US1350129A

US1350129A - Railway-joint

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Publication number: US1350129A
Application number: US353892A
Authority: US
Inventors: Young William
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1920-01-24
Filing date: 1920-01-24
Publication date: 1920-08-17
Anticipated expiration: 1937-08-17

Description

W. YOUNG.

RAILWAY JOINT. Awucmou FILED JAN- 24, 1920.

Patented Au 17,1920.

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W. YOUNG.

- RAILWAY JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24. 1920.

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UNITED: STATES PATENT OFFICE] WILLIAM YOUNG, OEDETBOIT, MICHIGAN.

BAILWAYJOINT.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that .I, WILLIAMYoUNm-a citizen of theUnited States, residing at,De-' troit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new ,and useful Improvements .in Railway-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway joints, and has for its object to providea joint improved in various respects as will more fully appear from the followingv description.

special feature of the joint'is that it eliminates the pounding of wheels as they pass over the joint, the meeting ends of the rails being halved and lapped so that the ends are strengthened at the lap by embossed or thickened webs, giving a large amount of metal at the'joint, and making the joints as strong or stronger than the remainder of the rail.

Furthermore, the lapped portions of the strengthened web are provided with an interlocking tongue and groove which extends lengthwise between the lapped ends, and prevents relative up and down movement of the meeting ends of the rails, and insures a smooth and even rail head, and prevents high or low rail ends.

I also provide a metal bridge piece which underlies the oints and which the bases of the rails are united to by interlocking joints, the bridge piece having flanges with which the joint is engaged and which prevent any lateral movement of the rail ends. With these parts are associated fish plates or tie bars whichinterlock with the bridge piece and which are recessed to receive the enlargements at the joint, and the construction is such that when the fish plates are flanges are drawn into a close engagement with grooves in the flanges of the bridge piece. These fish plates also cover or inclose the heads of the bolts which connect the ends of the rails, on one side, and on the other side the fish plate has recesses which receive the nuts of those bolts and act to lock the same.

Other features of novelty and improvement will be apparent'from the following description and the accompanying drawings in which Figure joint. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 of'Fig. 2. Fig. l is a perspective view of one of the fish plates removed from the joint. Fig. is a perspective of the end of one of the rails.

tightened their lower Specification of Letter s Patent.

1 is a top plan view of the Patented Aug. ,11920.

Application filed January 24, 1920. Serial No. 353,892.

7 Referring specifically to' the drawings 6 indicates the end of eachof the rails. These ends are halved vertically and lapped, as indicatedat 7, and the lappedpart of one .rail

has a longitudinal tongue 8, which fits in a corresponding groove ,9, in the end of the other rail. beveral of these interlocking tongues and grooves may be provided if desired. The endof each rail is enlarged or' thickened asiindicated at 10, this enlargement extending throughout the lapped part a of the rails and for several inches beyond, the enlargement being additional to or formed upon the web of the rail. When so lapped, the ends are connected by the track bolts 11, extending through the thickened webs. The rail ends joined in the manner indicated rest upon bridgeplate 12, which has a flange 13, standing at each side edge, and the edges of the rail base abut sidewise against the lower part of these flanges. The

rails are further connected by fish plates or tie plates 14. The ends of these plates extend beyond the thickened parts 10, of the rails, and are secured to the webs of the rails by bolts 15, and the tie plates are recessed on the inner side as shown at 16, to receive and inclose or cover the enlargements 10, r

and the tie plates also have lower flanges 17 which extend outwardly and downwardly and rest upon the rail bases, and the ,outer edges of the flanges 17 engage in grooves 18, formed on the inner side of the flanges 13 on the bridge piece 12. The fish plate on one side incloses and completely covers the heads" of thecross bolts 11. The fish plate on the other side has squared holes 19, which receive the nuts 20 on said bolts 11, and con:

sequently prevent the nuts from turning off except after removal of the fish plate.

' Furthermore, when the fish plates are applied and drawn up tight by the bolts 15, by

their engagement in the grooves 18 act as levers or cams and create a pressure downward on the bases of therails thereby clamping the latter against the bridge piece- 12, andpressing them downwardly, so to speak. This action is highly advantageous for ho ing the rail ends and bridge piece together. The bridge piece will be spiked to the ties in the usual manner, the spikes being preferably located at the ends of the bridge piece, at recesses 21, formed for that purpose.

A joint so formed will be practically as strong and rigid as a solid rail, and will avoid the many disadvantages known to result from the ordinary form of rail joints. By eliminating low and uneven joints track spreading will be largely prevented, as it will prevent the side-sway or lurch which is I ends of the rails are bolted together by the inner set of bolts 11, and the ends are also connected by the fish plates and the outer set of bolts 15. l r

V I claim: a

1.. A rail joint, comprising rails having lapped and thickened ends fastened together, and fish-plates connecting the rails and recessed on the inner side to inclose said thickened parts.

2. A rail joint comprising lapped rail ends bolted together, and fish-plates connecting the ends, one jof s'aiclplates being recessed to inclose the heads of the bolts and the other plate having openings inclosing and locking the nuts on said bolts. 7

3. 'A rail joint comprising lapped and thickened rail ends bolted together, fishplates connecting the rails and inclosing the thickened ends thereof, and a base plate on which said endsrest and having edge flanges in interlocking engagement with the lower edges of the fish-plates.

In testimony whereof, I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

V v WILLIAM YOUNG.

Witnesses: Y

' ANNA Osooon, InA HAGEN.