US427214A - Street-railroad rail - Google Patents
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- the object of my invention is to provide a rail for street-railways which shall be light, strong, and durable, and which at the same time may be removed from its chairs and replaced with little trouble and without disturbing in the least the surfacing of the pavement-such as concrete, asphalt, &c.of the street on which it is laid.
- Figure 1 is a perspective View, partly in section, of a portion of a street-railway having my improved rail.
- Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of one form of my improved rail.
- the rail consists of a substantially horizontal portion B, having its upper surface shaped in any approved form to receive'and bear the car-wheels, and two flanges b 1) extending downwardly, one from each edge of said horizontal portion, and having their edges brought together and turned upward and secured.
- the rail is made by rolling, the same as a flat sheet, with the wheel-bearing surface formed therein, and afterward bending the flanges, as represented.
- the edges of the flanges are turned upward side by side within the .body of the rail, as at h
- the parts b may be extended and entered together between the ribs 12 formed on the under side of the bearing portion.
- the flanges Z) Z) are bent downwardly and inwardly, so that the angles formed by the horizontal portion and the flanges are somewhat less than right angles in order to give the sides of the rail sufficient draft to cated in the drawings chairs 0, in which the rail is secured by means which I have made the subject of another application filed concurrently herewith, and therefore do not claim herein.
- the chair may be secured to usual crossties, as indicated.
- a street-railway rail having a substantially horizontal upper portion with a bearing surface formed thereon, and having flanges extending downwardly from the edges of said upper portion, the edges of said flanges being turned upward, side by side, within the body of the rail, substantially as shown and described.
- a street-railway rail having a substantially horizontal upper portion with a bearing surface formed thereon, and ribs formed on the under side thereof, and having flanges extending downwardly from the edges of said upper portion,the edges of said flanges being turned upward, side by side, within the body of the rail and entered together between the ribs, substantially as shown and described.
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J. M. BAILEY.
' STREET RAILROAD RAIL.
No. 427,214. Patented May 6,1890.
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UNITED STATES ,ATENT OFFICE.
JOHN M. BAILEY, OF GOODSON, VIRGINIA.
STREET-RAI LROAD RAIL.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,214, dated May 6, 1890. Application filed September 25, 1889. Serial No. 325,029- (No model.)
To all whom it may concern.-
Be it known that I, J OHN M. BAILEY, of Goodson, in the county of Vashington and Commonwealth of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Street-Railway Rail, of which the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.
The object of my invention is to provide a rail for street-railways which shall be light, strong, and durable, and which at the same time may be removed from its chairs and replaced with little trouble and without disturbing in the least the surfacing of the pavement-such as concrete, asphalt, &c.of the street on which it is laid.
To this end my invention consists in the improved form of rail hereinafter described and claimed.
In the drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures, Figure 1 is a perspective View, partly in section, of a portion of a street-railway having my improved rail. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of one form of my improved rail.
The rail consists of a substantially horizontal portion B, having its upper surface shaped in any approved form to receive'and bear the car-wheels, and two flanges b 1) extending downwardly, one from each edge of said horizontal portion, and having their edges brought together and turned upward and secured. The rail is made by rolling, the same as a flat sheet, with the wheel-bearing surface formed therein, and afterward bending the flanges, as represented.
In order to impart to the base of the rail sufficient stiffness and to give a desirable shape, the edges of the flanges are turned upward side by side within the .body of the rail, as at h The parts b may be extended and entered together between the ribs 12 formed on the under side of the bearing portion. The flanges Z) Z) are bent downwardly and inwardly, so that the angles formed by the horizontal portion and the flanges are somewhat less than right angles in order to give the sides of the rail sufficient draft to cated in the drawings chairs 0, in which the rail is secured by means which I have made the subject of another application filed concurrently herewith, and therefore do not claim herein.
The chair may be secured to usual crossties, as indicated.
\Vhatever holding means are employed, it will be seen that while the rail is both light and strong it can be firmly bedded in the pavement used, and its bearing-surface set flush with the surface of the pavement, and at the same time it can be lifted out-of its bed and replaced therein without breaking up the surface of the pavement.
l. A street-railway rail having a substantially horizontal upper portion with a bearing surface formed thereon, and having flanges extending downwardly from the edges of said upper portion, the edges of said flanges being turned upward, side by side, within the body of the rail, substantially as shown and described.
2. A street-railway rail having a substantially horizontal upper portion with a bearing surface formed thereon, and ribs formed on the under side thereof, and having flanges extending downwardly from the edges of said upper portion,the edges of said flanges being turned upward, side by side, within the body of the rail and entered together between the ribs, substantially as shown and described.
JOHN M. BAILEY.
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J. D. JONES, W. H. ROAOH.
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