US1368506A

US1368506A - Wreck-fishplate

Info

Publication number: US1368506A
Application number: US330743A
Authority: US
Inventors: Kezon Joseph
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1919-10-15
Filing date: 1919-10-15
Publication date: 1921-02-15
Anticipated expiration: 1938-02-15

Description

J. KEZON.

WRECK FISHPLATE.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 15, 1919.

Patented Feb. 15, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

([eZo J.. KEZON.

v WRECK FISHPLATE. APPLI'CATIQN msn ocr. is. 1919.

Patented Feb; 15`1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

` witneoo I JOSEPH KEZON, 0F SCARBORO, WEST VIRGINIA. i

VTRECK-FISHPLATE.

Application iled Qctober l5, 1919.

To all whom t may-v concern.' Be it known that l, Josnrn KnzoN, a citizen of the United States, residing 'at Sear-` boi'o, in the county of Fayette and State ot Nest Virginia, have invented a new and useful VVreclr-Fisliplate, of which the :to-llowing is a specication.

1t is thefobject of this invention to provide novel means whereby, through the 1nstrumentality of ishplates on the rails of a track, derailed rolling stock may be replaced readily upon the rails. y

Another object of the inventionis to provide novel means whereby therails will be prevented from spreading. I

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the vdetails of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. Q

ln the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in top plan, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a section taken approximately on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an end ele-` vation showing one of the tie plates and parts carried thereby, the rail appearing. in section; and Fig. 4 is a raginental section taken longitudinally oi one of the iishplates at the end thereof.

Since the device includes two structures which are practically alike, the description Awill proceed in the singular number.

1n carrying out the invention there is provided a tie plate 1 equipped along its inner edge with an upstanding flange 2. The tie plates 1 are supported on ties 3 and are c onnected thereto by means of spikes 4. F1shplates 5 and 6 are mounted on the tie plate 1, the flshplate 5 being an outer iishplate and the fishplate 6 being an inner fisliplate. The fishplate 5 comprises a base 7 which is cut away as shown at 8 to receive the flange 9 of a traclr rail 10 including a web 11 and a ball 12. The base 7 of the iishplate 5 is supplied with an upstanding flange 14 iitting against the web 11 oi the rail 10 be- Speciiicati'on of Letters Patent.

` Patented Feb.- 15, i921.

Serial No. 330,743.

tween the wall 12 and the flange 9 thereof, the central portion ot the flange 14 lying in close relation to the ballf12 of the rail, as indicated at 150. From the ends of the portion 150 wings 15 slantoutwardly, away from the rail 10. Those portions of the base 7 of the fishplate 5 lie between the wings 15 and the end portions of the flange 14 slants upwardly, as indicated at 14. The base 7 oi the iishplate 5 is held on the tie plate 1 by the spikes 4and by bolts 16.

Thelishplate 6 includes a base 18 through pass, to hold the said fishplate on the tie plate 1. The base 18 of the iishplate G is cut away as indicated at 19 to receive one side portion of the iiange 9 oi the rail 10. The base 18 of the shplate 6 has an upstanding flange 20, coperating with the web 11 of the corresponding track rail. The base 18 of the fishplate 6 is provided, further, with an upstanding iiange 21, spaced from the ball 12 of the rail, to permit the passage of the wheel of the moving stock, there being a groove between the parts 21 and 20, as indicated at 22. The flange 21 has laterally slanting wings 28. Between the wings 23 and the end portions of the flange 20 the base 18 of the iishplate 6 indicated at 24, slants upwardly, like the part 17 of Fig. 4. Bolts 25 connect theV upstanding portions of the ishplates 5 and 6 with the rails. It the fishplates are located at the joints, then there are, preferably four of these bolts, whereas, if the iishplates are located between the `joints, that is, intermediate the ends of the rails, then two of the bolts 25 will suiiice. These details will be understood readily from an inspection of Fig. 1. Y

Connecting members 26 are provided, the same being recessed as shown at 27, to receive the ishplates 1 and the base portions 7 and 18 of the iishplates 5 and 6, the niembers 26 overhanging the base portions of the ishplates, as disclosed best in Fig. 2, and as indicated by the numeral 28. Bolts 29 or other connecting devices pass through the bottom portions of the members 26, through the tie plates 1, through the bases 7 and 18 of the iishplates, and through the upper overhanging portions 28 of the members 26. The inner ends of the members 26 may be reduced, as shown at 30, and may be threaded to receive a loop 31, the

parts

30 and 31 constituting, obviously a turnbuckle.

It will be clear that when a derailed car approaches the fshplates 5 and 6, the wheel oi' the car, cooperating with the upwardly

slanting surfaces

17 or 24, will be restored to Y will be practically impossible.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. 1n a device of the class described, a rail; shplates on opposite sides of the rail, each shplate including a base having a longitudinal upstanding flange extended along the rail, the flange being provided with terminal wings which slant laterally away from the rail, the base being supplied Y at its ends with upwardly sloping surfaces,

located between the wings and the rail; securing elements uniting the ilanges of the iishplates with the rail; a tie plate whereon the bases of the lshplates are supported; a tie supporting the tie plate; and securing device passing through the bases of' the islr-y plates and the tie plate and entering the tie.

2. In a device of Vthe class described, a rail; fishplates on opposite sides of the rail, each fishplate including a base having a longitudinally upstanding flange extending along the rall, the flange being provided Vwith terminal wings which Slant laterally away from the rail, the base being supplied at its ends with upwardly sloping surfaces, located between the wings and the rail; securing elements uniting the'flanges of the ishplates with the rail; a tie plate whereon the bases of the iishplates are supported; and a connector having recesses receiving the tie plate and the bases oi' the iishplates. In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

` JOSEPH KEZON.

`Witnesses S. H. BLAKE O. F. KESSL'ER. p