces of the respective rails being adapted for abutting engagement in the Patented Jan. 2, 1917. j

Application led August 25, 1915. Serial No. 47,290.

assembled position of the rail-joint parts.

The web and tread portion of each rail is likewise cut at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the rail, the angle however extending oppositely and transversely of the angle of the base flange, yet in such relation thereto as to cause the angular faces designated 5 to engage when the angular faces 4 shall have been engaged in themanner stated.

By the rail construction above noted it is evident that a portion of the web and tread of one of the rails 1 will overlap a portion of the base flange of the other of the said rails when the said rails shall have been forced into locking relation. It will be further observed that by the overlapping arrangement above noted both lateral and vertical displacement is prevented and the rail terminals are held in alined relation so long as the abutting engagement is maintained. The engagement of the angular faces 4 4 and 5-5 will preclude lateral displacement of the rails l while the engagement between the overlapping portions of the respective rails will preclude vertical displacement.

Openings 6 are formed in the rails 1 adjacent the ends thereof, the openings of one rail being adapted for registration with thev openings in the complemental rail to provide, when thus registered, continuous openings through which pins 7 are adapted to pass. The said pins 7 are made integral with a retaining plate 8 and with the said plate they constitute the retaining means 2.' Vhen the rail terminals are fastened in abutting relation, the said plate 8 is adapted for engagement with the web portion of the respective rails 1 to provide in effect a fish plate of an accepted or common design. Each retaining pin 7 is provided with a transverse opening 9 adjacent its free end. The purpose of the mentioned above.

Locking pins 12 are made integral with the i mentioned lplate 10 to extend longitudinally of the apertures 11, the -said vpins 12. in the assembled relation ofthe rail-joint parts, being adapted for litti'ng engagement with the openings 9 of the retaining pins 7 noted A head 13 is formed at one end of the plate 10 that the said late may be moved longitudinally of the rai way rails 1-in assemblin in effect a ish plate of an accepted design.

Inassembling the parts constituting my improved rail joint, the railsl .1 are first placed in lalined relation and moved into engaging proximity or until the angular faces 4 4 and 5-5 abut. Movement of the rails 1 in the 'manner stated will cause the openings 6 within the respective rails to alinebrought into. place, the lretaining pins 7 fitting the openings 6 .and the plate 10 abut- -ting .the interlocking r rails.

The said'element 2'will preclude longitudinal movement or separation of the rails. The parts having been thus assembled t lis but necessary that the locking means 3 be placed properly With respect to`tl1e retaining pins 7 in order that the rails 1 may be efectually joined. In arranging the plate 10 properly against the rails 1, said plate is so positioned relatively to the retaining pins 7 as to it the said pins 7 in the apertures 11. When thus positioned, the plate 10 is moved longitudinally of the rails until the locking pins 12 shall have passed through the openings 9 in which event the rails areproperly and eiectually joined.

rand disassembling the rail-joint -v parts'. ,said plate 10, like the plate 8 forms The retaining element 2 is next` In reduction to practice, Ihave -found that the form of my invention, illustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description, as the preferred embodiment, 1s the most eiiicient and practical; yetl realizing that the conditionsA concurrent withthe adoption of my device will necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize the fact that. various vminor changes in details of construction,

proportion and arrangement .of parts.l may be resorted to', when required, wit-hout sacriicing any of theadvantages of my invention, .5 6

as defined in the appended claim'.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

In a rail joint, rails having their meeting base ianges cut .at an acute angle to ',the longitudinal axis of the rail, and their tread and web portion cut at a corresponding angle in an opposite direction, to dispose the railterminals in overlapping relation, trans-

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