US657751A - Rail-joint. - Google Patents

Description

atented Sept. ll, I900.

W. J. WHITAKER 8:. S. M. GBUBER.

BAIL JOINT.

(Application med June 26, 1900.)

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RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,751, dated September 11, 1900.

Application filed June 26, 1900.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we,WILLIAM J. WHITAKER and SAMUEL M. GRUBER,citizens of the United States of America, residing at Dravosburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usef 111 Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in combination rail chairs and joints, and is particularly adapted for supporting, as well as connecting, rails of all kinds in a quick, cheap, and substantial manner.

The invention has for its object to obtain such a construction and combination of chair, joint, and rail that a support for the rails, as well as a juncture, may be accurately, quickly, and durably effected without the aid of nuts, bolts, or screws extending in the ordinary manner through the web of the rails and the fish-plates, to which end it consists in forming the ends of the rail-sections with an extending tread portion, so that when the rails abut a recess will be formed, in which is mounted a supporting-block of a contour similar to the base and web of a rail, the block supporting the extending ends of the rail-sections forming the joint, and mounting the rail-sections between a pair of fish-plates formed integral with the chair for supporting the base of the rail.

With the above and other objects in view the invention finally consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification,and wherein like numerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pair of rails, showing our improved joint and chair connected thereto. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a crosssectional view thereof. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one end of the rail, showing the ex- Serial No. 21,620. (No model.)

' tending tread. Fig. 5is a perspective view of the supporting-block and joint.

Referring to the drawings by referencenumerals, 1 and 2 indicate a pair of rails having the abutting ends cut away in such a manner as to form an extending tread portion, as at 3, so that when the-rails abut a recess is formed between the same, in which is mounted a supporting-block 4 of a contour similar to the web and base of the rail. The web portion of this supporting-block engages the under face of the extending tread portions of the rails and is provided with a suit able opening, as at 5.

The reference- numerals 6 and 7 indicate a pair of fish-plates which engage the web and base of the rails as well as the supportingblock and are formed integral at their lower ends with the chair 8, having its lower face formed in a concave manner, as at 9. The chair is provided with a series of openings 10, each of which is in alinement with the notch 11, formed in the base of the rail, and is adapted to receive suitable spikes or other fastening means for securing the chair to the ties of a railway-track. The fish-plates are formed with a centrally-arranged opening in alinement with the opening 5 in the web of the supporting-block and through which extends a rivet or bolt 12 for securing the supporting-block to the fish-plates, as shown, or, in other words, prevent any movement of the block 4.

The juncture of the rails is effected as follows: The block being suitably secured between the fish-plates, the rails are slid into the latter and the extending tread supported by the block. The chair and rails are then secured to the ties of the track.

The advantages of this construction are, first, that it secures an accurate, quick, and durable connection of the rails; second, that it does not interfere with the expansion or contraction of the rails, and, third, the same expense, and it is thought the many other advantages can be readily understood from the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

h It will be noted that various changes may is quickly attached, saving time, labor, and

be made in the details of construction with out departing from the general spirit of our invention.

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

In combination, a chair provided with integralfish-p1ates a pair of rail-sections mounted in said chair and having their abutting ends provided with an extending tread portion forming a recess, a supporting-block mounted in said recess and adapted to en- I gage the under face of the extending tread portion of the rails, and means extending through said fish-p1ates and block for secur-' ing the latter in position.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

J oHN' NOLAND, N. L. BOGAN.

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