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PREVENTING THE OREEPING OF RAILS 0N RAILWAY TRACKS. No. 512,817. Patented Janvlfi, 1-894.

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PREVENTING THE CREE-PING OF RAILS ON RAILWAY TRAGKQ. No. 512,817. Patent-ed J.a,n.-- 1 6,. 1894.

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AUGUSTUS GROSS, OF SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES.

PREVENTING THE CREEPING OF RAILS ON RAILWAY-TRACKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 512,817, dated January 16, 1894:.

Application filed April 22, 1883- Serial No. 4571 4267- (No model.) Patented in New South Wales September 27, 1892, No. 4,005: in Victoria October 3, 1892, N0. 10,009: in SouthAnstralia October 10, 1892.110. 5,823; inNew Zealand October 10, 1892,No. 5,823: in Italy November 17, 1892 No. 33,005, and in Belgium November 18,1892,No.10,063.

To a. whom it may concern.- Be it known thatl, AUGUSTUS GRoss, asubect of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, have invented certain Improvements in Appliances or Apparatus for Preventing the Creeping of Rails on Railway-Tracks, (for which I have obtained a patent in New South Wales, No. 4,005,-dated September 27, 1892; in Victoria, No. 10,009, dated October 3, 1892; in South Australia, No. 5,823, dated October 10, 1892; in New Zealand, No. 5,823, dated October 10, 1892; in Italy, No. 33,005, dated November 17, 1892, and in Belgium, N 0. 10,063, dated November 18, 1892,) of which the following is a specification. This invention consists in providing an adjustable block or stop and securing the same tothe under side of the rail, preferably at the oint, in such a manner that the block or stop shall abut against the sleeper and prevent the longitudinal movement or creeping of the rai In the accompanying drawings:Figure 1 is a side elevation of the abutting ends of two adjacent T rails, and shows one mode of securing the block or stop to the rail. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, looking toward the left, the rail being in cross section. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the block or stop.

A, is the block or stop itself, which is preferably provided with two slots at a. This stop A, is secured to the under side of the rail, in any suitable manner. In these figures in the drawings, it is shown bolted to two cheeks B B, that are in their turn secured to the rail outside the fish-plates O O, by means of two bolts 0 0. end A turned to form a flange, which flange shall abut against the sleeper D, in the direction in which the rail creeps, and will thus prevent any longitudinal movement of the rail in that direction. The broadened end A, is specially intended to present a large bearing surface, and thereby the stop A will be prevented from burying itself in the sleeper D. By means of the slots a a, and securing bolts a a, the block or stop A, is rendered adjustable in position between the rail and The block orvstop A, has one the sleeper, so as to permit of its being attached to a rail that has already crept.

Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively, sectional end View and side elevation of the apparatus as stop is somewhat altered, but is identical in principle and operation to the forms previously shown and described, and consists of a U shaped bar, the arms of which are slotted, to permit of its adjustment to the rail relative to the sleeper. Figs. 8 and 9 are side elevation and plan respectively of the abutting ends of two T rails. In this case the cheeks B B, are dispensed with and the stop A, bolted directly onto the flanges of the rail.

Instead of having the block or stop, rigidly secured to the fish plates, the latter may be provided with a downward extension in which is a socket, into which one end of the block or stop may be introduced while the other end of the stop would abut against the sleeper. In this way the stop would be prevented from falling, by its end that rested in the socket, andwould at the same time be jammed between the projection of the fish plate and the sleeper, the projection on the fish plate receivingthe thrust of the creep. The socket end of the stop may be readily made adjustable in its socket by any suitable device sothat the stop may be made to fit exactly the space between the projection below the rail and the side of the sleeper. This modification is not shown in' the drawings.

By adopting the modifications shown in Figs. 1 and 7 the apparatus may be attached to an existing line of rails without any alteration being made to the fish-plates, to the rails, or to the permanent way.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- 1. Alongitudinally adjustable block or stop consisting of a metal plate, that is provided with a broadened end, and with adjustable means for securing it to and below a railway rail, so that, while one end of the stop is rigidly secured to the rail above it, the other or broadened end shall abut against one of the transverse sleepers upon which the rails are laid, as herein set forth.

2. A block or stop that is placed longitudinally below and rigidly secilred to a railway rail, in such a way that while one end of the stop is secured directly or indirectly to the rail, the other end shall abut against the nearest transverse sleeper, so as to prevent the creeping of the rail in that direction, the apparatus being provided with slots or other suitable devices whereby the stop may be rendered adjustable longitudinally as herein specified.

3. A longitudinally adjustable stop or block that is so placed below the rail, that it shall abut at one end against the sleeper and at the other end against a projection on the fishplates or other suitable attachment to the rail, the said stop being supported in position by the same as herein specified.

4. lhe combination with downwardly projecting cheeks or other similar plates in con nection with the joints of railway rails, of a longitudinally adjustable block or stop, one end of which shall beheld by the downwardly projecting cheeks, while the other end shall abut against the nearest transverse sleeper in the direction of the creep it is desired to prevent as herein set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUSTUS GROSS.

Witnesses:

J. S. WHITELooKE, P. FAREBROTHER.

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