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US330584A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B5/00—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
    • F16B5/06—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips
    • F16B5/0607—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other
    • F16B5/0621—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other in parallel relationship
    • F16B5/0635—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other in parallel relationship fastened over the edges of the sheets or plates
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00—Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B2/00—Friction-grip releasable fastenings
    • F16B2/02—Clamps, i.e. with gripping action effected by positive means other than the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening
    • F16B2/06—Clamps, i.e. with gripping action effected by positive means other than the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening external, i.e. with contracting action
    • F16B2/12—Clamps, i.e. with gripping action effected by positive means other than the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening external, i.e. with contracting action using sliding jaws
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B5/00—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
    • F16B5/0004—Joining sheets, plates or panels in abutting relationship
    • F16B5/0056—Joining sheets, plates or panels in abutting relationship by moving the sheets, plates or panels or the interlocking key perpendicular to the main plane
    • F16B5/0068—Joining sheets, plates or panels in abutting relationship by moving the sheets, plates or panels or the interlocking key perpendicular to the main plane and using I-shaped clamps with flanges moving towards each other
    • F16B5/0072—Joining sheets, plates or panels in abutting relationship by moving the sheets, plates or panels or the interlocking key perpendicular to the main plane and using I-shaped clamps with flanges moving towards each other and using screw-thread

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  • This invention relates to improvements in connections for metallic rails, the object of the invention being to provide a cheap device to connect the ends of rails such as are used with erecting metallic fences, bridges, &c., and to hold them in such manner as to permit longitudinal expansion and contraction, and yet prevent detachment thereof.
  • This connection is applicable to many thingsas, for instance, it might be used to connect rails orstringers of bridges, or to connect the rails of metallic fences, either at their line-posts or intermediately between poststhis latter purpose beinga purpose to which my improved connection is especially adapted, and for which it is especially intended.
  • My invention consists in the combination, with the ends of metallic rails and an intermediate boxing provided with a central opening and projecting lugs, of connecting-links secured to the rails and provided with elongated openings adapted to engage the lugs, and a bolt and washer or equivalent to adjustably secure the links to the boxing to permit longitudinal expansion and contraction, substantially as hereinafter described.
  • Figure l of the drawings represents in vertical longitudinal section a metallic connection as constructed in accordance with my invention, the said connection being shown as conne cting two channel-rails5 Fig. 2, a vertical crosssection on line mm, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a perspectiveview of a portion of the rail and connecting-link, showing the manner of attaching it to the rail; Fig. 4, a plan view of Fig. 1; Fig. 5, details of the bolt and washer; Fig. 6, amodified form of boxing and connecting-link in longitudinal and vertical cross-section, and a plan view of the connecting-link.
  • connection A or boxing is provided with a central depending collar, to, having a central opening, the
  • lugs, b at or near the extreme ends of the boxing, which lugs enter elongated openings 0 in the ends of the connecting links B, which connecting-links are preferably of fiatmetal, and are secured to the channel-rails O at theirends, preferably by rivets, as shown in Fig. l.
  • the collar 0 and lugs b will in practice be about the same length, and will depend from the web or upper plate of the boxing A, as shown in the drawing Fig. 1.
  • the slotted connecting-links B will be adj ustably secured to the boxing A by means of the long washer D,which is pressed closely against the links and collar to by means of the bolt d, the head of which is countersunk into the boxing, and which is provided with a nut, d, thesaid bolt passing through the collar, as illustrated in the drawings.
  • the collar a might beexternally screw-threaded and a threaded washer or nut screwed thereon, as illustrated in Fig.
  • the lugs b would preferably be T-shaped, and the openings in the connecting-links be of correspond ing shape, the lugs in this instance having a bearing against the under side of the links.
  • the openings of the links B will be of sufficient length to permit longitudinal expansion or contraction of the rails: Theparts are secured together as follows, the device illustrated in Fig. 1 being used.
  • the two rails to be connected together are provided with the slotted connectinglinks, (the free ends of which project considerably beyond the ends of the rails, which free ends are slotted,as described.)
  • the boxing A is placed over the links, the lugs b of the boxing being projected into the openings in the links, and the two rails drawn toward one another, as desired, after which the bolt d is inserted in the collar a and the washer placed thereon from the under side, which washer is drawn closely against the slotted ends of the connecting-links by means of the nut d'-,which is screwed on the bolt d,as shown in the drawings,which secures the links and boxing firmly but adj ustably together,and permits longitudinalexpansion or contraction of the rails without loosening the connection.
  • the boxing will preferably be of channel shape, it consisting of a top plate and two *depending side plates. however, be used.

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0. HANIKA CONNECTION FOR METALLIC FENCING.
No. 330,584. Patented NOV. 17, 1885.
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llsiirn CHRISTIAN HANIKA, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.
CONNECTION FOR METALLIC/FENCING.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,584, dated November 17, 1885.
Application filed June 5, 1885.
To all whom it 'may concern.-
Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN HANIKA, of the city of Springfield, county of Clark, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Connections for Metallic Fencing, of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to improvements in connections for metallic rails, the object of the invention being to provide a cheap device to connect the ends of rails such as are used with erecting metallic fences, bridges, &c., and to hold them in such manner as to permit longitudinal expansion and contraction, and yet prevent detachment thereof. This connection is applicable to many thingsas, for instance, it might be used to connect rails orstringers of bridges, or to connect the rails of metallic fences, either at their line-posts or intermediately between poststhis latter purpose beinga purpose to which my improved connection is especially adapted, and for which it is especially intended.
My invention consists in the combination, with the ends of metallic rails and an intermediate boxing provided with a central opening and projecting lugs, of connecting-links secured to the rails and provided with elongated openings adapted to engage the lugs, and a bolt and washer or equivalent to adjustably secure the links to the boxing to permit longitudinal expansion and contraction, substantially as hereinafter described.
It also consists in certain details of construction hereinafter set forth.
Figure l of the drawings represents in vertical longitudinal section a metallic connection as constructed in accordance with my invention, the said connection being shown as conne cting two channel-rails5 Fig. 2, a vertical crosssection on line mm, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a perspectiveview of a portion of the rail and connecting-link, showing the manner of attaching it to the rail; Fig. 4, a plan view of Fig. 1; Fig. 5, details of the bolt and washer; Fig. 6, amodified form of boxing and connecting-link in longitudinal and vertical cross-section, and a plan view of the connecting-link.
The main portion of the connection A or boxing is provided with a central depending collar, to, having a central opening, the
purpose of which will be hereinafter described, and two depending lugs, b, at or near the extreme ends of the boxing, which lugs enter elongated openings 0 in the ends of the connecting links B, which connecting-links are preferably of fiatmetal, and are secured to the channel-rails O at theirends, preferably by rivets, as shown in Fig. l. The collar 0 and lugs b will in practice be about the same length, and will depend from the web or upper plate of the boxing A, as shown in the drawing Fig. 1. The slotted connecting-links B will be adj ustably secured to the boxing A by means of the long washer D,which is pressed closely against the links and collar to by means of the bolt d, the head of which is countersunk into the boxing, and which is provided with a nut, d, thesaid bolt passing through the collar, as illustrated in the drawings. There are many ways of securing the parts adjustably togetl1er--as, for instance, the collar a might beexternally screw-threaded and a threaded washer or nut screwed thereon, as illustrated in Fig. 6, in which case the lugs b would preferably be T-shaped, and the openings in the connecting-links be of correspond ing shape, the lugs in this instance having a bearing against the under side of the links. The openings of the links B will be of sufficient length to permit longitudinal expansion or contraction of the rails: Theparts are secured together as follows, the device illustrated in Fig. 1 being used. The two rails to be connected together are provided with the slotted connectinglinks, (the free ends of which project considerably beyond the ends of the rails, which free ends are slotted,as described.) The boxing A is placed over the links, the lugs b of the boxing being projected into the openings in the links, and the two rails drawn toward one another, as desired, after which the bolt d is inserted in the collar a and the washer placed thereon from the under side, which washer is drawn closely against the slotted ends of the connecting-links by means of the nut d'-,which is screwed on the bolt d,as shown in the drawings,which secures the links and boxing firmly but adj ustably together,and permits longitudinalexpansion or contraction of the rails without loosening the connection.
The boxing will preferably be of channel shape, it consisting of a top plate and two *depending side plates. however, be used.
I am aware that a connection for metallic fences has been madewhich consisted of abox- Other forms might,
ing with a downwardly-projecting lug to enter aslotin the rail and havingabridge to support the rail, as seen in Patent N 0. 303,729, dated August 19, I884, heretofore granted to me; but such construction I do not desire to claim herein. One special advantage of this present connection over any that have come under'my ed to engage a lug of the boxing, and means to secure the link and boxing adj ustably together to permit expansion and contraction, substantially as described.
2. A connection for metallic rai1s,consisting of the channel-shaped boxing A, provided with the downwardly-projecting lugs b, of any desired shape,and collar a,the1inks B, to engage the rails, as described, and having elongated openings to engage the lugs of the boxing, and the washer D and bolt (1, to hold the parts in place,.al1 constructed and arranged substantially as shown and described.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Springfield, Ohio, this 26th day of May, A. D. 1885.
CHRISTIAN HAN'I'KA. [n s] In presence of- PETER WILSON, P. J. CLEVENGER.
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