US733445A

US733445A - Rail-fastening.

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Publication number: US733445A
Application number: US14553703A
Authority: US
Inventors: George Adam Weber
Original assignee: WEBER RAILWAY JOINT Manufacturing Co
Current assignee: WEBER RAILWAY JOINT Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 1903-02-28
Filing date: 1903-02-28
Publication date: 1903-07-14
Anticipated expiration: 1920-07-14

Description

PATENTBD JULY 14, 1903..

G. A. WEBER. RAIL FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED PBB. 28. 1903.

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UNITED STATES I Iatented July 14, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE ADAM WVEBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE WEBER RAILWAY JOINT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

RAIL-FASTENING.

sr'ncrrron'rlon forming part of Letters Patent No. 733,445, dated Jul 14, 1903. Application filed February 28, 1903. Serial No. 145,537. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE ADAM WEBER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county,

and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail- Fastenings, of which the following is a specification accompanied by drawings.

My said invention consists in a new and I0 improved fastening for railway-rails, as will appear from the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings,.in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing one part of the cross-tie, the rail-fastening partly in section, and the lower portion of the rail in section. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a slightly-difierent form of the fastening. Fig. 3 is a view showing another slightly-difierent construction of the fastening, parts being omitted.

As shown in Fig. 1, the improved fastening comprises a metal plate O,adapted to rest upon the cross-tie T and to receive and support the base of the rail B. The plate C is longer than the width of the base of the rail 13, so as to afford an extended bearing upon the cross-tie T and also ample space for the bolts G H, by which the plate 0 is secured 7 to the cross-tie and the rail securely clamped to the plate. The bolts G H pass upwardly through the cross-tie T through holes therein, within which the said bolts are held sta tionary. A strip of metal F is interposed be- 5 tween the heads of the bolts and the crosstie and is formed with square holes to receive the ordinary square necks of the bolts G H to prevent them from turning. The plate O is provided at one end with a clamp K D for holding the rail-flange, the lug D of the clamp being adapted to fit the rail-flange and being preferably sprung slightly downward in order that when the rail is in place the elasticity of the lug D will prevent loose vibra- 5 tion. Opposite the lug D is provided a clamp E, attached to the other side of the rail-flange and adapted to be clamped against the plate 0, making contact with the plate 0 mainly at the extreme outer portion of the clamp E, so as to provide some resilience. The end of the plate 0, which is of extra thickness, as at K, may have an inclined upper surface, upon which is provided a correspondingly beveled piece J, either in the form of a loose washer or formed as part of the thickened portion K. The boltsG H pass through holes in the plate 0, that are much larger than the bolts to permit adjustment of the plate 0 transversely of the railand also to permit adjustment of the clamp E. Therefore when the rail is set in place the plate 0 may be adjusted until the rail is in proper alinement, and then after the nut of the bolt G has been tightened the clamp E may be fastened securely in place, holding the rail in exact alinement.

Fig. 2 differs from Fig. 1 in showinga thickened end L on the plate 0 with a flat upper surface for the bolt-nut.

Fig. 3shows the plate 0 with thickened portion L and clamping-lug D made on a folded length of iron, the bolt passing through the folded portion, as shown. Obviously my invention may be embodied in widely-varying forms and therefore without limiting myself to the construction shown and described nor enumerating equivalents,

I claim, and desire to obtain by Letters Patout, the following:

1. An improved fastening for railway-rails, consisting of a metal plate resting upon the cross-tie and adapted to support the rail, and of extra thickness at one end, the thick end having an inwardly-extending clamp portion adapted to bear upon the flange on one side of the rail, a clamp resting upon the other end of the base-plate, and adapted to rest upon the other flange of the rail, securingbolts passing upward through the tie and through holes in the fastening-plate, which are sufficiently large to permit adjustment, whereby the said bolts may clamp the clamp, the fastening-plate and the rail, and'whereby the clamp is adjustable to the said clamp portion and both are adjustable transversely of 5 the rail, for the purpose set forth.

2. An improved fastening for railway-rails, consisting of a metal plate resting upon the cross-tie and adapted to support the rail, and of extra thickness at one end, the thick end having an inwardly-extending clamp portion adapted to bear upon the flange on one side of the rail, a clamp resting upon the other end of the base-plate, and adapted to rest upon the other flange of the rail, securingholts passing upward through the tie and through holes in the fastening-plate, which are sufficiently large to permit adjustment, the said clamp being formed to rest upon the rail-flange and to rest upon the supportingplate at its own outer extremity to afliord a slight resilience, whereby the said bolts may clamp the clamp, the fastening-plate and the rail, and whereby the clamp is adjustable to the said clamp portion and both are adjustable transversely of the rail, for the purposes set forth.

3. An improved fastening for railway-rails, consisting of a metal plate resting upon the cross-tie and adapted to support the rail, and of extra thickness at one end, the thick end having an inwardly-extending clamp portion adapted to bear upon the flange on one side of the rail, a clamp resting upon the other end of the base-plate, and adapted to rest upon the other flange of the rail, securingbolts passing upward through the tie and through holes in the fastening-plate, which are sufficiently large to permit adjustment, the clamping portion of the supporting-plate having an inclined portion adapted to the railflange and the nut-receiving portion at an angle thereto, whereby the said bolts may clamp the clamp, the fastening-plate and the rail, and whereby the clamp is adjustable to the said clamp portion and both are adjustable transversely of the rail, for the purposes set forth.

'In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE ADAM WEBER.

Witnesses:

E. VAN ,ZANDT, H. D. OGDEN, .T r.