US372284A - Rail-support for railways - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

'D. ATWOOD.

RAIL SUPPORT FOR RAIL'WAYS.

Patented Nov. 1, 1887.

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DUSTIN ATvVOOD, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

RAI L-SUPPO RT FOR RA! LWAYS.

EBPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,284, dated November 1, 1887.

Application filed August 7, 1886. Serial No. 210,275. (No model.)

accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to secure in place and brace railway-rails.

In the accompanying drawings like letters designate the same or similar parts in the sev eral figures.

Figure 1 is an end elevation of my improved rail-support in connection with the rail shown in cross-section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same and a portion of the rail to which it is applied. Fig. 3 is a view, like that shown in Fig. 1, of a modified form of the rail-support designed to elevate the rail above the tie; and Fig. 4 is a like view of a modification designed for use with a chair shown in connection therewith.

My invention is designed for use with a girder-rail having a head and base connected by a vertical stem or web, and is especially applicable to the so-called Johnson rail, in which the head is formed in two planes-an outer or higher portion or tread for the carwheels and the inner and lower portion or tram.

The girder-rail possesses certain well-known advantages over the ordinary flat or tram rail employed in street-railways; but-it has been found difficult heretofore to securely fasten and support it in place, especially that form shown in thedrawings, and its practical utility has thus been greatly impaired. The carwheels running on the unsupported tread b of the railoutside of the central supporting-web, I), have a tendency to tip the rail outward and thus loosen its fastenings.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, 13 represents a girder-rail of the form commonly known as the Johnson rail, havingthehead composed of the tram b and tread b, a base, I), and central stem or web, 12 A is a block, preferably made of cast-iron and formed with ahorizontal flange, a, which rests upon the tie D, and is perforated to receive the fastening-spikes dd, and with the upright portion a, which bears at its upper end against the lower side of the head underneath the tread b of the rail B, and thus braces said rail both laterally and vertically and prevents it from being crowded over and its fastenings loosened.

Referring to Fig. 3, a modification of block A is shown, in which the rail Bis elevated above the tie D,.and rests upon a shoulder, a formed for the purpose on said block A,which is cut away or grooved to receive the outer flange of the base b of said rail. By this means the ordinary chairs upon which the rail is raised are dispensed with, and the rail is elevated, as required, for the purposes of paving about it. The shoulder a may be made of any height to elevate the rail, as desired, to accommodate the surrounding pavement. The rail and block may be fastened on the inside by a spike, d, passing through a perforated projection, a, formed on said block.

In Fig. 4 is shown a modification of myinr proved rail-support designed for use with a. chair, 0, upon which rails of the form shown and described have heretofore been raised when it was desired to elevate them above the ties. The block A is cut away to fit over one side of the chair 0 and the adjacent ear, 0, which is formed on said chair to clasp the base I) of the rail.

The several forms of the block A shown in the drawings may, when desired, be strengthened bya vertical web or rib, (1 formed in the exterior angle between the flange a and the upright portion a of said block, although it is not necessary, especially when pavement is used.

The outer face of the upright portion a of block A being in a' vertical or nearly vertical plane within or near a vertical plane touching the outer edge of the tread b of the rail B allows paving blocks to be laid snugly up against the rail along its entire length.

I claim- 1. The combination, with a girder-rail having a head, a horizontal base, and a vertical stem connecting said head and base, of a block ICO having a broad seat adapted to said base, a horizontal flange adapted to rest upon and be secured to the rail-bed, and an upright support bearing against the under side of the head of said rail, with its outer face within or near a vertical plane touching the outer side of said head, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with a railway-rail having a laterally-projecting horizontal base, a vertical web, and a tread, the horizontal center of which is not directly above said web, of a broad supporting-seat for the base of said rail, a block having a broad base-flange secured to the road-bed, and an upright portion bearing against and supporting the under side of the head of the rail, and having its outer face within or near a vertical plane touching the outer edge of the head of said rail substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DUSTIN AIWOOD.

Witnesses:

GEORGE GoLL, CHAS. L. Goss.

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