US1353412A - Rail-brace - Google Patents

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J. G. MUELLER.

RAIL BRACE, APPLICATLON FILED NOV. 1, 1918.

Patented Sept. 21,1920.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patent d. Sept 21 1920.

Application filed November 1, 1918. Serial o; 260,648.

reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to rail braces.

An object of the invention is to provide a rail brace which can be readily adjusted to position the rails to the desired gage and to positively retain them in fixed lateral relationwith each other. 7

It is also an object of the invention to provide a brace adapted to be applied at the rail joints in connection Withthe fishplates to prevent spreading of the rails at the joints and otherwise tostrengthen the joint construction. I

It is also an object of the invention to provide a standard rail brace and clamp equally adaptable to the different weights in steel rails, and the variation of dimensions in rail joint construction, or, where the device is used for purposes other than a rail clamp and'brace, that it may be readily adapted to variable dimensions of the parts to be engaged thereby.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side'levation of my inventionfillustrating the brace as applied to the opposite rails of a track; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of one set of the rail clamps shown in Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings, I have shown the usual track arrangement of two parallel rails 1 and 2 with the rail brace applied thereto. 3 is a tie rod'extending between and underneath the rails and projecting beyond the rails outside thereof. The ends of the rod are screw-threaded, as at 4, to a point well inside the rails to permit of applying clamping members 5 on both sides of the base flange of each rail.

Coacting with the clamping member. 5 is an angular shaped binding block '6 having an upwardly extending portion '7 andj a flat portion .8 adapted to contact, respec-' tively, with the edge of'therail flange'and' the bottom of the rail when the clamp is her 5 are further provided with inclined bearing faces 9 and 10, respectivelyfconfriation of dimensions clamped.

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tacting one with. the other, whereby both members of the clamp are simultaneously adjusted, the inclined faces being provided with tongue and groove connection to prevent relative lateral movement. 1

The members 5 and 6 are each provided with apertures 11 and 12,1respectively, of

aisize suitable to freely receive the tie rod 3. The aperture 11 in the member 5 is elongated vertically to provide for adjustclamp to'difl'erent weight rails.

.ment of the members 5 and-.6 to adapt the It will be understood, therefore, that the rail brace' wherethebraces are used in connection with structures other than track construction the clamps are adaptable to a considerable vaof the partsto be The relation of the members 5 and 6'when assembled on the tie. rod and applied to the {rails by reason of the coacting angular surfaces 9 and 10 is that; of the binding wedge and clamp in their effect upon the I flange of the rail, the flange being positively gripped on the two sides and edge thereof when the clamp is drawn to position on Two sets of the clampingf devices usually employed with each 'tie rod, two

for each rail, but it is-obvious, of course,"

that a greater or less number may be employed to meet the requirements of different forms of track construction. To apply the brace to two opposite rails lock nuts'13 arefirst run on the threaded portions of the tie rod. The inner sets of the rod and loosely adjusted thereon to'the inner flange of the "rail. The outer sets of r and adjusted to the outer flanges of the rails by lock-nuts 142. By drawing on the nuts le'tl erails may be adjusted laterally clamping devices are then placed on the rod inwardly to required gage. The nuts 13am then adjusted until the' rail's are securely bound, respectively, by the clamps and are positively held against lateral movement in either direction by the combined action of the clamps and tie rod.

tion with the nuts 13 and 14c to prevent acci- Alocking member 15 is'used in connec bers simultaneously relative to each other and the tie rod whereby the binding member will be forced inwardly to engage the bottom of the rail flange and the clamping member will be forced upwardly and inwardly to engage the top of the rail flange whereby to clamp the flange between said members. I

10. In a rail brace, the combination, with a tie rod,-of a clamping member movable on the tie rod having an angular portion and a portion adapted to engage the top side of the rail flange, a binding member movable upon the tie rod and having an angular portion coacting with the angular portion of the clamping member, a flat portion adapted to engage the bottom side of the rail flange, and an upwardly extending projection adapted to engage the edge of the rail flange, and means to adjust said members, whereby the rail flange will be clamped on the two sides and edge thereof.

11. In a rail brace, the combination, with a tie rod, of a clamping member movable on the tie rod having an angular portion and a portion adapted to engage the topside of the rail flange, a binding member movable upon the tie rod and having an angular portion coacting with the angular portion of the clamping member, a flat portion adapted'to engage the bottom side of the rail flange, and means to adjust said members whereby the rail flange will be clamped on two sides thereof. 7

12. In a rail brace, the combination, with a clamping member having a portion adapt-- ed to engage the top side of a rail flange of. variable dimensions and having a vertically thereon adjacent each rail flange and com prising toothed clamping and binding members, and means whereby said members may be adjusted relative to the tie rod and to each other whereby the rail flange will be clamped between the teeth of said members. 7

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN G. MUELLER.

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