US1320231A

US1320231A - Bail-splice

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Publication number: US1320231A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1919-10-28
Anticipated expiration: 1936-10-28

Description

L. B. HORNER.

RAIL SPLICE.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE 6. 1919.

APatented Oct. 28, 1919.

@XX/incas eo LORENZO B. HORNER, F HAMMOND, INDIANA.

RAIL-SPLICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2S, 1919.

Application filed .Tune 6, 1919. Serial No. 302,153.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, LORENZO B. Homann, a citizen of the United States, residing` at Hammond, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Splices, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention comprehends a rail joint which aifords the rail maximum strength at this point; eliminates the well known clicking sound as the wheels pass over the joint, the rail sections `being identical in construction whereby they can be turned end for end to facilitate laying of a continuous rail.

-The nature and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent when the following detailed description is taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the invention residing in the construction, and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawing forming part of this specification, like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and wherein Figure l is a plan view partly in section Of the adjacent ends of the rail sections joined.

2 sections.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of one of the fish plates.

Fig. i is a transverse sectional 'view taken on line i of Fig. l.

ln carrying out my invention each rail section is constructed in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1, wherein the rail proper inis a detail view of one of the rail dicated at A has its intermediate portion lO` of uniform cross vsectional configuration,

while the opposite ends of the sections are cut on one side as at ll diagonally from an appropriate point in its length and in a. vertical plane. One of these cut ends terminates substantially flush with the corresponding end of the hase l2, while the other of said cut ends of the section projects beyond its adjacent end of the rail as clearly shown. Vhen the rail sections are laid end to end in the formation of a continuous rail the st aight edges of the bases of the rc spective sections are arranged in face to face contact, while the end portion ot' one section projectingbeyond the :base thereof reposes upon the hase ofthe adjacent section. lVhen the sections are thus oined, a joint of maximum strength is produced, eliminating all projections and the usual clicking sound when the wheels pass over the joint. The rail sections when associated, can be secured together by any suitable fastening means, suoli as indicated at ist. Each section being identical in construction at its opposite ends, permits the sections to he turned end for end to facilitate the laying of a continuous rail.

What l claim is A railv section comprising an interi'nediate portion of uniform dimension and cross sectional conguration, the opposite ends of said section being each cut at one side diagA onally in a vertical plane, a hase of uniform width, one of the said cutaway end porions projecting beyond the corresponding end of the oase and adapted to repose upon the base of the adjoining section while the cutaway end portion of the adjoining rail sections is ccextensive with the hase.

In testimony whereof l afiiX my signature.

Y LORENZO B. HORNER.

. Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington. D. C.