US1278489A - Rail-joint. - Google Patents

Description

w. w. MCCLAY.

RAILJOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4', I9I8.

l,278,4189 Patent-ed sept. 10,1918i 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 4.1918.-l

LQ'YBASQ, j Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

S14/:genio z WILLIAM W. IVICCLAY, 0F HICAG-O, ILLINOIS, SSIGNOROF ONE-HALF TO WALTER R.

SAMPSON, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Application led May 4, 1918.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it 'known that I, l/VILLIAM WV. MCCLAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for fastening together the meeting ends of railway rails, and its object is to provide a novel and improved rail joint which is simple, strong and durable, the parts which make up the joint being so constructed and arranged that they can be easily assembled.

The object stated is attained by means of a combination and arrangement of parts. to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specifica'- tion.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the joint; Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the joint with one of the fish plates removed; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the adjacent ends of the two rail sections; Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a fragment of one of the -rail sections; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the fish plates, and Fig. 7 is a perspective View of the other fish plate, partly broken away.

Referring specifically to the drawings, l0 and l1 respectively, denote fragments of two adjoining rail sections. At the Vmeeting ends of these sections, their webs are recessed to receive web blocks on two fish plates 12 and 13, respectively, extending across the joint on opposite sides of the rails and secured by bolts 14 as usual.

The web 10u of the rail l0 is cut away at the rail base 10b for some distance inward of the rail end, but the cut does not extend as far up as the rail head l0C which leaves a short portion 10I of the web overhanging the recess. The bottom edge 10e of this overhanging portion of the web is horizontal and at its inner end is a short vertical web edge 10t from which the web edge extends to the rail base 10b with an inclination, as shown at 10g, to produce a further overhang or undercut. One side of the web portion 10d is cut away to produce a recess 10h extending inward of the rail end as far as the shoulder produced by the edge 10i.

Serial No. 232,517.

The web 11a of therail 11 is shaped in every way similar to the web of the rail 10, but reversed, so that when the two rail sections are assembled end to end, there is produced a recess across the joint in which seat the web blocks on the fish plates 12 and 13, to be presently described. The recess is described as being formed by cutting away certain portions of the rail, but it will be understoodv that the rail may be rolled or otherwise fashioned in the desired shape.

On the inner face of the fish plate 12 is an integral block 12a which is shaped to seat in the lower portion of the recess hereinbefore described. This block extends up as high as the bottom of the web edges 10t and its ends are beveled, as shown at 12b to fit the inclines 10g. In the space in the recess not occupied by the block 12L seats a flange 132L extending laterally from the bottom of a block 13b seating in the portions 10h of the recess. This block is on the inner face of the fish plate 13 and its bottom edge seats on top of the block 12a when the latter is in place.

By the structure hereinbefore described a strong and durable rail joint is provided. The rails are so securely held that spreading tendency is reduced to a minimum. The web blocks on the fish plates provide a reinforce'- ment for the same effectually resisting all tendency to distortion from side strain. The joint is simple and smooth and it involves no extra or loose parts. It will also be seen that the joint can be easily assembled, and the fastening of the rails involves no more labor than a joint made with ordinary fish plates.

I claim:

l. The combination with the meeting ends of adjacent rail sections; of fish plates extending across the joint, said fish plates havlng web blocks on their inner faces located at different heights with respect to each other with one block seating on the other, the ends of the rail sections having recessed webs in which the blocks seat, the rail webs also having a recess in one of their faces, and one of the web blocks having a portion seating in said recess.

2. The combination with the meeting ends of adjacent rail sections; of fish plates extending across the joint, one of the sh plates having a' web block on its inner face terminating short of the top thereof, and

the other fish plate having a web block extending downward from the top thereof and terminating short of the bottom, with an outstanding flange seating onthe first 'men- Y tioned web block, the ends of the rail sections having recessed webs in which the first mentioned block and the flange seat, and vsaid webs also having a recess on one side in vwhich the second mentioned block seats.

p terminating short of the top thereof, and

the otheriish plate having a web block eX- Copies of this patent may be obtained for tending downward from the topV thereof and terminating short of 'the bottom, with an 'outstanding flange seating on the irst mentioned web block, the ends of the rail sections having recessed webs in which the first mentioned block and the flange seat, and said webs also having a recess on one side in which the second mentioned blockl seats, the ends of the first mentioned web block being beveled, and the adjacent wall of the web recess being eorrespondingly undercut;

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WLLIAMV W. MGCLAY;

flvey cents each, by` addressing the Commissioner of Patents; Washington, D. G.

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