US1437253A - Rail joint - Google Patents

Description

R. P. McCABE.

RAH. JOINT.

APPLICATION man MAYIO, 1921.

1,487,253. Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

noY PARKER MecABE, or nonoron, new BRUNSWICK, CANADA.

. RAIL JoI N'r.

Application filed May 10, 1921. SerialNo. 468,219.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Boy PARKER MoCABn, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the city of Moncton, in the Province of New Brunswick, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in rail joints, and has for its objects to provide a joint which will eliminate or reduce to its minimum the springing which occurs when the trucks of heavy loaded cars pass over the joint.

A further object is to provide a lapping joint formed by abutting the obliquely cut ends of the rails and securing them by fish plates as is usually done in securing such joints.

Another object is to provide notches in the rails adjacent the joint, which engaging the spikes will secure the rail more tightly on the tie, and will afford more firmness to the joint.

A further object is to provide a joint which is simple in construction, not liable to go out of repair, and generally to adapt the several parts to better perform the functions required of them.

With the above and other objects, in view, the invention consists essentially of the improved construction hereinafter described in detail in the accompanying specification and drawings.

In the drawings;

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a pair of rails joined by my improved rail joint.

Figure 2 is an elevation partly in section of the same.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of one of the rails, showing the angle at which the end is cut.

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the adjacent rail.

In the drawings, like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A and B represent two rails of usual construction, being cut at an angle at approximately 45, as shown at 10 through the head and web thereof.

The rails as shown in Figures 3 and 4- are thus provided with ends, one tapering upwardly, and the other tapering downwardly, so that when the same are joined the rail A overlaps the rail B and forms an oblique joint, illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawings.

The rails are further provided with a pair of fish plates 11 of usual construction and provided with orifices designed to register with orifices 12, provided in the rails and be engaged by bolts 13 designed to fasten the same in position and secure the joint firmly.

The rails are further provided adjacent the joint with notches 14 designed to receive the heads of the spikes when the same are driven into the ties, so as to hold the same firmly thereon, and thereby afford more firmness to the joint 10.

With the previous but joint that is now in use, the truck passing on the joint will force one of the rails down and the said rail will spring upwardly as soon as the truck leaves it and strike the abutting end of the adjacent rail, which causes the noise that is noticed when the car trucks pass over the rail joint.

When this joint is in use, the car truck engages both rails at the same time on account of one end of the rail A over-lapping the downwardly tapering end of the adjacent rail B, thereby causing the two rails to spring down simultaneously and come up to their normal position at the same time, thus eliminating the cause of the noise occurring when the trucks are passing on the rails and caused by the stress occasioned by one rail striking the abutting end of the adjacent rail.

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention, within the scope of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It will be understood that in order to use the rails in making or starting a grade, the bevel would require to be a few degrees more or less on a few rails in order to start the grade and still have a good joint.

What I claim as my invention is:

The herein described means forconnecting the meeting ends of rails including two rails having their ends cut at an oblique angle through the head and through the Web and further cut at right angles through the bases, whereby the heads and Webs of said rails form a lapped joint, and whereby the bases are vertically opposed to one another, orifices in said bases adjacent to the joint designed to receive therethrough the rail spikes and to hold thereon the spike heads, orifices in the webs of the rails designed to receive therethrough securing means for a pair of fish plates having ori- 1.0 fices registering with the orifices in the Webs.

In Witness whereof? I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two Witnesses.

ROY PARKER MCCABE. \Vitnesses:

' THos. MEREDITH,

J. BRIAN.

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