US1442014A

US1442014A - Rail brace

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Publication number: US1442014A
Application number: US517984A
Authority: US
Inventors: Thompson Charles Franklin
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-11-26
Filing date: 1921-11-26
Publication date: 1923-01-09
Anticipated expiration: 1940-01-09

Description

Jam. 9, 1923..

C. F. THOMPSON.

RAIL BRACE. map N0v,26,1921.

C. F. Tho/77,0500.

INNENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

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RAIL BEACH Application filed November 26, 1921. Serial No. 517,98t.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CHARLES lfiiuiniinrn 'lli-ioiurson, a citizen or the United States, residing at Greensboro, in the county of Gruilt'ord and State or North Carolina, have invented. new and useful improvements in Rail Braces, of which the following is a vSpecification.

lhis invention relates to rail braces for railroad rail. and has for its object to pro vide a novel form of brace adjustably positioned between the rail tread and the tie plate, being" arranged at an incline therebetween. A further object is the provision of novel means for bracing the rail and preventing it from giving outwardly when a heavy train passes around a curve.

l l ith the above and other objects and advantages in. view, the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a rail with the improved brace applied.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view through my improved rail and showing the bracingmeans.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the base plate.

Referring more particularly to the drawingrs the letter A. desigl'iates an ordinary railroad rail secured. upon the usual crossties V.

The rail might be spiked upon the crossties in the ordinary i'nz'u'iner but 1 preferably make use of an elongated steel. plate 16 which is of considerably greater width than the base portion and which is provided with holes 17 through which are inserted spikes (l by means oil? which the plate is serum-id to the cross-ties. :lt is to be no serverl that the holes 1'? are in. such posi tion that when the spikes are driven there through in the ties the spikes will operate to eugz'rgc and hold the base 10 of the 1i1n-- proved rail.

It is very desirable to provide bracing means for the outer side of the rails at curves and in order to accomplish this I provide the plates 16 with sockets 18 enpaged by the ends oi. rods 19 which carry ltrames 20, into which are screwed brace members 21 which engage against the lower edges of the ball portions of the rails at the outer portions thereof as clearly shown.

vent any giving away of the rails in the event of heavy strain.

It is believed that the above description when taken in connection with the QOCOHF pai'iyinpg drawings will render the construction and use sull'iciently clear sothat further explanation is entirely unnecessary.

While I have shown and (lGSCI'll'lOCl the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form,

construction and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention 1' claim:

In a device of the character described, a rail, a tie plate supporting the rail and presentinea socket laterally of the rail, a brace rod having: one end loosely engaged in the said socket and presenting a frame at its other end having a threaded bore. and a brace member havingone end screwed into the said threaded bore and having" the other end adapted to engage the trend of the rail,

said brace rod and member extendinn at an. incline between the said rail tread and t e tie plate.

In testinuimy whereof l. l'iilX my signature.

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