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Description

(No Model.)

J A MoCAIN RAIL JOINT AND TIE PLATE.

PatentedMay 3,1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. MCCAIN, OF DECATUR, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WASHINGTON J. HOUSTON, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,610, dated May 3, 1898.

Application filed Tune 19, 1897- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN A. MCCAIN, residing at North Decatur, in the county of De Kalb and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Rail-Joint and Tie-Plate, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to certain improvements in rail-joints and tie-plates in-' tended to connect the rails together and securely lock them in position, thereby avoiding accident by reason of said rails becoming disconnected or spreading.

The object of my invention is to provide an effective and reliable rail-joint composed of but a few parts so arranged that the fishplates and rails will be securely locked in position against any movement occasioned by the jar or strain of trains passing over the rails and plate to be used in connection with my rail-joint.

With this and other objects in view my invention consists in certain details of construction and in combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the parts of my device in operative position. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view through the rail-joint. Fig. 4 is a general view showing the two fish-plates detached, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the tie-plate.

The same letters of reference will indicate similar parts wherever they occur throughout the several views.

In the practical embodiment of my invention I have shown a rail A, of the usual construction, provided with the holes B.

0 indicates a fish-plate provided on the inner surface with slots F larger at one end than at the other and dovetailed in its smaller end, as shown at G.

H represents a similar fish-plate having studs or projections I, formed integral therewith on its inner face, the portion J of the fierial No. 641,459. (No model.)

studs being preferably formed square and larger than the dovetailed part K.

L indicates my improved tie-plate, the same comprising the base or support having the square openings M for the reception of the spikes, and formed on the upper surface and integral therewith is a lip N, curved on its under side to snugly fit and embrace the flange of the rail. When this tie-plate is placed in position and the rails rest upon it, spikes are driven through the openings thereof, the heads of the spikes embracing the flange of the rail on one side and the lip of the tie-plate on-the other, the plate supporting the ends of the rails.

In operation the rails are set in position and the fish-plate H placed against one side thereof, the studs or projections passing through the openings of the rails, the fishplate provided with the slots being placed on the opposite side of the rails, so that the studs or projections of the fish-plate H will pass through the openings of the rail and the large ends of the slots of the opposing fish-plate". The fish-plate G is then moved lengthwise, thereby causing the ends K of the studs I of the plate H to enter the dovetailed ends of the slots of the plate 0 in order to lock the plates together. The usual spikes are then driven into the ties, when the rails will be securely held in position.

Should it at any time become necessary to separate the rails, the spikes may be withdrawn and the plate 0 moved in the opposite directionto that above described until the studs of the plate H reach the enlarged ends of the slots of the plate 0, when the several parts may be easily separated.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I provide a rail-joint so constructed that the fish-plates can be securely locked together through the medium of the studs or projections and the peculiarshaped slots in which said studs or projections are adapted to be inserted and locked. I

1 Various slight changes might be made in the forms, constructions, and arrangements of the parts herein described without depart ing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not care to limit myself to the exact construction herein set forth, but consider myself entitled to all such slight changes as may fall within the spirit and scope thereof.

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

1. A rail-joint comprising the rails and the fish-plates, one of said fish-plates being provided with the longitudinal slots having one 7 end larger than the other, and the smaller end dovetailed, the opposite plate being provided on its inner face with studs or projections formed integral therewith having the i dovetailed ends to be inserted through the larger portions and locked in the smaller dovetailed portions of the slots of the opposite plate, substantially as shown .and described. 2. A rail-joint comprising the rails and the fish-plates, one of said plates being provided 20 with the longitudinal slots having one end larger than the other which is dovetailed, the opposite plate being provided on its inner face with studs or projections formed integral therewith and having the dovetailed ends to be insertedand locked in the smaller ordove- Witnesses:

WILLIAM 0. Hanan, W. W. MORRISON.

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