US1411317A - Railroad-rail joint - Google Patents

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E. G. WALLINDER.

RAILROAD RAIL JOINT. APPLlCATION FILED MAY 31,1921. Patented Apr. 4,

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E. G. WALLINDER.

RAILROAD RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31. 1921.

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Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- jnmcxo; WALLINDER, or nunu'rn, MINNESOTA.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, Enron GWALLINDER,

a citizen of'the United States, residingat Duluth, in the county ofSt; Louis and State of 'Minncsot'a, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Rail difl'erent circumstances whereby to increase its adaptability; I 7

1 ,Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear .in'thexfurther descriptionthereof.

' Referringfto the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, .inv'hi'ch like reference characters indicate like parts: Figure l is a ,full sized transverse sectionalview through a railroad rail adj acent one of my improved joints, y 7

Flgure 2 1s a reduced side ele'vatlon of the joint on the commonlfish' plate side. or

inside of the rail,

FigureB is a similar. view. oil-the opposite or ,outsideof the rail, with the bracing plate removed therefrom,

Figuresl2 and 3 illustrate opposite sides of one'of my improved completely assembled joints in which two wearingorbase plates areemploy'edlunder each end of the abutting rails and upon the v spaced ties supporting same;

Beferringto Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, 1" and 2 represent" the abutting ends of two railroad rails, a common, fish plate, 4 my im rovedfi h plate,i5 the plate, and 6 the wearing plate.

The novelty in my present invent on rebrace sides more particularly in the form' of fish plate l and wearing plate 6 "and the manner fofapplying the same, to which end thelatter is provided with three parallel spaced upstandi'ngLribs 8,1 9 and 10, all of'which extend the entire width of the'plate-, except that the rib 10 hasjformed vertically there through the necessary spike holes.

- ItaItnqAn-RAII; 10mm]- s cmcation of Letters ratent. P t t r, 19 Application filed May 31 7 1921. Serial in. 473,817.

I The intermediate rib 9, the inner face of which when in service abuts the edge of the base of the rail and which latter 1?; firmly fitted between it and the ribs 1.0. provided upon its inner face'with an offset or cut-away channel 11 extending approxi- I the application of the wearing plate to the 'mate'ly one-half its entireheight and adbase oftherail directly transversely, that is to say, the plate may be'slipped in under the rail transversely and at an heeled up anglethereto with the near upper corner of the base of the rail extending within the cut-away channel 11 to permit of the upper inner corner of the rib 10 passing the lowermost farther corner of the base of'th'e-rail over it until the plate Qmay be brought: up

snugly under the rail, and for this purpose it may be necessary to have the uppermost inner corner of the wearing plate adjacent the, rib 9 slightly cut out as indioated in dotted lines at 13, Figure 1, to permit of this action but I have found in practice that 'there issuflicient resiliency in the plate to "permit oftheir being forcibly. applied, re sulting in a snugfit without the aidof such latter provision;

' The improved fish plate 4 is made heavy in cross section and when resting'infposition upon the inclined upper face of the base of the railextends slightly above the bulb or tread of the rail and this extending portion .is highest in the, middle 'ofjthe fish-plate as illustrated at 14, the same gradually sloping toward the ends of the plate where the latter are substantially flush with the topof the rail. This extended portion also overlaps the. rounded corner 'ofthe rail asat 15,-but

" when in position and the plate .is tightly engaged with the rail, the cutaway portion forming said overl'applng is spaced slightly :froni' the. corner of the rail. leavingan'opening' as at 16,the object offwhichwill be hereinafter described. The remainder of the 3 plate 4. is made to fitjsnugly within. the side of therail when drawn up tightly with the Common bolts-7, itcha'ving allaterally extending flange 17 the entire length thereof ex cept where "cut-away for thereception of somewhat larger than necessary for the' actual reception of the fiange on the base plate so as to permit of tipping motion of the 7 plate on the lower outer corner 19 of the rail as a fulcrum or pivotal point, and th'e opening 16 at the upper corner of the rail is also sufficient to permit of such rocking motion of the plate so that the upper edge of the brace plate 5 may be tipped outwardly for dismantling the joint when the bolts 7' are slacked oil, or for assemblingthem in like manner, it being understood that they bracing plates 5 are the full length of the joint aud are angular in form with their horizontally disposed base portions resting entirelyuponthe upper face of the wearing plate 6 intermediate of the ribs 9 and 8 and impingingagainst the inner edge of the inner face of the latter rib. The flange 17 of the fish plate being thus recessedjifor the rib 9 on the base plate provides against a possible tendency of longitudinal creeping f h fish pl s the here c be no m m n ongitu inal y th ail o ny p t on of the joint independently of the remainder thereof, this anti-creeping feature being considered very essential by many prominent i we ve gine n h fl g 1. m y b formed with a turned downextension intermediate of the ties if so desired.

There are suitable spik holes throughthe base portion of the bracing plate which register with the'spike holes in --the wearing plates so that the common spike .is made to i. hold the two firmly in position, and it may be desirable to make the angle of. the bracing plate slightly more acute than that necessary to fit snugly intermediate of the arouatelyshaped shoulder 21 in the outer upper ,face of the fish plate 4 and the angle in the wearing plate so that'the lower'outer edge of the base of the bracing plate may normally heel up slightly as indicated in dotted lines at 22, thus providing acertain amount of space for resilientaction in the breathing of the joint when the rolling stock passes thereover. 4 V

Now in providing the overhang 15 of the upper edge of the tread portion'of the fish plate 4 an automatic-calking of the joint takes place during the passageof the wheels thereover, as such calking action is. well known to those versed in the art, and as the space 16 becomes more completelycalked by continued use, the vjoint continues to'grow more firm and substantial.

Y Y As before stated the tread of the fish plate 4: is elevated centrally somewhat above. the

7 plane of the tread of the rail, which provides fora slight elevation of a wheel passing thereover whichsimultaneously compensates for the breathing. or depressing of the j i t together with the desired calking process.

V 1 Iti s apparent that ajoint thus used will eyentually become practically inseparable I claim and desire without the destruction o'fsome portion thereof, however portions of such used joint may become available for subsequent use upon worn rails on a less important road bed, as theaim'in this .structure is to provide the most ideal form of joint for main line constru'ction. I

lqllhile I have-shown a common fish plate 3 associated wi'th'my improved rail joint,

it is 'to be understood that the same may be dispensed with if desired and the nuts or the bolts? drawn up lightly directly against the web ofthe 'rail and also in either event it is desirable to'jhave the brace plate i 5 sufficiently long tocover the heads of the bolts to preventtheir becoming dislodged in a transversely' disposed upwardly extending ribadjacent one, end of -the plate and spaced fromthe. rail holding ribs, a fishplate having a bulb thereupon extending upwardly approximately'level with the .top of therail,

v 'g 0 W h lowergouter corner ,of the.

bulb, a brace plate.sl.idably.engageable intermediate of said groove and' theirib' Ion the base plate,.means for, holding the latter andthebrace-plate cooperatively united and a coInInQn'fish plate on the oppositeside of 1 the rail joint united With. the. otherrfish plate by common .throughbolts.

2. A rail joint comprising azbase plate having means forengagement with the base of a, rail comprising two. parallel ribs spaced apart a distance equal'tov the widithof the transversely disposed upwardly extending rib ad acentoneend of the plate and. spaced from the rail holdingribs, afishplate having a bulb thereuponextending upwardly approximately level 'with the top of the rail, a groove 1n the lower outer corner of thegbulb, a. brace plate engageable intermediate of said groove and the end rib of thebase plate, means for holding the latter andithe brace vplatev cooperatively united, and

.base'oftherail and one of said-ribs over-,

lapping the edge of the base oftheraihaillO common through bolts for holding thefish plate and rail together.

3.: ,A' rail joint comprising twosp aced base plates each having means for engagementf with the base of a rail comprising 'two parallel ,ribs-spaced apart a distance equal to the width-of the base of the railand one of said ribsj oyerlapping the edge of the base of the rail, transversely disposed lupwardly fje rtending rib adjacent .one ;end of each plate and spaced from the rail holding ribs, a fish plate having a bulb thereupon extending upwardly approximately level with the top of the rail, a groove in the lower outer corner of the bulb, common through bolts for holding the fish plate and the rail together, a brace plate of sufiicient length to cover all of the bolts and extending from the outer extremities of both base plates and engageable intermediate of said groove andythe end rib. of the base plates, and means for holding the latter and the brace plate cooperatively united.

a. A rail joint comprising in combination a base plate having means for engagement with the base of a rail, a brace plate cooperatively engageable with the outermost end of the base plate, a fish plate intermediate of the brace plate and the rail and cooperatively engageable with the brace plate, said fish plate being held normally in contact with the rail by means of common through bolts, and means whereby the uppermost portion of the fish plate may be i adjusted for applying or removing the brace plate. .r v

5. A rail joint comprising a base plate having means for engagement with the base of a rail comprising two parallel ribs spaced apart a distance equal to the width of the base of the rail, one of said ribs overlapping the outer edge of the base of the rail, a

transversely disposed upwardly extending rib at the end of the plate and spaced from the last mentioned rib, a fish plate upon the outside of the rail extending upwardly adjacent the side of the bulb of the rail, an inclined bracing plate engageable inter mediate of the end rib of the base late and the uppermost outer face of the sh plate, and common through bolts for holding the rail and the fish plate together.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the )resence of two Witnesses. ER CK G. WALLINDER. Witnesses:

S. C. BRONSON, S.'GEO. STEVENS.

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