US1307168A - Bail-joint - Google Patents

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THEODORE DE LAGE? VIGER, 0F PORT CHESTER, yNEW YORK.

:RAIL-JOINT.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, THEoDonE DE LAGE VIGER, aA citizen of the United States, residing at Port Chester, in the county of YVestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail joints and its object is to provide simple and effective means for securely connecting the meeting ends of railway rails without the employment of the usual bolts, nuts and fish plates.

Another objectl is to provide a joint of this character equipped with means for effecting a proper electric connection between the rails and to avoid hammering at the joint.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in Athe details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope4 of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a perspective view of .the rail joint constituting this invention with the parts shown disconnected and arranged in juXta-position ready for assembling,

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through the connected rails showing them riveted together, and

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view showing the electrical connection for the rail ends.

In the embodiment illustrated two rail ends 1 and 10 are shown, having a connector 15 arranged between them. The rai-l end 1 has the usual web 2 with a bolt hole 3 extending transversely therethrough and the usual base flanges 4.

The rail end 10 has a recess or socket v11 extending `longitudinally inward from one end, the lower walls of said socket being fiared as shown at 12, the socket being designed to receive a tongue 16 projecting longitudinally from one end of the connector or chair member 15. This tongue 16 has beveled flanges as 17 conforming in shape to the fiare or bevel 12 of the socket 1l and corresponds in height to said socket- Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Junejl, '119199.

v Application filed December 6, 1918. Serial NQ. 265,571.

having, a cap 20 at its upper endsothat when the tonguel 16 is inserted in socketll the `spring will forcethe cap 2O against the Yupper wall ofsaid socket 11 and willbear at its lower end against the bottom of'socket 18 and thereby prevent vibratory movement of the parts and also insure perfect electrical connection between them. V

The other end of the connector 15 has two longitudinally extending laterally spaced upright walls 21 and a recess 22 extending laterally beneath the walls 21 designed to receive the web 2 and the fiange 4 on the rail end 1. A plate 23 projecting longitudinally in advance of the upright walls 21 of member 15, and on which the fianges 1 of the rail end 1 are designed to rest when the parts are assembled is shown clearly in Figs.

1 and 2. These upright walls 21 have their upper. edges beveled downwardly and inwardly as shown at 21 to receive the lower faces of the tread of the rail end 1 as is shown clearly in Fig. 2 so that a smooth tight fit between the parts will be assured.

These walls 21 are also provided with registering holes 21 which when the rail end 1 is inserted between said walls register with the hole 3 to receive connecting rivets 25 for rigidly attaching the connector 15 to the rail end 1. While rivets are shown, they obviously may be dispensed with and these parts welded together if found desirable.

From the above description it will be obvious that a rail joint constructed as described and shown will form a solid rail joint, the parts of which are securely held connected without the use of fish plates, and the coiled spring 19 operates as a cushion to prevent hammering at. the joint.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with vthe accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention together with the devicewhich I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made as are Within the scope of the claimed invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to se-v having a socket in its upper face, a coiled sprlng in said socket and projecting above the upper face of said tongue, and a cap on 'said projecting'spring end to yieldably engage the top Wall of said recess. y

'2. A rail joint comprisingtwo rail ends tobe united, one having a longitudinally extending recess opening through one end and through its lower face, a connector for said ends having at one end a longitudinally extending tongue to enter said recess, a pair of laterally spaced longitudinally extending fingers at the other end of said connector spaced apart a dista-nce equal to the thickness of the web of the other rail end, and adapted to straddle said Web, the upper edges of said lingers being beveled to lit the under faces of rail end. i

In testimony whereof I my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

THEODORE DELAGE VIGER.

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