US703876A - Rail-joint. - Google Patents

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL M. WIXCEL, OF MARCUS, IOWA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '703,87 6, dated July 1, 1902.

Application filed February 6,1902. Serial No. 92,763. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. WIXCEL, a citizen of the Unitedl States, and a resident of Marcus, in the county of Cherokee and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Rail-Joint, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a means for fastening together the sections of railway-rails without involving the necessity of ish-plates antll bolts extending transversely through the rai s.

The invention comprises two peculiarlyshaped clamping sections adapted to be wedged together with the rail-section between them and having angle-bars bearing under the ball of the rail not only to hold the sections ofthe rail in proper position, but also securely-to brace the various parts.

The invention furtherinvolves certain novel constructions for preventing the creeping of the rails.

This specificationY is an exact description of one example of my invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof. t

VReference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a sectional view of the invention on the lines l l of Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 2 is a plan view of one section of the fastening, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the other section.

a indicates the ball of the rail, Z) the web, and c the base-flange, all of which parts are of the usual construction, excepting that the ybase-flange c has produced in its bottom a cavity c. A cavity c is produced in each end portion of the rail, and the purpose of the cavities will be fully described hereinafter.

CZ and e indicate the two sections of thejoint or fastener. These sections are each formed with the upwardly andinwardly inclined angle-anges d and e', the upper edges of which bear under the ball of the rail, as shown in Fig. l, and are carried on parts of the joint-sections, which parts lie over the top of the base-flange c of the rail. wThe sections ol and e of the joint have bottom portions cl2 and e2, which project under the base-ange and are formed with interlocking beads e3 and dit These heads are set diagonally, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. l and by full lines in Figs. 2 and 3, so that as the jointsections are moved together by sliding the one longitudinally on the other the diagonal beads will draw the sections together, clamping them'rmly in place. The joint-sections are so shaped that the beads d3 and e3 interlock in the peculiar manner shown in Fig. l, thus forminga secure connection between the two sections of the joint and also a solid bearing underneath the flange of the rail. The base portion c2 of the sections e is formed with two upwardly-projecting studs e4, `which are adapted to set into the cavities c and prevent the creeping of the rails. This may be eifected by placing the section on the rail with a rocking movement, the cavities c' bef ing larger than the studs c4 to allow the operation.

In placing the parts in position the section c is first moved on the rail-sections with the rocking movement described and the studs cLL engaged into the cavities c'. The section d is then slid longitudinally on the section e, with the beads esvand d3 interlocked together. The diagonal or tapered arrangement of these beads causes the sections to be drawn forcibly toward each other, and thus the rail-sections are clamped firmly between the jointsections. The section ol should be driven home by a hammer or other tool, if necessary, and then the whole of the parts secured by spikes driven through the notches d4 and c5.

It will be observed that this joint holds the `rail-sections firmly and immovably together forms of the invention as may lie within the intent of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I

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claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination with a rail having a cavity in its bottoln,of two joint-seetionslying one on each side of the rail and having longitudinally-extending interlocking parts to fasten them together, and an upwardly-projected stnd on one joint-Section and adapted to enter the cavity, the cavity being larger than the stud, for the purpose specified.

2. A rai1-joint,eomprisingtwojoint-sections with means for fastening them together, said sections lying on opposite sides of the rails and having portions lying under the base-anges of the rails and also having upwardly and inwardly inclined flanges which engage the rails, for the purpose specified, and two stu ds carried on one fastener-section at opposite points thereon, said studs being located un'- der the base-flanges of the rail-sections and being projected upward into cavities formed in the under faces of the base-anges of the rail-sections. I

3. The combination with rail-sections, each having a cavity in its bottom, of two jointsections lying one on each side of the railsections and having means for fastening them together, and two upwardly-projected studs on one joint-section, said studs being adapted respectively to enter the cavities in the said rail-sections, and said cavities being larger than the studs, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to thisspecitication in thejpresenee of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL M. WIXoEL.

Witnesses:

LOUIS GUND, JAMES GoLEY.

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