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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
- E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
- E01B3/00—Transverse or longitudinal sleepers; Other means resting directly on the ballastway for supporting rails
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- Figure 1 is a View in elevation of a rail-joint having my invention applied thereto.
- Fig. 2 is a View of the same, partly in section and partly in elevation.
- Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on the line 0c Fig. 1; and
- Fig.4 is a similar view on the line y y, Fig. 1.
- the wings l formed on opposite sides of the box 2, are supported by adjacent cross-ties 3, the box hanging, as it were, between the ties, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
- adjacent ends of rails 4 are arranged on the wings 1, the plane of contact of the rail ends coinciding, approximately, with a plane passing transversely through the middle of the box 2, which, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, is open on its upper side, the rails being guided into line with each other by anges 5,formed on the edges of the wings 1, at or adjacent to the points of junction with the box 2, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, said flanges also serving to strengthen the wings at that point.
- a block 6 Beneath the ends of the rails is arranged a block 6, having inclined outer faces 7 and a curved seat for the reception of the U-shaped bolt 8, whose threaded ends project up through suitable notches in the Iianges of the rails on opposite sides of the web.
- the plates 11 are made of such a width that when the inclined faces of the ribs 10 and 12 partially engage each other the inner edges of the plates 11 will bear against the splice-bars 13, arranged against the webs ofthe rails and overlapping the ends thereof, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and as the plates 11 are pressed down by the nuts on the U -shaped bolts 8 said plates and the splice-bars will be forced tightly against the webs of the rails, holding thelatterin perfect alignment.
- Vithin box 2 and on opposite sides of the block 6 are placed the oppositely-arranged wedge-blocks 14 15 and 14 15, as shown in Fig.
- the adjusting wedge-blocks 15 15, operating by gravity tend to force the blocks 14 14 inwardly against the rail-supj porting block 6, and also hold said blocks 14 14 as against any outward movement when operated on by the block 6, the taper of the adj listing-blocks being such as will not render them liable to be raised when pressed upon by the adjustable blocks 14 14.
- the adj Listing-blocks 15 15;L operate solely through gravity, the iange of the rails not having any bearing on their ends.
- the adjustable block 14 14 In adjusting my improved joint to the rails the adjustable block 14 14 are first placed in position, then the supporting-blocks is arranged between them, and the adjustingblocks 15 15 are finally pressed between the sides of the box and the blocks 14 14.
- the rails are then placed and secured in position by the U-shaped bolt,l the plates 9 and 11, and splice-bars 13,as hereinbefore described.
- the weight will cause a slight depression of themiddle portion of the rail and a correspondiag elevation of the ends of said rail.
- the ends of the rails rise, the
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RICHARD H. SOULE, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.
RAIL-JOINT.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,543, dated August 6, 1889.
' Application filed llay 15, 1889. Serial No. 310,836. (No model.)
To all whom it may concern:
quence thereof avoiding all liability4 of the heads of the rails being battered by the passage of wheels over the joints.
In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a View in elevation of a rail-joint having my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a View of the same, partly in section and partly in elevation. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on the line 0c Fig. 1; and Fig.4 is a similar view on the line y y, Fig. 1.
In the practice of my invention the wings l, formed on opposite sides of the box 2, are supported by adjacent cross-ties 3, the box hanging, as it were, between the ties, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. rlIhe adjacent ends of rails 4 are arranged on the wings 1, the plane of contact of the rail ends coinciding, approximately, with a plane passing transversely through the middle of the box 2, which, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, is open on its upper side, the rails being guided into line with each other by anges 5,formed on the edges of the wings 1, at or adjacent to the points of junction with the box 2, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, said flanges also serving to strengthen the wings at that point.
Beneath the ends of the rails is arranged a block 6, having inclined outer faces 7 and a curved seat for the reception of the U-shaped bolt 8, whose threaded ends project up through suitable notches in the Iianges of the rails on opposite sides of the web. On top of the railflanges I place plates 9, having upwardly-proj ecting teeth or ribs 10, with inclined inner faces, as shown in Fig. 4, and on top of the plates 9, I place plates 11, provided with downstraight, fitting the sides of the bex 2.
In adjusting my improved joint to the rails the adjustable block 14 14 are first placed in position, then the supporting-blocks is arranged between them, and the adjustingblocks 15 15 are finally pressed between the sides of the box and the blocks 14 14. The rails are then placed and secured in position by the U-shaped bolt,l the plates 9 and 11, and splice-bars 13,as hereinbefore described. As a load passes along a rail having its ends supported by my device, the weight will cause a slight depression of themiddle portion of the rail and a correspondiag elevation of the ends of said rail. As the ends of the rails rise, the
block 6 will be lifted up away from the adjustable blocks 14 14, which will then be moved inward against the block 6 by the adjusting-blocks 15 15,thereby preventing any l'OO downward movement or deflection of the rail ends when the load comes upon them. This automatic adjustment of the rail ends Will continue until said ends have been raised to a normal level, no further elevation occurring, except such as may be necessary to compensate for the settling of the cross-ties.
I claim herein as my inventionl. In a rail-joint, the combination of a supporting-block arranged beneath adjacent rail ends, plates. having inclined engaging-ribs, fish-plates arranged along the webs of the rails, and a U-shaped bolt, substantially as set forth.
2. In a rail-joint, the combination of a box having,` supportingwings, a Wedge-shaped block supportingl adjacent rail ends and projecting` down into the box, adjustable blocks RICHARD H. SOULE.
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DARWIN S. WoLooTT, R. H. WHITTLESEY.
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