US1673720A - Railway-rail brace - Google Patents

Description

Jun 12, 1928.

' L. TRIVILLIAN RAILWAY RAIL BRACE Filed Nov. 21, 1927 A TTORNE Y.

Patented June 12, 1928.

LOUIS TRIVILLIAN, OF SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

RAILWAY-RAIL BEACE.

.. Application filed November 21, 1927.

This invention relates to rail braces, and it has for an object the provision of novel means for holding rails against movement or tilting.

It is well known that the rails of railway tracks spread and that wrecks are induced through the yielding of the rails when they spread or separate, one from the other, and it is an object of this invention to so hold the rails that they will be prevented from tilting or spreading.

It is av further object of this invention to provide a brace of the character indicated which will serve to relieve the anchoring spikes from strain tending to dislodge them, and this advantage results in prolonging the utility and durability of ordinary wooden cross ties which are now so generally used in railway construction.

It is a still further object of this invention to produce a rail brace which may be used in association with the cross ties now in common use, or the braces may be located between cross ties, according to the requirements in practice.

It is furthermore an object of this invention to provide a rail brace combined with fish plates which would be operative to span the joints between abutting rails in order that the said rails may be held in place with such surface bearings as will be eliicient to retain the parts assembled.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide a rail brace comprising few com parat-ively inexpensive partswhich can be expeditiously manipulated in assembling or dismantling the parts of the brace.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accon'ipanying drawings forming part of this application, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 illustrates a plan view of frag ments of rails showing a device embodying the invention applied thereto;

Figure 2 illustrates a view in side elevation of the device applied to rails, the said device being partly in section;

Figure 3 illustrates a plan view of frag- Serial No. 234,787.

ments of the coacting plates and wedges with the sleeve embracing same in section;

Figure 4t illustrates a view in elevation of a modified sleeve; and

Figure 5 illustrates a detail view partly in section showing a modified form of bracing member.

The invention, in its present emhmliment, comprises two members having provision for embracing the outer base flanges and engaging the outer webs of rails and. other elements effective to overlie the inner base flanges and engaging the inner webs of rails, associated with novel means whereby pres sure or force is exerted by the rail ei'igaging members on the rails, and whereby said force or pressure is maintaii'ied so long as the parts are assembled.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings, which illustrate one embodiment of the invention, the aforesaid members are in the form of plates and 11 having their inner ends superimposed, wherein the outer end of each member is doubled on itself to form a seat 12- to receive the outer base flange 18 of a rail 1 t, and the outer end of each member is shaped to project upwardly in order that one face of the upwardly projecting extension may lie against and brace the web of a rail, and the relation of parts may be such that the extremity of the upward projection engages the under surface of the head of the rail for augmenting the bracing action of the device. As the outer ends of the superimposed members are identical in construction, the foregoing descrip tion will apply to the outer ends of both of said members.

Near the inner end of the plate 10, the material is doubled on itself and the end 15 thereof constitutes a shoulder or abutment which is engaged by the exp-antlers or wedges 16 interposed between said end and the end 15 of the superimposed member which is doubled on itself near the end, it being shown that the material of the member 10 is bent downwardly and. underlies the main portion of the member 11, whereby the doubled portion of the member 11 overlies the main portion of the member 10. The underlying member 10 is bent upwardly or offset, as shown at 17, in order that it will lie practically in alinement with the main portion of the member 11 and engage the base of a rail.

Plates 18 and 19 coact with the aforementioned plates and the rails, and each of said plates is in engagement for a portion of its length with the plates 10 and 11, respectively. Each of the plates 18 and 19 is shaped at its outer end to conform with or engage the upper surface of the base flange of a rail and the side of the web of the rail, as indicated generally by the numeral '20. The inner ends of the plates 18 and 19 will ride on the upper surface of the member 11 and the relation of parts is such that their ends abut each other when the rails are drawn toward ach other by the action of the wedges on the ends of the members 10 and 11. In the event of there being lost motion between the members 18 and 19 and the rails, when the rails are in proper gage, a filler or wedge 21 of proper thickness will be interposed between the ends of the members 18 and 19 to insure proper pressure of the outer ends of the members 18 and 19 on the flanges 13 of the rail.

A sleeve or collar 22 is slidable on the assembled plates and it should be of such dimensions as to be frictionally retained when it is forced on the assembled members to cover the joints between the ends of the several members and as a shield for the wedges and filling strips or plates. The collar is relatively wide, although the inventor does not wish to be limited with respect to its width and itmay be formed, as shown in the drawing, as a one-piece sleeve, or as comprising two pieces formed by welding the flanges 13 together.

The members 10 and 18, as well as the members 1.1 and 19, are provided with clamps or clips, such as 23, located adjacent the rails to insure that the pressure of the members on the rail flanges will serve to maintain the elliciency of the device.

In Fig. 5 it is seen that provision is made for increased bearing surfaces between the ends of the members and the rail. In this embodiment of the invention, the outer ends of themembers 10' and 18' may be elongated, as shown at 24 and 25, to act as fish plates which will span a joint between the meeting ends of rails and serve as increased bearing surfaces for holding the rails. Of course the members for either rail may be so shaped according to the location of the joint where the rails are being secured.

This rail brace can, of course, be used between cross ties or it can be used on cross ties. In the latter instance, the cross ties would have to be cut away to form seats of the required configuration for receiving the equipment in order that its upper surface would be in position to receive and support the base of a rail on the proper level.

The elongated plates 24 and 25 may be employed without. fastenings or they may be associated with the usual lish plate bolts 26 as shown in Figure 5.

I claim:

1. In a railway rail brace, coacting members adapted to pull rails toward each other, the said members comj'irising plates having their inner ends superimposed and slidable, one with relation to the other, the lowermost of said plates having an overturned portion terminating in a shoulder and the other of said members having an undtu'turm-d portion tern'iinating in a shoulder facing the shoulder of the coacting member, means engaging the said shoulders for exerting force tending to separate them, each of said members having a rail base engaging and embracing portion at the outer end, members movable above and with relation to the first mentioned members and having outer ends adapted to brace rails, the said members having inner ends adapted to coact with each other for limiting the inward movement of the engaging members, clamps on the first and second mentioned members near their locations of attachment to the rails, asleeve slidable on the before mentioned assembled members, and wedges, for guarding the joints of all the members between the rails.

2. Ina railway rail brace, coacting members adapted to pull rails toward each other, the said members con'iprising plates having their inner ends supcrimposrd and slidable, one with relation to the other, the lowermost of said plates having an overturned portion terminating in a shoulder and the other of said members having an nnderturned portion terminating in a shoulder facing the shoulder of the coacting member, means engaging the said shoulders for exerting force tending to separate them, each of said members having a rail base engaging and embracing portion atthe outer end, members movable above and with relation to the first mentioned members and having outer ends adapted to brace rails, the said members having inner ends adapted to enact with each other for limiting the inward movement oi the engaging members, spacing elements between the last mentioned inner ends, clamps on the first and second mentioned members near their locations'of attzurhment to the rails, a sleeve slidable on the before mentioned assembled members, and wedges, i'or guarding the joints of all the members between the rails.

his LOUIS XkTRIVILLIAN.

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