US725613A - Railway-rail-joint-connecting plate. - Google Patents

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PATENTED APR, 14, 1903.

R. B. CHARLTON. RAILWAY RAIL JOINT CONNECTING PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23, 1902.

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UNITE STAT-Es PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD B. CHARLTON, OF'MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

RAILWAY-RAIL-JOINT-CONNECTING PLATE. Y

SPECIFICATION formingpart of LettersPatent No. 725,613, datedApriI 14, 1903.

Original application filed January 27, 1902, SerialNo. 91,308. Divided and this application filed June 23, 1902. $er ial I N0. ll2|731. (No model) To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, RICHARD B. CHARLTON, acitizen of the United States, residing at'Milwankee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin RaiIWay R'ail-JOint- Connecting Plates; 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 appertainsto make and use the same,.reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specificaion.

The objects of this invention are to provide a combined base-plate and fish-plate for-railjoints, to'secure a construction in which a firm holding contact with both the base and the sides of the rail is-obtained by a single series.

same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finallyembraced in the clauses of the claim;

Referringtotheaccompanyingdrawings,in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures, Figure 1 shows in section a jointof my improved construction, and Fig. 2 is a similar View illustrating the use of one of my improved plates with an old-style'fish-plate on the opposite side of the rail. v r

In said drawings, 2 indicates vone of two rail ends longitudinally abutting, as is comneath the rails and is provided with an integral upright extension 6. This extension is preferably vertical or perpendicular to the base portion 4: and extends upward to a height approximately equal to that of the under side of rail-head 7. From the top of the upright extension 6 a bearing portion 8 is bent inward toward the rail and adapted to extend beneath the head thereof to engage thesame, being preferably inclined so as to present a Wedge-like bearing. From the inner edge of said portion 8 a vertical portion 9 extends downward substantially at right angles to the bearing portion or parallel to the main portion 6 of the upright extension, and therefore also parallel to the web 10 of the rail. A lower bearing portion 11 is turned outward from the bottom of said vertical portion 9 toward the upright extension 6 and is inclined somewhat downward to fit against the upper surface of the rail-base flange 17. The said upright extension 6 and vertical portion 9 of-each connecting-plate are perforated with bolt-holes l2, inalinement with the-usual bolt-holes 13 inthe vertical web of the rails,and through all said bolt-holesextend clamping-bolts l8, headed at one end and provided at the other with threads 14k and nuts 15, screwing thereon. When, therefore,

theconnectingplates have been applied to a joint, one'on each side, the said transverse bolts are inserted and nuts 15 tightened up. This draws the connecting-plates toward the rails and forces the upper and lower bearing portions 8 and 11, respectively, tighter and tighter into the spacebetween the head and base of the" rails. Furthermore, as the lower bearing portion slides upon the top surface of the rail-base it forces the base portion 4 of the connecting-plate firmlycand solidly upward against the under surface of the railbase. This provides a seat forthe rail ends, and the upright extension 6 and portion 11 serve as girders to giverigidity to the joint.

I thus provide a combined base-plate. and fish-plate and one which can be clamped to the rails by a single row of transverse bolts, as now commonly used for ordinary fishplates.

Preferably the base member of each plate terminates a little short of the median line of the rail, so that they do not reach each other when tightened up,-as shown in Fig. 1. Obviously, however, one of my improved connecting-plates may be employed at one side of a joint in connection with an ordinary fish-plate of any kind at the other, and

in this easel prefer to extend the base por-,

tion of the connecting-plate clear under the rail ends, so that it projects at the opposite side from the upright extension, as shown at 16 in Fig. 2. A lip 19 preferably continues outward fromthe upright extension in the plane of the base memberto receive the spikes for holding the rails to the ties.

Under some conditions Washers or staysleeves 20 may be placed on the transverse bolts 18, between the vertical portions 6 9 of the connectingplate, as shown in Fig. 1,.to secure greater rigidity and firmness of the joint against lateral strain.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is I [1. 'In a rail-joint, the combination with the meeting ends of two T-rails, ofa combined base-plate and fishplate arranged at one sideof the rail ends and comprising a horizontal body portion having the rail-bases seated upon one marginal portion thereof, and a rightangular extension at the other or-exposed margin of said body portion, said extension having its outer portion bent inwardly over the body portion and returned substantially of therail ends and comprising a horizontal body portion having the rail-bases seated upon one marginal portion thereof, a rightangularextension at the other-or exposed margin of the said body portion, said exten-. sion having its outer portion bent inwardly over the body portion and returned substantially parallel to the main portion of the extension at a distance therefrom, and having its extremity turned or bent toward said main portion at an inclinationto the body portion and terminating short of said main portion, whereby an inwardly-narrowing space with a resilient 'side wall is provided.

The herein-described base-plate and fishplate combined consisting of a base portion respect to said base portion, a portion 9, extending from said bearing portion toward the base portion substantially parallelto the upright extension and forming between its end and said base portionan outwardly-flaring space, and alip 19, at the opposite side of the upright extension 6, from the base portion and in the same plane therewith.

' 4. In. a rail-joint, the combination with the meeting ends of, two T-rails, of a combined base-plate and fish-platearranged at one side of the rail ends and comprising a horizontal bodyportion having the rail-bases seated upon one marginal portion thereof, and having at the opposite or outer margin of said base portion an integral upright extension bent at an upper poin't toward the rail then downward substantially parallel to the web and then outward from the rail, terminating in a free extremity, and thus forming resilient upper and lower bearings 8, 11, respectively, toengage-the rail, and clamping-bolts 18, passing through said upright extension, parallelportion and web of the rail. r

5. In a rail-joint, the combination of two connecting plates arranged at oppositesides of the rail ends, each comprising a horizontal base member adapted to support the rails and extendingbeneath the same a disupright portion integral with said base member and being 'bent, inward toward the rail and returned downward and adapted to engagethe underside of the-head and the upper surface of the foot of the rail, and clamping-bolts passed transversely through the web of the rails, and the said upright and returned portions ofthe connecting-plates and adapted to bind said plates to the rails.

6. In a rail-joint, the combination with the RICHARD B. CHARLTON. Witnesses:

M. E; CHRISTENSEN, Y I-IUGH'P; KAYn, Jr.

tance less than half the width of the rail, an

meeting ends of two rails, of a connecting-

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