US186552A - Improvement in railroad-joints - Google Patents
Improvement in railroad-joints Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- US186552A US186552A US186552DA US186552A US 186552 A US186552 A US 186552A US 186552D A US186552D A US 186552DA US 186552 A US186552 A US 186552A
- Authority
- US
- United States
- Prior art keywords
- rail
- joints
- improvement
- railroad
- rails
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired - Lifetime
Links
- 210000001503 Joints Anatomy 0.000 description 4
- 230000001154 acute Effects 0.000 description 4
- 238000010276 construction Methods 0.000 description 4
- 229910000831 Steel Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 238000010438 heat treatment Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000010959 steel Substances 0.000 description 2
Images
Classifications
-
- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
- E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
- E01B11/00—Rail joints
- E01B11/02—Dismountable rail joints
- E01B11/20—Dismountable rail joints with gap-bridging
- E01B11/22—Dismountable rail joints with gap-bridging by parts of the rails
- E01B11/24—Dismountable rail joints with gap-bridging by parts of the rails with oblique or overlapping rail ends
Definitions
- This invention pertains to the method of forming the joints between railway-rails 5 and the invention consists in forming the end of the head or tread of a T-rail at an'angle joint, and therebyprevent the running of'the 3 j rails or throwing the track out of line, as will hereinafter appear.
- Figure l is a plan of such a joint, as seen 1 above it.
- Fig.2 is a side elevation of one end 1 of a rail with a portion of the fish-plate attached
- Fig. 3 is an end view of a rail with the fish-plates in section.
- At A and B are represented portions of two rails, showing their ends abutted together, as in Fig. 1.;EThese ends are formed at the rolling-mill, by having two cut-off saws so mounted that one shall cutoff the base and the web of the "rail at a right angle to the line of the rail, and the other saw will cutthe head or 5 tread of therail at an angle of about fortyfive degrees to the line of the rail, or to the i other saw, said angle extending from side to side ofthe head, as shown at A and B.
- the ends are formed at the rolling-mill, by having two cut-off saws so mounted that one shall cutoff the base and the web of the "rail at a right angle to the line of the rail, and the other saw will cutthe head or 5 tread of therail at an angle of about fortyfive degrees to the line of the rail, or to the i other saw, said angle extending from side to side ofthe head, as shown at A and B.
- fish-plates are shown at G, and the bolts for holding them in position at D.
- angles named may be varied considerably without departing from the nature of my invention, but those mentioned will be found the best in practice, and it will also be found preferable to form the acute angle, so that its center will be intersected by the plane of theother, as shown in the drawings.
- a railway-rail joint made of T-rails, whose ends are cut with the head or tread at an acute angle, and the web and base at a right angle, to the line of the rail, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.
Landscapes
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Architecture (AREA)
- Civil Engineering (AREA)
- Structural Engineering (AREA)
- Machines For Laying And Maintaining Railways (AREA)
- Road Paving Structures (AREA)
Description
s. FORMAN.
RAILROAD JOIN-TS. No.185,'552 Patented Jan. 23,1877.
'HGQZ.
I n n WITNESSES-f INVENTOR.
N. PETERS, FHDTO-LITNOGRAPHBL WASHINGTON. D C.
UNIT D STATES PATENT- QFFICE.
SANDS FORMAN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.
IMPROVEMENT IN RAILROAD-JOINTS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 186,552, dated January 23, 1877; application filed f October 26, 1876.
To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SANDS FORMAN, of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railway-Rail Joints, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.
This invention pertains to the method of forming the joints between railway-rails 5 and the invention consists in forming the end of the head or tread of a T-rail at an'angle joint, and therebyprevent the running of'the 3 j rails or throwing the track out of line, as will hereinafter appear.
Figure l is a plan of such a joint, as seen 1 above it. Fig.2 is a side elevation of one end 1 of a rail with a portion of the fish-plate attached, and Fig. 3is an end view of a rail with the fish-plates in section.
At A and B are represented portions of two rails, showing their ends abutted together, as in Fig. 1.;EThese ends are formed at the rolling-mill, by having two cut-off saws so mounted that one shall cutoff the base and the web of the "rail at a right angle to the line of the rail, and the other saw will cutthe head or 5 tread of therail at an angle of about fortyfive degrees to the line of the rail, or to the i other saw, said angle extending from side to side ofthe head, as shown at A and B. The
fish-plates are shown at G, and the bolts for holding them in position at D.
It is intended that by such a construction of the rail ends, where they are abutted together, or as nearly so as can be,to allow for expansion, that a continuous track of metal will be formed for the wheels. to roll upon, and that, at the same time, tions of the ends will, when expanded, prevent the rails from being shoved sidewise past each other, as would be the case were the rails cut at an angle from top to bottom-a thing that has been done and is found impracticable for the reason here stated.
Various other forms have also been devised for giving a continuous track, as by tenons, dovetails, 850., but these have all been attended with great additional expense in their construction; whereas,by my method, the only additional cost will be the running of two saws instead of one, and having said saws set to cut a wide kerf-say, of one quarter of an inch. The two kerfs crossing each other will completely sever the web where they meet.
It is evident that the angles named may be varied considerably without departing from the nature of my invention, but those mentioned will be found the best in practice, and it will also be found preferable to form the acute angle, so that its center will be intersected by the plane of theother, as shown in the drawings.
To give greater durability to the ends, it will be found, in practice, when the rails are made of steel, to slightly chill or harden them as soon as they are formed by the saws, and which can be accomplished without additional heating.
I therefore claim 7 A railway-rail joint made of T-rails, whose ends are cut with the head or tread at an acute angle, and the web and base at a right angle, to the line of the rail, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.
SANDS FORMAN. Attest:
JOHN W. RIPLEY, BOYD ELIOT.
the square por-
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
US186552A true US186552A (en) | 1877-01-23 |
Family
ID=2255959
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
US186552D Expired - Lifetime US186552A (en) | Improvement in railroad-joints |
Country Status (1)
Country | Link |
---|---|
US (1) | US186552A (en) |
-
0
- US US186552D patent/US186552A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
US186552A (en) | Improvement in railroad-joints | |
US325778A (en) | Hiram it | |
US774401A (en) | Rail. | |
US883089A (en) | Rail-joint. | |
US770439A (en) | Samuel edgar mclean | |
US838738A (en) | Track-fastening. | |
US241908A (en) | bedell | |
US575149A (en) | Joint or coupling for railway-rails | |
US288704A (en) | Thomas h | |
US1028622A (en) | Railway-crossing. | |
US756247A (en) | Device for preventing rails of railway-tracks from spreading. | |
US694484A (en) | Railroad-track. | |
US584085A (en) | Rail-joint | |
US417739A (en) | Richard price morgan | |
US842124A (en) | Railroad-rail. | |
US852415A (en) | Rail-joint. | |
US663894A (en) | Rail-joint. | |
US384061A (en) | James j | |
US1250112A (en) | Rail-joint. | |
US1227689A (en) | Railroad-rail joint. | |
US671201A (en) | Rail-joint. | |
US777434A (en) | Rail-joint. | |
US789031A (en) | Rail-joint. | |
US238517A (en) | Chaeles h | |
US934720A (en) | Rail-joint. |