US1773468A - Railway chair - Google Patents

Description

Aug. 19, 1930. H, RUE-TER 1,773,468

RA ILWAY CHAIR Filed sept. 5, 1929 l gv JNVENTR. 7% /5 Hermann faezer.

BY @f7 ATTO NEU yPatented Aug. 19,1930

l UNITE-n srATiss HERMANN -Runfrnaor' NIAGARA FALLS,

vonk, Assisivolt. on ONE-HALF To DRAGU'TIN HERL, on NIAGARA Qr'Aints,l NEWiYonK RAILWAY errArrtl Application mea septemberY 5.19291 serial- Nu. 290,537'.v

lith the above and other objects in 'View' thatv will become vapparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefullyV described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed. g

In the drawing Y Figure l is a fragmentary top plan View showing the meeting ends of rails seated in theimproved railway chair that is mounted at its ends upon cross ties;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the rail ends in position in the railway chair7 showing the rail ends anchored in y the chair without the provision of knails or spikes;

Figure 3 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional view showing the' meeting rail ends 1 seated in the railway chair and locked in by yspring ends carried by the railway chair and.

engaged with the rail ends;

Figure 4 .is a top plan view of the railway chair'seated lupon ties; and f Figure 5 is a fragmentary side elevational view` of the seating ends ofthe rails showing 40 the keeper sockets in the portions thereof for the spring catches on the railway chair.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, the reference numeral l designates crossfties upon which the railway chairs` are seated to receive meeting rail ends, the railway chair comprising end portions 2 mounted upon the ties 1 and connected by an intermediate portionl 3 of increased thickness and depending below the upper sides of the cross ties for strengthening the 'chair7 the end portions.Qbeingfanchoredto Vthe crossKY ties by spikes 4. The chair includes a bottom wallfor thefsup-port of the vmeeting ends of Ithe rails and `has side` walls?r andS having .the usual curvature, angles and bends 'for in- A.timate.contactwith-the base flanges and webs ofthe rail ends asillustrated.` The side wall 'Zof vthe chair at the central portion 3 extends upwardly into: contact with the adj acent" sides '.of-t'he rail tre-ads, while the vend. portions kthereofare of lesser height as indicated aty 9. xrlhe oppositeside' wall A8 ofthe railway chair has thecentralportion thereof extends ed upwardly into engagement with the treads i Y,of the `meeting rail ends, whilezthe outer ends of. the side vwallz `taper downwardly with the lower sides thereof cut away fromV the end'p-ortions 2 ofthe chair tolprnvide' springv arms 1.0 shown more .clearly i in Figure Q. Each spring arm '10 carri-ies upon its inner sideyat 'theoutei" end,.ail atch lug `11 and. lock4 shoulder '12 disposed inwardly of the end :of-'the spring. arm l() with a cam or inclined ?:facejl `extending to the fend ofthe spring The adjacent sideof Athe web fof each rail v` :endv 'isiprovided witha locking socket to re- 4ieeirvethelatchglug llpandiis'iformed by a taperingb'ottolnawallldlending at a tra-nsvese abutment vshoulder l5" adj acentthe rear The railway chair' isfirst mounted upon the a crossties" v1 andanchored thereto by the bolts or spikes 4t. f The rail ends y6y are then slid into' .1 theop'e'fn. opposite ends of' the chair with the keepersockets 14 in thelwebs of the rails fac- .'ingtheside wallv 8f of the cl-liair. `The ends of therraills first engage the latch lugs 11 and movethem outwardly against inherent spring tension thereof to cause them to ride over the adjacent 7face of the rail web until the keeper sockets register withft'he latch lug andat which time the v.latter will spring into the keeper sockets for anchoring the rail end in position. The keeper sockets and latch lugs may be so located with respect'to the rail ends as to permit limited expansion and contractionl of the rrail ends while securely retainingethe rail ends anchored inthe chair.

To remove the rail ends for purposes of repair` or replacement, a tool or the like is engaged with the outer end of the latch lug 11 as will be evident from an inspection of Figure 3 to move the arms lOoutwardly for displacing the latch lug from the keeper socket 14 and at which time the rail may be longitudinally shifted and disengaged from the chair.

From the above detailed description of the invention, it is believed that the construction and operation thereof will at once be apparent, and while there isl herein shown and described the preferred embodiment' of the invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim 1. In a device of the character described, a railway chair, meeting rail ends seated therein and an interlocking connection between the chair and rail ends, including spring arms formed integral with the ends of the chair f' and having end latch lugs and cooperating locking sockets in the rail ends.

. 2. In a device of the character described a 2.0 railway chair, meeting rail ends seated there- 1 in and an interlocking connection between the chair and rail ends, including spring arms formed integral with the chair and having end latch lugs and each rail end having a locking socket therein to receive the adjacent latch lug. v

3. In a device of the character described, a railway chair, meeting rail ends seated therein and an interlocking connection between the chairA andA rail'ends, the chair including side walls engaging the rail ends, a longitudinally extending spring arm on each end of aside wall, each arm `havingan end latch lug, and the rail ends having locking sockets toreceive the latch lugs. A

4. In a device of the character described, a t railway chair, meeting rail ends seated therein and an interlocking connectionV between the chair and rail ends, the chair includin side walls engaging the rail ends, a pair o outwardly directed spring armsY formed on one of the side walls, a latch lug on the free endof each spring arm, and the railV ends Y having locking sockets to receive the latch lugs. Y

In testimony whereof I affix my signatures HERMANN RUETER.

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