US696658A - Railway-rail joint. - Google Patents

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AXEL A. STROW, OF AUSTIN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO STROBI MANUFACTUR- ING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,658, dated April 1, 1902.

Application filed August 2l, 1901. Serial No. 72,740. (No model.)

To al?, whom, it may concern: ments and have illustrated them in the ac- Be 1t known that I, AXEL A. STROM, a citicompanying drawings, in whichzen of the United States, residing at Austin,` Figure l isa plan view of a railway-rail joint in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan 5 have invented certain new and useful Imview of one of the rail ends.. Fig. 3 isa plan 55 provemcnts in RailwayRail Joints; and I do view of the other rail end. Fig. et is an endeclare the following to be a f ull, clear, and larged cross-sectional View on line 4: of Fig. l. exact description of the invention, such as Referring to the drawings byletter, AB dewill enable others skilled in the art to which note therails, each having an upper tread por- ID it appertains to make and use the same, reftion or head, a base, and an intermediate web. 6o erence being had to the accompanying draw- The rail Ahas its end portion a bent to a deings, and to the letters of reference marked sired angle outwardly with reference to the thereon, which form a part of this specifica inner side of the rail when in the track, and tion. the inner side of the bent end a is cut away t 5 In my Patent No. 617,059, dated January 3, to provide a recess ct and a shoulder a2, which 65 1899, I have shown, described, and claimed a latter may be approximately at a right angle railway-rail joint comprised of an outwardlyto the side of the rail, as shown. The end bent rail and secured in overlapping relation portion l) of the rail B is beveled at its outer to the beveled end of another rail, whereby side h and terminates in a blunt or squared the tread of the rails is practically continnend b2. In practice the beveled side h of the 7o ous. In the patented construction the end of rail B contacts throughout its length with the the beveled rail is sharply pointed and has wall of the recess a and the blunt or squared side contact with the bent rail end from the end I) abuts against the shoulder d'2, whereby point of commencement of said bend, thus shearing action on the securing-bolts c c by bringing the inner sides of the jointed rails expansion of the rails is prevented. rIhe in- 75 in alineinent and permitting endwise movener sides of the rails, which are engaged by ment of the rails through expansion by heat. the inside flanges of wheels, are in alinement,

My presentinvention is directed toim proveand preferably the base or foot of the rail I5 ments on the patented rail-joint, one feature rests on and is supported by the base or foot 3o of the improvements consisting of a recess in of the rail A. 8o the inner side of the bent rail end providing The outer side of the bent end a of the rail a shoulder and receiving the beveled portion A is at an angle to the outer side of the tread of the other rail, the end of thelatter rail beportion of the rails, and were it not for the ing formed to engage the shoulder, and thereprovision of the recess in the top of said bent by to relieve the securing-bolts of the shearend, presentlytobe described, the extra or ont- 8 5 ing action to which they would otherwise be side fiange on treadworn or guttered wheels subjected in the expansion of the rails. would in climbing the end a subject the joint Another and perhaps the more important to such a jar and strain as would tend to loosen feature of my present invention consists of a it, orfailing to climb said end the extra iange 4o recess in the tread portion or top of the bent would, by engaging the inclined side thereof, 9o rail end, which recess accommodates what is derail the car or cause the rails to become ,i known as the extra or outside flange on loosened from the ties and spread apart. To treadworn or guttered7 wheels, and thereby avoid this difficulty and the accidents which relieves the rail-joint of strain which would may be occasioned thereby, there is provided tend to loosen it and prevent derailments, in the top of the rail end a, beyond the outer 95 which otherwise might occur through the enside line of the rails, a recess a3, the depth of gagement of the extra iauge with the outer which is sufficient to enable the extra flange side of the bent rail end. to ride thereover without engagement. This In the following description I have set forth provision insures absolute safety Aregardless l 5o in detail the nature of my present improveof guttered wheels, and owing to the lapping son of the rail ends the Wheels will pass over the the outerside line of the rail iout away, a bevjoint without jarand danger of derailment or eled rail end fitting the recess and having a spreading. shouldered end engaging the shoulder of the I have in the drawings shown the rails A other rail end, and devices for securing the I5 5 and B of equal size. Obviously the rail A rail ends together.

maybe ot' larger size than the rail B, as illus- In testimony whereof I affix my signature .trated in my patent above referred to. in presence of two witnesses.

I claim as my invention- AXEL A. STROM. A rail-joint comprising a bent rail end hav- Witnesses: 1o ingr at its inner side a recess terminating in a 'D. W. LEE,

shoulder and having its tread portion beyond L. HEISLAR.

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