US1236771A - Rail-joint. - Google Patents

Description

A. N. SIDDERS. RAILJOINT.

Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ALFARD N. SIDDERS, OF MAYWOOD, ILLINOIS.

BAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

Application filed April 17, 1916. Serial No. 91,696.

To all 'UJILOITL it may concern Be it known that I, ALFARD N. SIDDERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Maywood, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This inxention relates to a splice bar and tie for connecting the abutting ends of railway rails and has for its object to provide in such a splice bar, means whereby the ends of the rails are held as close together as possible and their upper or wearing surfaces maintained at the same level and thereby avoiding all noise and shock due to the jar produced upon trains passing over unevenly joined rails.

To this end, the invention consists of a splice bar fitting snugly about the base and one side of a rail or the abutting ends of two rails and a tie bar in connection with said splice bar bolted thereto and to the rail ends by means of which the parts are maintained in close relation to the abutting ends of the rails and kept in alinement.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the connected ends of two rails and the splice bar joining the same, and

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional View of the same.

A and B are the ends of two rails that abut at the point C. These ends are connected by a splice bar 10 made of any desired length and secured to the rail ends A and B by bolts 11.

The splice bar in cross-section comprises a flat base 12 upon which the bases of the rail ends rest, said base 12 being folded around the edges of the base flange a1 of the rails as shown at 18 and let which rest on the top of same, the fold 13 being extended upwardly at 15 against the web of the rail. As thus formed, the splice bar contains a seat that snugly fits about the rail base and against one side of the web thereof. Between the fold 1 1 and the head of the rails on the side opposite the part 15, is placed a tie bar 16 having a fillet or rib 17 on its underside fitted into a longitudinal depression 18 in the fold it and locked in place by said fillet or rib. Bolts 11 pass through the vertical portion 15 of the splice bar, the tie bar 16 and webs of the respective rails A and E, these bolts being secured by nuts in the usual manner. Holes for the bolts may be bored in the several parts before assembllng or after the parts have been placed in posltion.

In assembling the parts, the splice bar 10 1S slid on the end of one of the rails A or B until the whole of said bar is back of the rail end. The abutting rail is then brought 1nto place and its end then placed against the rail provided with the splice bar and said splice bar slipped in the opposite direction onto the second rail until the space between the said rails is substantially midway between the ends of the splice bar. The rail ends are thenbrought as close together as 1s consistent and the tie bar 16 placed on the fold 1 1 with its rib l7 engaging the groove 18 and pushed against the webs of the rails. The bolts 11 are then inserted through the holes in the several parts if such holes have been previously made, and if not, after the holes have been bored.

To prevent creeping transversely of the ties, the splice bar 10 is formed with transverse ribs or serrations 19 on its under side, which, due to the Weight of the superposed rails and the vehicles that pass thereover are pressed into the upper surface of the cross ties 20 which hold the splice bar and consequently the rails against longitudinal movement. Notches 21 are made in the splice bar at proper distances apart to permit spikes 2-2 being driven therein and into the cross ties 20. The object of the slots being to permit the heads of the spikes tolengage over the base flanges a of the rai s.

A rail joint constructed as described, provides a secure fastening for the ends of the rails and will maintain the tread surfaces thereof at the joints at the same height and thereby eliminate the noise and rattle that accompanies trains in passing abutting ends of the rails.

I claim 1. A rail joint comprising a longitudinally recessed splice bar into which the abutting ends of the rail are adapted to fit and which contacts with the upper surface of the base flanges of said rail ends, a tie bar placed between the said splice bar and the under side of the head of the rail against one side of the abutting rails, and means for connecting the splice bar and tie bar to the rail ends 2. A. rail joint comprising a splice bar having fiat base upon which the base the webs of the rails.

3. A rail joint comprising a splice bar having a flat base, the under surface of which is serrated transversely from end to end, folds extending from the longitudinal sides of said base and adapted to overlie and contact with the upper surfaces of the base flanges of the rails, one of said folds being extended upwardly to bear against the webs of the abutting rails and against the under surfaces of the heads thereof, on the same side, a tie bar having a fillet or rib on its under side adapted to engage a longitudinal recess in the top of the other fold of the splice bar and to bear against the opposite side of the rail webs between said fold and the under sides of the rail heads, and connecting bolts between the splice bar and the tie bar through the webs of the rail ends.

4. A rail joint comprising a splice bar upon which are seated the abutting ends of two rails to be joined, the longitudinal sides of said splice bars being folded over into contact with the base flanges of the rails, one of said sides extending vertically to bear against one side of the webs of the rails to the under surface of a rail head, a tie bar bearing against the other sides of the rail webs between the top of the splice bar and the rail heads, and means for connecting the splice bar and the tie bar to the rail ends.

In testimonv whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFARD N. SIDDERS.

lVitnesses V GLLIAM J. ZINN, I I GATHARINE M. KING.

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

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