US1241041A - Metal railing. - Google Patents

Description

- E. E. SLICK.

METAL RAILINGL APPLICATION FILED APR-8,1915

51,241,041. Patented se t. 25, 1917.

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EDWIN E. SLICK, F WESTMONT BOROUGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

METAL RAILING.

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' borough of Westmont, county of Cambria,

and 7 State of Fennsylvania, (whose postoffice address is Johnstown Pennsylvania,) have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Railings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled'in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to metal railings with particular reference to forms which are well adapted for use as bridge railings, inclosures around'lawns or gardens, particularly in the city districts, cemetery inclosures, protecting railings along the sides of roads, approaches to bridges and on the tops of retaining walls or embankments, and in fact for use in any location where a strong, neat, substantial and economical railing is desired.

A railing, to be of good service, should be of substantial diameter so as to be readily seen and also present to the eye a strong appearance and prior railings of this kind have been made of pipes or tubes, the ends of which are secured together by malleable cast iron or other fittings, either screwedor secured with rivets or dowel pins requiring a multiplicity of connecting pieces of different forms to allow for slopes, corners at difl'erent angles, thus requiring base pieces. crosses, Ts, ornamental tops of infinite variety of forms which are expensive and diflicult to secure and no one railing shop can keep the necessary variety in stock on account of the large number and cost of the same, all of which is obviated by my form of railing which is of substantial appearance, necessary stifl'ness and strength and economical distribution of material producing lightness, and by reason of its formation and construction is easily made and fitted together without this necessity of the complicated and expensive fittings above referred to.

Having thus given a general description of -my invention, I will now, in order to 'make the matter more clear, refer to the annexed sheet of drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like characters of reference refer to like parts Patented Sept. 25, 1191i '3;

Application filed April 8, 1915. j Serial No. 19,893.

F igure' 1 is a side elevation of a portion of my railing showing one form of the supporting base therefor, when applied to a stone or concrete foundation Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional elevation taken on the line HH of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is apartial side elevation of a portion of the railing showing gusset plate connections between the post and the rails where a stronger and stiffer structure is desired than that illustrated in Fig. 1, and this Fig. 3 also illustrates another method of securing the lower ends of the posts in the concrete or stone foundation; Fig. 4: is a horizontal transverse sectional plan taken on the line IV- IV of Fig. l and Fig. 5 is a horizontal transverse sectional plan taken on the line VV of Fig. 3.

Referring now to the numbers of reference on the drawings: The posts are indicated generally as 1, which are each composed of a hollow cylindrical body portion 2, with an integral flat flange 3, projecting therefrom as shown; angular base brackets 4:, are secured to the flanges of the posts 1 by means of the rivets 7, and the railing is secured to the masonry base 5 by means of the anchor bolts 6. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the substantially horizontal railing members 9, provided with hollow cylindrical portions 10 and integral flat flanges 11 projecting therefrom, are attached directly to the post flanges 3 by the rivets 8, as shown. The shape and conformation of the rails 9 are similar to those of the posts'l, but may be of smaller size if desired.

Referring now to Fig. 3, a form of post similar to 1 is indicated at 12,-thisbeing provided with the hollow cylindrical body portion 13 and a flat integral flange 14 projecting therefrom, the lower portion of which flange is shown cut off by a bevel cut 15 so that the lower portion of the post is substantially cylindrical and can therefore be inserted 1n a round drilled hole or socket 16 in the masonry or concrete base. This hole is of slightly larger diameter. than the cylindrical portion 13 and afterthe postis set in said hole it may be poured around with lead,- Babbitt metal, sulfur, cement or other material indicated at 17, to hold it with flatintegral flanges 20 projecting therefrom, these rails 18 being secured to the 'posts 12 by means of vthe gumet plates 21 and the rivets 22 while the secured to-the 12 by meansof f readily seen and altogether the construction low cylindrical possesses the advantages that, given the bars themselves, any mechanic can make the rail-i ing without the necessity of purchasing'a large number of complicated, ntricate and expensive fittings. v I

A post and railing bar of the formation described can be readily produced in a rolling mill by first rolling a flat bar to the approximate dimensions required and then in the final passes turning over the edge. thereof so as to form a substantiall cylindrical bead, the edge of the material gorm'ing. said head abutting against the flat portion of the bar or adjacent to the junction of the flat portion and the be 'nning of the curved bead. This-bar, theref o re, presents the substantial appearance of a pipe and-is royided with a flat flan e at all places to cm connecting means wiereby railings, gratings, or other similar structures can be readil fitted 'and assembled. Alt ough I have described and illustratedmy invention in considerable detail, I do not wish to be limited to the exact and specific details thereof, as shown and described, but may use such modifications in, substitutions for, or-equivalents thereof, as are embraced Within the scope of my invention, or as pointed out in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

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rails being secured together by means of In a railingfa post comprising a'hollowcylindrical body portion, an integral flange projecting therefrom, a railing bar ofgsimilar section, the two being)-secured together by means'of a rivet or olt passing through their supe osed flanges.

3. In a railing, t e combination of a post composed of a hollow c 'lindrical portion, an integral flange projectln therefrom, a" rail of similar section applie thereto with their flanges superposed, and means for securing said flangestogether.

4. In a railing, a post having a hollow cylindrical body portion, a flange slightly projecting therefrom, a gusset plate a pliedand secured "to" the outer" surface oi said flange and a railing bar of section similar to the post secured by its flange to said gusset plate, whereby a stifl" and strong construction is provided. r V

A railing comprising a 0st having a body portion of hollow cylindrical form with an integral flange projecting. therefrom, the edge of which is parallel thereto, a gusset plate secured to the outside of said flange by means of bolts or rivets, a railing bar of substantially the same shape as the post located'at an angle thereto and secured tosaid gusset late by means of its flange.

6. A post of hollow cylindrical form with an integralflange projecting slightly therefrom and continuously thereof, a plurality of gusset plates secured to said flat flange,

a corresponding plurality of railings located at an angle to said post, said raihngs having the outer portions of their flanges abutted against and secured to said sset plates. In witness whereof I have ereunto set my hand in the presence oftwo witnesses.

1. A railing comprising a plurality of posts each formed witha substantially holortion, an integral flan e projecting there rom, a railin bar of s'u stantially the same section, t e posts and EDWIN E. SLICK.

Witnesses:

ELMER' E. WERRY, A. DIX TITTLE.

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