US710152A - Rail-support. - Google Patents

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RAIL SUPPORT.

(Ap/plication med Jan. 24, 1902.)

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UNITED STATES l/VILIJIAM E. JAQUES, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO ALFRED O. OROZIER, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of :Letters Patent No. 710,152', dated September 30, 1902. Application tiled January 24, 1902. Serial No. 91,061. KNO model.)

To f//ZZ wto'm, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. JAQUES, a citizen of the United States of America, residingat Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and-useful Improvements in Rail-Sup ports; and I 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 pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in rail-supports, and pertains more especially to improved means for fastening the rail of'a railway-track to ties of cement or artificial stone.

` One object of this invention is to provide a rail-support. which Will effectually brace the rail at its outer side.

Another object is to provide efficient means for preventing displacement of the rail upon a railway-tie which is simple and durable in construction, readily applied, and reliable in its operation.

With these objects in View and to the end of realizing other advantages hereinafter appearing the invention consistsin certain features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accom panying drawings, FigureIisa vertical section showing a rail secured upon a tie supporting it by means embodying my invention. Fig. II is a top plan in section on line ll II, Fig. I.

Referring to the drawings, a designates a tie which is instrumental Ain supporting a rail b, extending over and across the said tie. The tie a consists, preferably, of a block of cement or artificial stone.

The tie a at the outer side of the rail has an upwardly and inwardly projecting lug c, which overhangs the base of the rail at the outer side of therail and forms an abutment or brace for the outer side of the rail from the head to the base of the rail and (see Fig. I) snugly engages the under side ot' the railhead, as at The lug or projection c eX- tends a suitable distance'longitudinally of the rail or crosswise of the tie and prevents the rail from displacement laterally and outwardly and counteracts any tendency of the the plate d.

rail to roll or tip outwardly. Preferably the rail is not. seated directly upon the tie,but rests upon vthe upperside of aplate d, whichis preferably a metal plate. Acushion-forminglayer Ir of elastic and cotnpressible material-such, for instant-e, as rubber-is preferably interposed between the railbase and the plate d and reduces the wear upon theopposing surfaces of the said plate d and the said base to a minimum.

The plate (l has its central portion prefer'- ably depressed, as at e, below and centrally widthwise of the rail. The said depressed portieri e is preferably quadrilateral and depends and is embedded in the tie. Tile embedding or seating in the tie of the depressed portion e of the plate d eectually prevents displacement of the plate laterally as well as longitudinally of the tie.

The plate d is provided at the outer side of the rail `with an upwardly and inwardly projecting flange h, which engages the outer edge of the baseof the rail and 1preferably overhangs and tightlyeengages the upper side of the rail-base at the said side of the rail and is instrumental in holding the rail down upon The fiange t constitutes a stop arranged to prevent lateral outward displacement of the rail.

The flange h preferably engages the outer side of the web of the rail and preferably eX- tends upwardly into contact with the head of the rail, as shown very clearly in Fig. I.

Thelug c snugly engages the outer side of Vthe tiange h, which forms a lining between the said lug and the rail and prevents Wear upon the said lug Without interfering with the rail-bracing capacity of the lug.

It will be observed that by the construction hereinbefore described the plate d is not only prevented from displacement longitudinally and laterally of the tie, but vertical displace-V .ment of the said plate is also avoided.

The plate d extends inwardly a suitable distance beyond the inner side of the base of the rail, and at the said edge is bent or ianged upwardly, as at l, and awedge m is driven between .the flange l and the said inner edge ofthe rail-base, which wedge also engages the upper side of the said base, and obviously the application and operation of the said Wedge results in a clamping or close engagement be- ICI ` and the flange h, and the wedge also constitutes a clamp which causes the rail at the inner side of its base to be tightly held down upon the said plate.

It appears almost superfluous to remark that by the construction hereinbefore dei scribed wear upon the tie and upon the rail is reduced to a minimum, that the parts are readily assembled, thatV bolts or similar fastening devices are rendered unnecessary, that the flange Z of the plate d and thewedge m are adequately instrumental in preventi-ng displacement of the rail inwardly and laterally from the rail-bracing lug c of the tie, and thatI the parts are not liable to get out of order.

VVhatI claim isl. The combination, with the rail, and the tie arranged below and .transversely of the rail, of means for bracing the outer side of the rail; a plate interposed between the, base of the rail and the tie and provided, at one side of the rail, with a iange which is arranged opposite the side edge of the rail-base at the said side of the rail, which plate is provided, at the opposite side of the rail, with an upwardly-projecting flange, and a wedge interposed between the inner side of the lastmentioned flange and the rail-base.

2. The combination, with the rail, and the tie arranged below and transversely of the rail, of a plate interposed between the base of vthe rail and the tie and provided, at the outer side ofthe rail, with an upwardly-projecting ange extending along the railbase at the said outer side of the rail, which plate is provided, at the inner side of the rail, with an upwardly-projecting flange, and a wedge interposed between the inner side of the lastmentioned flange and the rail-base.

3. The combination, with the rail, and the tie arranged below and transversely of the rail and provided with a recess below the rail, of a plate interposed between the under side of the rail-base and the tie and provided, below the rail, .with a depressed portion snugly engaging the aforesaid recess, means for holding the rail down upon the plate, and means for preventing upward displacement of the rail and the plate.. i

it. The combination, with the rail, and the tie arranged below'and transversely of the rail and having a lug arranged to brace the outer side of the rail, ofa plate-interposed between the rail-base and the tie and having a portion or member extending into the tie, which plate is provided, at the outer side of the rail, with a flange which overhangs and extends upwardly between the aforesaid lug and the rail, and means for preventing lat-- eral displacement of the rail inwardly from the aforesaid lug. y

5. The combination, with/the rail, and a tie arranged below and transversely of the rail and having a lug overhanging the base of the rail at the outer side of the rail and bracing the said side of the rail, of a plate interposed between the under side of the rail-base and the tie, which plate is provided, at the outer side of the rail, with aiiange which overhangs the rail-base and extends upwardly between the outer side of the web of therail and the aforesaid lug, and means for preventing lateral displacement of the rail inwardly from the aforesaid lug.

ln testimony whereof l sign the foregoing specification, in the presence of two witnesses, this 6th day of January, 1902, at Detroit, Michigan. Y

WILLIAM E. JAQUES. Witnesses:

JOHN C. I-IICKEY, JAMES E. DICKINsoN.

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