US152720A - Improvement in railway-rails - Google Patents
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- a rail, A as shown, provided with a head, a, and two downward and flaring flanges, be, the former of which terminates in an, outwardly-projecting flange, cl, which is designed to rest upon the top of the tie, the flaring flange b projecting downward far enough to allow this result to pertain, and to cover and protect the inner side of the stringer upon which the rail is to be laid.
- the opposite flange c is shorter, and also terminates in an outwardly-projecting flange, e, the Whole contour of the rails being such as to form a roof to protect the stringer upon which it is laid from water and from wear.
- the stringer B is shaped in cross-section like an inverted V with the point out off to fit the under side of the rail.
- the tie C is laid in the ordinary manner.
- the stringer is then placed upon the tie, and the rail laid on the stringer, when the spikes d, being of the usual pattern of railspikes, secure the flange b to the tie.
- the flange 0 projects but part way down the inclined face of said stringer, and similar spikes are employed: to secure 6 thereto, the spike being of the upper edge of the stringer and to the under side of the rail, should be laid, to prevent the ends of the rails from bedding into the stringer. Notches similar to those cut into the foot of a Trail should be out at suitable points to receive the railspikes, to prevent the rail from crawling or sliding longitudinally.
- a railway laid with this iron, and substantially in the manner above described, will be found to possess the following advantages: First, it can be constructed at acost of $5,000 less per mile than where a fifty-six-ponnd rail of the ordinary pattern is used and laid in the usual manner; second, trains will not be thrown from the track by the breakage of a rail, thereby avoiding the usual damages arising from such accident; third, the greater elasticity of the track will prove less destructive of the rolling-stock of the road 5 and, fourth, the track repairs will be less expensive.
- the rail A provided with downward-projecting and flaring flanges b c and outwardlyprojecting flanges d e, substantially as described.
Description
v. n. BEACH.
Railway Rails.
Patented July 7,1334.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
VERTOT D. BEACH, OF BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN.
IMPROVEMENT IN RAILWAY-RAILS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 152,720, dated July 7, 1874; application filed July 8, 1873.
To all whomz't may concern.-
Be it known that I, VERTo'r D. BEACH, of Battle Creek, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railways; and I do declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and being a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a cross-section of one leg of my improved railway. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of expense in construction) as railwayslaid with the more heavy and costly rails now in ordinary use. To accomplish. this end I make a rail, A, as shown, provided with a head, a, and two downward and flaring flanges, be, the former of which terminates in an, outwardly-projecting flange, cl, which is designed to rest upon the top of the tie, the flaring flange b projecting downward far enough to allow this result to pertain, and to cover and protect the inner side of the stringer upon which the rail is to be laid.- The opposite flange c is shorter, and also terminates in an outwardly-projecting flange, e, the Whole contour of the rails being such as to form a roof to protect the stringer upon which it is laid from water and from wear. The stringer B is shaped in cross-section like an inverted V with the point out off to fit the under side of the rail. The tie C is laid in the ordinary manner. The stringer is then placed upon the tie, and the rail laid on the stringer, when the spikes d, being of the usual pattern of railspikes, secure the flange b to the tie. Upon the opposite side of the stringer the flange 0 projects but part way down the inclined face of said stringer, and similar spikes are employed: to secure 6 thereto, the spike being of the upper edge of the stringer and to the under side of the rail, should be laid, to prevent the ends of the rails from bedding into the stringer. Notches similar to those cut into the foot of a Trail should be out at suitable points to receive the railspikes, to prevent the rail from crawling or sliding longitudinally.
A railway laid with this iron, and substantially in the manner above described, will be found to possess the following advantages: First, it can be constructed at acost of $5,000 less per mile than where a fifty-six-ponnd rail of the ordinary pattern is used and laid in the usual manner; second, trains will not be thrown from the track by the breakage of a rail, thereby avoiding the usual damages arising from such accident; third, the greater elasticity of the track will prove less destructive of the rolling-stock of the road 5 and, fourth, the track repairs will be less expensive.
What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
1. The rail A, provided with downward-projecting and flaring flanges b c and outwardlyprojecting flanges d e, substantially as described.
2. The combination of the rails A, constructed as described, with the stringer B and tie O, as and for the purpose described.
VERTOT l). BEACH.
lVitnesses THos. S. SPRAGUE, H. S. SPRAGUE.
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