US759677A - Guard-rail for railroad-tracks. - Google Patents

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US759677A
US759677A US19796204A US1904197962A US759677A US 759677 A US759677 A US 759677A US 19796204 A US19796204 A US 19796204A US 1904197962 A US1904197962 A US 1904197962A US 759677 A US759677 A US 759677A
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  • My invention relates to certain improvements in guard-rails and spacing devices for separating the guard-rail from the main rail of a railway-track.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of a main rail and a guardrail, illustrating my invention.
  • Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view on the line 2 2, Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the guard-rail, the facing portion, and the wedges illustrated in Fig. 1, the parts being detached.
  • Fig. A is a perspective view showing a modification of the guard-rail illustrated in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 5 is an enlarged seetional view similar to Fig. 2, but illustrating the modification shown in Fig. A.
  • A is the main rail of a railroad-track.
  • a guard-rail B made in two parts-a facing portion and a body portion, the facing portion D being mounted in a recess in the body portion of the guard-rail, the rail in this case being a section of an ordinary railroad-rail bent outward at each end.
  • the facing portion and the body portion are each provided with holes for the passage of rivets, bolts, or other securing devices for securely attaching the facing portion to the body portion of the rail.
  • the facing D is preferably of hard metal, such as manganese-steel, and cast integral therewith are wedge-shaped blocks (Z (Z, two in the present instance, having ribbed faces which,
  • detachable wedge blocksF F interlock with the ribbed faces on the detachable wedge blocksF F.
  • the backs of the detachable wedge blocks F fit betweenthe head and the base-flange of the main rail, as illustrated in Fig. 2.
  • I may make the entire guard-rail of a casting of hard metal, such as manganese-steel, and this form of rail is elearl y illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5.
  • B is a cast rail of this kind having the wedge-shaped spacing-blocks (Z (1 formed integral therewith, these spacing-blocks having ribbed faces which interlock with the ribbed faces of the detachable wedge spacingblocks F F.
  • a guard-rail for railroad-tracks havinga wedge-shaped spacing-block formed integral therewith, substantially as described.
  • a guard-rail for railroad-tracks having a wedge-shaped spacing-block formed integral therewith, said wedge-block having a ribbed face, substantially as described.

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No. 759,677. PATENTED MAY 10, 1904. A. GORTS. GUARD RAIL FOR RAILROAD TRACKS.
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N0. 759,677. PATENTED MAY 10, 1904.
' A. GORTS.
GUARD RAIL FOR RAILROAD TRACKS.
APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 14. 1904. N0 MODEL.
2 SHEETS-QEEET 2.
UNITED STATES Patented May 10, 1904.
PATENT OEEIcE.
AUGUST OORTS, OF WYNOOTE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIG-NOR TO WILLIAM WHARTON, JR, & COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.
GUARD-RAIL FOR RAILROAD-TRACKS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,677, dated May 10, 1904.
Application filed March 14, 1904:.
To roll whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, AUGUST Oon'rs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wyncote, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Guard-Rails for Railroad-Tracks, of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to certain improvements in guard-rails and spacing devices for separating the guard-rail from the main rail of a railway-track.
The object of my invention is to simplify track structures of this type by making one of the spacing-blocks integral with the guardrail or with the facing portion of the guardrail, as fully described hereinafter, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a main rail and a guardrail, illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the guard-rail, the facing portion, and the wedges illustrated in Fig. 1, the parts being detached. Fig. A is a perspective view showing a modification of the guard-rail illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an enlarged seetional view similar to Fig. 2, but illustrating the modification shown in Fig. A.
A is the main rail of a railroad-track. Bis the guard-rail, secured to the main rail in the present instance by clamps O and wedges c.
Ithas been a common practice to place two wedge-shaped blocks between the guardrail and the main rail with their inclined sides bearing against each other, so that as the face of the guard-rail wears away it can be moved toward the main rail by properly adjusting the spacing-blocks, thus keeping the space between the rails of a standard width. Heretofore both wedges have been loose and separate from the rails, while different means have been provided for holding them in position; but by my inventionlmake one of the wedge blocks integral with the guard-rail and only the other block loose and adjustable.
Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, I have shown Serial No. 197,962. (No model.)
a guard-rail B made in two parts-a facing portion and a body portion, the facing portion D being mounted in a recess in the body portion of the guard-rail, the rail in this case being a section of an ordinary railroad-rail bent outward at each end. As illustrated in Fig. 3, the facing portion and the body portion are each provided with holes for the passage of rivets, bolts, or other securing devices for securely attaching the facing portion to the body portion of the rail. 1
The facing D is preferably of hard metal, such as manganese-steel, and cast integral therewith are wedge-shaped blocks (Z (Z, two in the present instance, having ribbed faces which,
interlock with the ribbed faces on the detachable wedge blocksF F. The backs of the detachable wedge blocks F fit betweenthe head and the base-flange of the main rail, as illustrated in Fig. 2.
In some instances I may make the entire guard-rail of a casting of hard metal, such as manganese-steel, and this form of rail is elearl y illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5.
B is a cast rail of this kind having the wedge-shaped spacing-blocks (Z (1 formed integral therewith, these spacing-blocks having ribbed faces which interlock with the ribbed faces of the detachable wedge spacingblocks F F.
I claim as my invention- 1. A guard-rail for railroad-tracks havinga wedge-shaped spacing-block formed integral therewith, substantially as described.
2. A guard-rail for railroad-tracks having a wedge-shaped spacing-block formed integral therewith, said wedge-block having a ribbed face, substantially as described.
3. The combination in a guard-rail, of a facing portion having a wedge-shaped spacingblock formed integral therewith, a body por tion, and means for securing the two parts together, substantially as described.
A. The combination in a guard-rail, of a hard-metal facing portion having a wedgeshaped spacing-block formed integral therewith, a body portion recessed to receive the rail for railway-tracks having a spacing-block facing, and means for securing the two parts formed integral therewith, substantially as together, substantially as described. described.
5. The combination of amain rail,- a guard- In testimony WhereofIhave signed myname 5 5 rail, a permanent Wedge block formed integral to this specification in the presence of tWo sub- With the guard-rail, 'and a detachable Wedge scribing Witnesses. block placed between the permanent Wedge block and the main rail, and means for securing the guard-rail to the main rail, substan- WVitnesses: IO tially as described. WILL. A. BARR,
6. As a new article of manufacture, a guard- J 0s. H. KLEIN.
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