US443784A - Railroad-rail - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

J. P. NESSLE.

RAILROAD RAIL.

Patented Dec. 30, 1890.

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UNITED STATES JOHN P. NESSLE, OF NEWARK, NEV JERSEY.

RAILROAD-RAIL.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters latent No. 443,784, dated December 30, 1890.

Application filed August 4, 1890. Serial No. 360,856. (No model.)

To @ZJ whom t 11mg/ concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. NESSLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, 1n the county ot Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvem ents in Railroad-Rails, ot which the tollowing is so full, clear, and exact a description as will enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,iu whichn Figure l is a perspective view of my improved rail, showing it in position on the stringer. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same. Fig. is a perspective View of a modification. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the latter.

The object of my invention is to construct a railroad-rail by the use of which a continuous unbroken compound track will be secured, causing the car to run smoothly along the road-bed with the greatest ease and the least noise and with the least liability of injury to the car or the track.

Another object of my invention is to provide a track for railways or tramways which may be readily removed and replaced when the sections become worn to such an extent as to render. their removal desirable.

Another object of my invention is to provide a railroad-rail by the use of which the spreading of the tracks away from each other will be avoided and the pressure and strain on the stringers will be direct and central.

Another object of my invention is to produce a rail which when laid will be practically solid and at the same time possess sutiicient elasticity to enable it to adapt itself to the varying degrees of heat and cold.

Another object of my invention is to provide a track by the use ot which the railroad company will secure to its passengers and employs the greatest degree of comfort ou account of the absence of rattling, rumbling, and jars incident to railroading over ordinary tracks.

My invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the accompanying drawings, A designates the upper section of the railroad-rail7 which is of equal length with the lower section B. The section A has a center-bearing rail-head C, which is grooved or hollow, as shown at a. This grooving of the top section A has many advantages, among which may be mentioned the lightening` of the rail and the consequent reduction of its cost; second, the recess a in the rail forms an admirable means of securing the section A against lateral displacement by dropping the section A over the section B in such a manner that the projecting tongue b of the section 3 will lit within lthe groove a in section A, as shown in Figs. l and 2; third, the section A, being only about half ot the weight which is required for the completed rail, is much more easily handled and may be taken up and put down quicker and more easily than could be done if the rail proper were not made in sections. Again, the upper sections of the rail are the only sections which need be of finer grades of iron or steel, and the lower section may be made of a cheaper grade of iron, at the same time providing a track which will have all the advantages of solid steel and continuous rails, with the additional advantage of the elasticity which is the result of the combination of the sections described, the same being overlapped with broken joints, as shown. It will be readily understood that the sections will be readily reversible on account of their being all alike and of unitormlength, so that when one side of the rail-head becomes worn the rail maybe taken up and turned half around and replaced in the same position on the track.

The sections B (shown in Figs. l and 2) consist of elongated flat plates having downwardly-projecting iianges c c, which are adapted to embrace the Stringer D over its upper edges. On the central portion of the plate B, l form a projecting head or tongue b. The sections are secured to the Stringer D by bolts which extend through bolt-holes in the sections, said holes being elongated in the usual way to allow for crawling and the natural expansion and contraction caused bythe varying temperature. The lower sections of the track are intended to be secured to the Stringer and allowed to remain there permanently, while defective and worn-out sections ofthe top of the track may be removed and replaced at will without rcmovin g the lower IOO sections. In the torni shown in Figs and il, the lower section is made with a projecting tongue or rib which is adapted to enter a corresponding groove in the rail, which in this instance is to one side ot the center ot the line ofthe rail. It will be understood that the head of the rail will protect the rib or tongue against any injury which it would receive if exposed to contact with passing' vehicle or car wheels.

From the foregoing` it will be readily understood that the cost of keeping such a track in repair is reduced to a minimum, both on account ot a saving in the cost. ot material and the facility with which the upper sections ot` the track may be removed and replaced. The saving in the absence of the rattling and j arrin g oi the rollin g-stock is also a matter of grave importance in this connection, and it is always a great desideratum in the running of a railroad.

llaving described the objects, uses, and advantages of my device, what I believe to be new, and what I desire to secure by Letters Patent, and therefore claim, is

1. A compound railfor railways, consisting oi' a lower section provided with a projecting rib or head and having projecting flanges extending from the opposite sides adapted to embrace t-he Stringer, combined with an upper section having a head provided with a longitudinal groove adapted to receive the rib or head of the lower section, the same adapted to be secured together with broken joints to form a continuous compound rail, substantially as and for the purposes specified. A compound rail for railways, consisting of a lower section provided with a projecting rib or head and having projecting flanges extending from the opposite side adapted to ein` brace the stringer, combined with an upper section having a central head provided with a longitudinal central groove adapted to rcceive the rib or head ot' thelower section, the same adapted to be secured together with broken joints to form acontinuous compound rail, substantially as and Vfor the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in the presence ot two witnesses.

JOHN P. NICSS'IJE. 'itnesses:

AUGUST W. Rosinenn, CHARLES 'l'. GLEN.

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