US625455A

US625455A - Joint for railways

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Publication number: US625455A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1899-05-23
Anticipated expiration: 1916-05-23

Description

No. 625,455. Patented May 23, I899. 0., MILLE J0lNT.FOB BAIL 8. (Application flied Nov. :30, 1898.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR MILLER, OF MOUNTAIN GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA.

JOINT FOR RAILWAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,455, dated May 23, 1899.

Application filed November 30, 1898. Serial No. 697,819. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OSCAR MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mountain Grove, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Joints for Railways; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in joints for railwayrails, and has for its object to provide a joint which will prevent each rail from moving independently of the adjacent rail with which it is connected and at the same time to simplify and render the structure more effective in operation.

lVith this object in View my invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and afterward specifically point-ed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings,

forming a part of this specification, wherein like figures of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan View of one end of a rail. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of one end of the engaging rail. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View showing a portion of the fishplate. Fig. 4 is a side elevation showingthe fish-plate in position. Fig. 5 is an end view of the fish-plate.

Referring to the drawings by reference-figures, l and 2 designate portions of two adjacent rails, composed of the usual bases 3, webs 4, and heads 5. The end of the rail shown has the web 4: increased to the thickness of the head 5.

In Fig. 1 I have shown a part of the head 5 and web at cut away for a short distance from the abutting end of the rail and terminating in a V-shaped recess 6, the lower end of said recess being below the top face of the cut-away portion, as shown at 7, Fig. 3. Formed in the top of the cut-away portion of the web is'a triangular-shaped recess 8. Extending along the top edge of the cut-away portion and on each side thereof are upwardly-extending flanges 9.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the end of the engaging rail, in which the base and a portlon of the Web are cut away. The end of said head and the remaining portion of the'web terminate in a V- shaped end 10, which is adapted to engage the V-shaped recess formed in rail 1. Formed integral with the lower face of the V-shaped end is a projection 11, corresponding in shape to the portion of the recess shown at 6. Formed on thelower face of the web is a triangular-shaped projection 12, corresponding in shape to the recess 8 of the rail 1 and adapted to fit therein. Formed along the lower edge of the web are grooves 13, which are adapted to receive the flanges 9.

In Fig. 5 I have shown the fish-plate, which consists of a base-plate 14, having a flange 15 formed on the upper face thereof. Said base-plate 14 has an upward extension 16 formed integral therewith, said extension being adapted to rest against the web of the rail and extending on both sides of the joint. Said fish-plate is provided with openings 17 to receive suitable means whereby the rails are fastened to the ties.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of my inventron.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is-- 1. The combination with the interlocking ends of the rails, one of which is provided in the head and web with a cut-away portion terminating at the inner end in a V-shaped recess and the other of which is formed with an extension terminating in a V-shaped end adapted to fit in said cut-away portion and V-shaped recess, combined with a fish-plate having a base'to receive the ends of the rails and an upwardly-extending extension adapted to conform to and fit the side of the rails, substantially as described.

2. In a rail-joint, the combination of the interlocking ends of the rails, each of said rails having a web increased in thickness at the ends of the rails, one of said rails having an extension formed integral with one end and the registering end of the enga ing rail having a cut-away portion and recess to receive said extension, said extension sion to fit against one side of the rails, sub- 10 stantialiy as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature having a substantially triangular-shaped 111g in presence of two witnesses. formed integral therewith and adapted to engage in a correspondingly-shaped recess provided therefor in the Web of the engaging rail, and a fish-plate having a base to receive said rails and an upwardly-extending exten- OSOAR MILLER.

Witnesses:

SARAH SMITH, R. M. SMITH.