US1498326A - Railway brace - Google Patents

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June 17, 19124.

J. G. MUELLER RAI LWAY BRACE Filedy March 22, 1923 Patented JuneJ17, 1.924s

tassa Nrr orme- "4" JOHN G. MUERLLER, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

RMLWAY BRAGE.

Application ined Marca 22, 192,3.. serial N9. 526,966.

.To all wiz-0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. MUELLER. a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Braces. of which. the following is a specilication.l vreference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in railway braces.

The object of the invention is to brace the ball of the rail by adjustable brace members combined with other members which in one form embrace the base of the rail and in a modified form embrace both the web and the base of the rail. v

In the accompanyingF drawings Fig. 1 is a view showing mv invention applied to a railway rail. the rail and parts of the braces being in section and the remainder of the braces in elevation;

Fig 1a is a section taken on the line la-laof Fig. 1.

Fig. 2 is a like view showing a modified form in which the inner brace grips'the web as also the base of the rail. V

Fig. 2a is a section taken on the line 2a2a of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 designates a railway rail of any of the kinds in general use. the numeral 2 indicates my outer brace having a contact part 3 to engage with the ball of the rail and a contact part 4c which impinges against the upper part of the web. This outer brace is bored out at to receive the tie bolt or rod 6 having nuts 7 and washers 8. By manipulating these nuts against the washers the upper ends of the outer braces are set firmly against the rail ball and rail web. Their lower ends 9 extend below the tie bolt and impinge at the point 10 against the uppery inclined surfaces of the filler blocks 11 which also are bored out to receive the tie bolt and at their upper ends form a chair or seat 12 for the base of the rail. Ledges 13 on the chair embrace the edges of the rail base. To further bind the rail by contact with the upper faces of its base I provide innerbraces 14 which lie between the outer braces and the upper faces of the rail base and at the point 15 bear against the filler blocks and cooperate with them in grippin the rail base. These inner braces are bore out to receive the tie bolt and in their substantially in :this case comprises one member instead of two, as inFig.r1. And in this modified form the ller block has a portion 12a which extends downward and is. bored out to receive. the tie bolt .6. The Vfiller block constitutes a chair for the rail base, as indicated at 13a. and has ledges 1Sa to embrace the edge of the rail base.

Referring again to the inner braces, 14Ca in this modiliedform it will be seen that they extend down and have portions 19a for contact with the surface 10 of the outer braces, just as in the form shown in Fig.. V1.

But the grooves 20a in the outer braces are located not i-n the vertical portion as in Fig. 1 but along the curved part of the inner face to receive the web 21'nl of each inner brace.

It will now be seen that in the Vform shown in Fig. 1 when one or both of the nuts on the' tie rods are screwed up and exert pressure against the outer braces the effect is to cause the outer braces` the inner braces and the ller block all to clamp and rigidly hold the rail.

And it will be seen also that in the modi fied form shown in Fig. 2 when one or more of the nuts on the tie bolt are screwed up to exertv pressure on the outer braces, both outer braces,both inner braces and the single chair seat willy be forcibly clamped against the rail.

The result in both cases is a iirm and certain holding of the rail against movement in all directions which the weight and.`

force of trains travelling over it will tend to provide. Y

Having thus fullyxk described my invention, what Vl claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Ina railway rail brace, the combination with outer braces, inner braces and a filler block, the outer braces adapted to clamp a rail ball and to forcethe inner braces against the filler block to cause them to grip the rail base, of a tie bolt adapted to extend through the outer braces and prcvided with devices :for exerting pressure against the outer braces to produce the clamping action stated.

2. In a railway rail brace, the combination with outer braces, inner bracesyancl a filler block, the outer braces being adapted to brace a rail ball to exert pressure on the inner braces to cause them to grip the upper face of a rail base, and the inner braces aclapteclto eXert pressure on the filler block to cause it to grip other parts of the rail base,.of vtie bolt extending through the outer braces and having devices adapted to exert pressure aga-inst the outer braces to effect the result stated.

3. in a railwayY rail brace, the combina tion with outer braces baring upper portions adapted to embrace a rail ball and lower portionsV with an inclined surface, inner braces fitted against upper portions ot the outerbraces and against the upper surfaces of the rail base and a v[ille-r block har`A ing portions Wbich forni ,chair tor the rail base, other portions which contact With the inner braces and stillL other portions which conact with the lower part of the outer bracesI of a tie bolt which extends through said braces and filler block and is provided with devices to exert a clamping action aga-inst the outer braces to effect the results stated.

el In a railwaj7 rail brace? the combination with a pair of outer braces haring in clinefl upper anrlvertical lorrer members a pair of inner braces slidablr fitted the outer l Eaces and adapted by their i nner portions to Contact with the rail WebrantlVv Join; Murrina,

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