US517330A

US517330A - Henry w

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Publication number: US517330A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-03-27
Anticipated expiration: 1911-03-27

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(No Model.) j

H. W. GRANIER. COMBINED GUIDE yAND FISHv PLATE. No. 517,330. Patented Mar. 27,1894.

HENRY W. ORAMER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF .WILLIAM MIDDENDORF, OF SAME PLACE.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. v

COMBINED GUIDE AND FISH-PLATE.

SPEGFIGATION forming part-of Letters Patent No. 517,330, dated March 27, 1894.

Application filed December 4, 1893. Serial No. 492,657. (No model.)

.To a/ZZ whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. ORAMER, of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Guide and Fish-Plate, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part hereof.

My invention relates to a combined guide and fish-plate, and consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and designated in the claims.

The object of my invention is to construct a fish-plate that can be readily applied to the meeting ends of railway rails without the aid of bolts.

A further object isto construct a lishplate in one piece, having a base and two upwardly projecting canted sides, one of said sides being shorter than the base and the opposite canted side.

' In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved guide and sh-plate, the same being detached from the rails. Fig. 2 is a-vertical' transverse section of the fishplate, showing it connected to a rail. Fig. 3 is a top plan View, showing the manner in which` the fish-plate is made .to engage the meeting ends of the rails.

Referring to the drawings, the numeralY 10 indicates the fish-plate which is provided with a base 1l and two upwardly projecting canted

sides

12 and 13, lwhich are cast integral with said base. the canted

sides

12 and 13, they form a longitudinal opening 14 through the fish-plate 10. This opening is of such a size and shape as to conform with the lower portion of the rail or rails 15, which are of the ordinary T construction, and the upper ends of said canted

sides

12 and 13 are of suitable height as to engage the under side of the ball of the rail. The side 13 beinglocated on the inner portion of the track, it is cut away a suitable amount so that the iianges of the wheels By the construction of which pass over said rails will not engage said side, while the side 12, being located on the outer side of the track, is formed heavier to withstand the strain that is applied to it, especially in curves when a train passes over the rails. The base 11 projects outward beyond each end of the

sides

12 and 13, which form a guide 16 thereon, and one or more notches are formed in each edge of the base 11, adjacent to the

sides

12 and 13, so it can be engaged by spikes or, bolts whichare driven into the railway tie to prevent the fish-plate from moving longitudinally on the rails after it has been placed in position.

To apply the improved fish-plate to the meeting ends of the rails 15, the operator slips said fish-plate on the end of one of the rails, until the end of said rail is llush with the adjacent end of the side 12 of said fish-plate, and the side 13 being longer than the side 12 it projects beyond the end of said rail, so that when the end of the adjacent rail is placed on the guide 16 and slipped over on said guide till it comes in contact with the adjacent end of the side 13, the rails will be in alignment with each other, so that the sh-plate 10 can readily be slipped up over the meeting ends of said rails, as illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 3. When this is done a tie is placed beneath the fish-plate, and said fish-plate is spiked to the tie to pre- Vent it from longitudinally moving on said rails.

By practical operation of myimproved` lishplate, I have found it to be very convenient (notwithstanding its durability) when it is desired to replace a broken or fractured rail, or splicing a rail, as no bolts of any kind have to be used, and in the old method of splicing rails holes had to be drilled in'them,V

which required a great deal of time and machinery. l

What I clai-m is 1. A flshplate, comprising a base, two canted sides formed integral with the upper side of said base, said sides being shorter than said base and one of said sides being heavier than the other side, substantially as 1o shorter than the other, which forms a guide set forth. 16 on each end of said base, substantially as In testimony whereof Iafx my signature in set forth. presence of two Witnesses. 5 2. A sh p1ate, comprising a base, two

canted sides formed integral with the upper HENRY W' CRAMER' side of said base, said sides being shorter Witnesses: than the base, one of said sides being shorter W. J. SANKEY, than the other, and the short side being JNO. C. HIGDoN.