US1782017A - Rail fitting - Google Patents

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' Nov. 1.8, 1930.

w. sHANKs ETAL.

RAIL FITTING Filed Dec. 18, 1925 lllllW IN'vENTc-ms gaan/ BYJWMLMB (all ATTORNEYS Patented Nov.l 18, 1930 PATENT ori-ICE WILLIAM SHANKS, OF BROOKLYN, AND WILLIAM B.: GATER, OF DOUGLASTON, NEW

YORK, ASSIGNORS T0 VULCAN RAIL AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, OF ylVIliSlElTI., Y

LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, A. CORPORATION OF NEWY YORK RAIL :FITTINGr Application filed December 181 1925. Serial No.V 76,138.

This invention relates to certain improvements in rail fittings of' that class in which rails are lset in posit-ion in posts or standards as, for example, the guard railconstructions now commonly employed in railway and sub-x way stations, boardwalk rails and the like.

It is the especial object of the present invention to providean improved fitting for use in such constructions by which ythe rails and standards or posts may be. locked together by a locking means which may be used after the rails are in position, the locking means being of simple character so that they can be readily and quickly installed by unskilled labor.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved locking device for locking the parts together which does notinclu'de any movable parts requiring adjustment and which will hold a fitting in. place against movement due to vibration of the rails or to movement of the rails due to temperature changes. i

ith these and other objects not specifically referred to in view, the invention consists in certain novel parts, arrangements and combinations which will be described in connection with the accompanying drawings and the novel features pointed out in the claim annexed hereto.

Referring to the draw1ngs- Y Figure 1 isa side View, partly 1n vertical section, partly broken away, of one of the improved fittings.

Figure 2 is an end view of the construction shown in Figure 1, looking in the direc-V supporting post. As shown, the fitting is prol vided with upper and lower projections 2, 3, which are internally threaded, as indicated at 4, to receive the threaded ends 5`v of theposts orstandards 6. lItwill beunderstood, ofl l course,.that Awhere theV fitting is to be usedl with thetopvrail, as indicated at 7 in Figure 4, the upper projection 2 mayl be'omitted.

The sleeve 1 is provided'with an aperture f Vto receive the rail 8. These rails 8 which are or may be of the usual form of iron pip,es,'are

inserted in the sleeves and are locked in p0- sitlon by the improved locking'means contemplated by the invention. Theselocking l means areshown in detail as provided on one side ofthe sleeve,`but it will be understood, that if' desired, they may be employed onv both sides and such use Yis contemplated by the invention. The improvedlocking means of the present invention are, preferably, suitably dimensioned pieces of soft or deformable metalf'as, for instance, lead, which can be readily .and easilyV placed in position by unskilled labor. yThis type of locking means. isdesirableingthat it can be readily put in place, and if it is necessary to removeV it orl if for" any'v reason it should work out, it is onlynecessary to insert another piece of the" metal, this doing away with the necessity of using special wedge vkeys or theglike which have to be specially made for the purpose.

In accordance with the invention, therefore, alock off'soft metal, indicated by the numeral 9, is employed forlocking the rail inthe sleeve. To prevent accidental removal or displacement of this k'metal 'meansare pro! vided for anchoringl the metal in place,and these mea-nsmay be conveniently'formed in a socket provided in the'sleeve for the recepy tion of the Inetal. vThese means maybe some what varied. 'Referring first tothe construction shown in Figures 1 and 2, the sleeve 2 is provided with an extension or boss 10 which is formed with a recess 11. This recess, as shown in Fig. 1, does not extend entirely through the wall of the sleeve and there is left a shoulder 12 which forms astop or abutment for the metal. The metal is held in this socket or recess, in the construction shown in Figures 1 and 2, by beveling or undercut-v ting the bottom of the recess, as shown at 13 so that when the metal is in position it has a wedge action and isheld against reiiioval or displacement due to Vibration of the rail or to movement of the rail due to tempera-ture changes. Furthermore, this metal permits, Without displacement, the slight movement of the rail due to temperf ature changes without causing any buelding or injury to the parts. y

In Figure 3 is shown a modification oie the recess in which, iii addition t0 .thebeveling or inclinine' ot the bottom 13 of the recess,

the side Walls of the recess are inclined yaway from each other in an inward direction, as indicated at 14, so that an additional-'hold on the metal is obtained. v

In use the standards are 'screwed in tothe fittings and they may ;be,-if desired, imbedded in concrete or otherniaterial of which vthe platform 15.. istina de. `The rails 8 are then put 'through the sleeves. piece et' soft metal, such as .lead ortlieilike, .is then stuffed to the approximate diniensionot the socket and `thus eleetually'lecksthe rail to the sleeves.V Y I It Will be apparent from the foregoing; de-

scription that a very cheap and etlective rail fitting has been devisedE and one Whichcan be quickly and readily removed4 by unskilled labor and one in which tlie leelzingmeans` may be easily and readily r nlacedfiwithout thenecessity ot anyspeeial parte.v y

While thel invention has been shown and described in yits Ypreferred lfoi-in7 it will be understood that various changes maybe made in the specific construction and arrangement, ot theparts and the locking' sockets, Without from the invention as` deseribed-gin denartinv .1 ,n the appended claim.

A Wfhat is claimed is:

ln a railiittinggthe eombinationyot abou-- 4pling; member having a longitudinal sleeve y eapac-itated to receive a rail andnineans orisupporting the eouplinga rail positioned in the longitudinal sleeve, a relatively nar-.1

row recess extending longitudinally of the rail sleeve and liavingabottoin inclined toward the vertical axis .ojt' the .Coupling and inwardly diverging kside Walls, .and a rail locking' member-Comprising asiiigle piece of deformable metal diinensionedtolsubstantiallyfill the recess and driven therein and engaging` tlieiail and sleeve to loelrthe rail in its sleeve. Y

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto.

set our hands.

WILLIAM SHANKS; lVILLlAlll CTEB.

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