US536134A

US536134A - Guard-rail fastener

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Publication number: US536134A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-03-19
Anticipated expiration: 1912-03-19

Description

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G, L. OUMMINS. GUARD RAIL. FASTENER. j

No. 536,134. Patented Mar. 19, 1895.

GEORGE L. GUMMINS, or PHILADELPHIAASSIGNOR TOTHE STANDARD I GUARD-RAIL-FASTENER COMPANY, OF LANCASTER, PENN SYLVANIA.

GUARD-RAIL FASTENERJ SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patentilfi'o:536,1 34, dated March 19, 1895.

Application filed November 4,1893. seismic 0,01 1. (No nhdeL) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. CUMMINS, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia,'in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Guard-Rail Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in guard-rail fasteners; and it has for its object to provide a'simple, cheap, durable, and efficient device of this 7 character, which can be readily applied, and

which will not only firmly hold the'guard-rail 1n position relative to the main-rail, but will permit the moving of the guard-rail toward the main-rail to close any widening of the' space between them occasioned by the wear of the adjacent edges .of the heads of those rails.

The invention consists in the construction and combination offthe various parts, as hereinafter fully'described, and then specifically pointed out in the claim.

The invention is illustrated. in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a top perspective viewof sections of a main-rail and a guard-rail held apart by fillingblocks embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the filling-blocks detached, showing in broken lines the positionthey occupy when the space between the rails has been decreased. Fig. 3 is a perspective inner face view of one of the fillingblocks andhig'e a perspective outer face Y16W 0f the other. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the rails and filling-blocks on the line cc.,a: ofFig.1. v 1

' i. e l t p e Similar letters indicate like partsthrough out the several views. 7

Referring to the drawings, Aindicates one of the main-rails of a railroad tracky A', a guard-rail; B, the bolts; B, the heads of the bolts; G, the nuts on the bolts, and G.', the cross-ties;

D and'E represent filling-blocks interposed between the main-rail and the guard-rail to maintain the distancebetween them. These filling-blocks are wedge-shaped; the wedges being produced by tapering the blocks on the to the main-rail.

inner or contiguous faces thereof. When located between the rails these blocks are placed with the butts and points of one bearing, respectively, against the points and butts of the other, so that the combined blocks have a uniform Width throughout their length. Blocks D and E have similar vertical saw-tooth ribs 61 and e, respectively formed on their meeting faces; the ribs being so disposed that those onone block engage between those of the other block. The bolt-holes e in block E are elon gated, as shown in Fig. 4, while the bolt-holes (1, through the webs of the rails and block D, are of the usual shape. blocks, when united, are of the width to be maintainedbetween the main and guard-rails. As the inner edges of the heads of those rails are worn away by the action of the wheelfianges, it becomes necessary that the guard- 1 block E from block D and then moving block 7 E one or more notchesdepending upon the wear of the rail-heads toward the point of block D, as shown in Fig. 2, when the guardrail and filling-blocks are again tightened up These adjustments can be made as often as maybe necessary and the construction of the rails will permit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a main-rail and a guard-rail, of wedge-shaped filling-blocks in terposed between said rails and having series of vertical interlocking ribs on their contiguous faces, the rails and one of the fillingblocks being provided with bolt-holes, the other filling-block having an elongated slot registering with said bolt-holes, a bolt engag ing the bolt-holes and slot, and a nut on the bolt, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

GEO.- L. CUMMIN'S.

Witnesses:

GEO. A. LANE, WM. R. GEBHART These filling-