US766710A - Rail-joint. - Google Patents

Description

No. 766,710. PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904. F. LIBSKE.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23, 1904.

NO MODEL;

UNTTED STATES Patented August 2, 1904.

PATENT G ETGE.

JOHN J. MORIARTY, OF MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,710, dated August 2, 1904.

Application filed To all 711720712, 7''!- m/rng concern:

Be it known that I. FRANK LIESKE, a citizen of the United States. residing at Marquette, in the county of Marquette and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to splice-bars or railroad-joints; and the primary object of the same is to provide an organization of elements for effectively holding the contiguous ends of rails and including means to effectively lock the bolts or fastening devices inserted through portions of the splice bar or joint and the railwebs and a stable base-support for preventing the parts of the bar or joint and the rails from shifting on the tie in the event that the ordinary fastenings become loosened.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, which will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of portions of railroad-rails, showing the improved splice bar or joint applied thereto and arranged on ties. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the organization of parts shown by Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section on the line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the chair-sections.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numerals 1 and 2 designate rails which are terminally fitted in oppositely-disposed chair-sections 3 and 4, each section having a base 5 to extend under the base-flanges of the rails and an upwardly-inclined inclosing flange 6, the said inclosing flanges when the chairsections are applied resting on the top portions of the opposite sides of the base-flanges of the rails. The flanges 6 project upwardly from the outer portions of the bases 5 in planes at right angles, as at 7, to elevate the flanges 6 sufficiently to bear upon the base-flanges of the rails or to form an inclosure for the adjacent extremities of said base-flanges. The

flange 6 of the chair-sections 7 has an upstanding fish-plate member 8 integrally formed therewith and adapted to closely bear against tnuar 23,1904. Serial No. 190,338. (No model.)

one side of the rail-webs and fit snugly under the adjacent lower portions of the rail-heads, as clearly shown by Fig. 3, the flange 6 having the fish-plate member 8 extending inwardly far enough to permit said member to closely contact with the rail-webs. The flange 6 of the section 4 extends inwardly a materially less distance than the similar flange of the section 3 and has an integral upstanding nutlocking projection 9, with a series of nut-recesses 10 opening outwardly through the upper edge thereof. The projection 9 is in the form of a vertical flange and is of less length than the flange 6, and in rear of the same an elongated slot 11 is formed in the flange 6 of the section 4, said slot 11 being of a length eciual to the projection 9 and opening through the rear terminal edge of said flange 6.

Projecting u 'iwardly through the slot 11 is a fish-plate 12, hearing at its upper and lower edges, respectively, against the under side of the heads of the rails and the base-flanges of the latter, the said fish-plate 12 being terminally engaged by the end walls of the slot 11. The opposite extremities of the flange 6 of the section 1 are projected inwardly a sufficient distance to cause their inner edges to contact with the webs of the rails, as clearly shown by Fig. 1, and by this arrangement the fish-plate 12 will be positively held against longitudinal movement in relation to the rails. The outer edge of each base 5 beyond the point of jointure therewith of the flanges 6 is provided with a securing-flange 13, having spike-slots 14 near the opposite ends. On opposite sides of the center of this securingflange outwardly-projecting stop-lugs 15 are located, and at the center is an outwardlyopening slot 16 with beveled corners 17.

"hen the chair-sections are applied to the rail extremities, they engage two ties and are secured in transverse alinement by ordinary spikes, as shown by Fig. 1, the said spikes being driven through the spike-slots 1 1 in the flanges 13. the chair-section 3 being pushed inwardly in a horizontal plane over the contiguous rail extremities, the fish-plate 12 applied in position, and headed bolts 18 inserted through the fish-plate member 8 and fish-plate 12 and secured by nuts 19.

The chair-section 4 is pushed inwardly and the nutrecesses caused to coincide with the nuts 19, the latter being flush with the outer surface of the projection 9 when the said section 4: is fully positioned. When both chair-sections have been fully applied, the bases5 thereof will have their inner opposing edges in close relation, as shown by Fig. 3. and both sections will be spiked to the ties on which they are disposed. As an effective auxiliary in preventing the chair-sections from spreading, especially in view of the liability of the spikes to become loosened, coupling-bars are removably applied to the bases 5, the said bars having their opposite ends struck up or otherwise formed with angular terminals 21 to fit over the securing-flanges 13. There are two of these bars used, and each is applied by disposing it under the bases 5 until the angularterminals coincide with the slots 16, and when in this position the bar is pushed outwardly over the adjacent portion of the securing-flange until it abuts at opposite extremities against the stop-lugs 15, the beveled corners 17 facilitating such application. Each bar is operated in like manner, and when the bars are removed they are drawn toward the slots 16 and pushed downwardly. The distance between the inner walls of the slots 16 and the inturned ends of the hooked terminals 21 is such that the said hooked terminals will freely pass upwardly through the slots, tightly embracing the portions of the flanges 13 which they engage, and in addition to forming a material obstruction to the outward movement of the chair-sections away from the rails said coupling-bars reinforce the bases 5 under the baseflanges of the rails between the ties.

7 At any time desired the chair-sections may be removed when it is necessary to replace worn rails, and the abutting ends of the latter when the chair-sections are in engagement therewith are prevented from depressing, and thus avoid injury to the rolling-stock, and particularly car-wheels moving thereover as well as annoyance to the traveling public. The form of splice bar or coupling hereinbefore explained is also adapted to be employed in other devices where strength and durability are demanded, and the loosening effect of vibration is obviated.

To accommodate various applications, changes in the form, proportions, and minor details may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a rail-joint, the combination with rails, of chair-sections embracing the joint of said rails, each chair-section having a base, an upwardly-inclined inclosing flange and a reduced edge flange with a central slot, and couplingbars having angular terminals movable through the slots of the opposite sections and plicable to the securing-flanges through the slots in the latter.

3. In arail-joint, the combination with rails, of chair-sections embracing the joint of the rails and having outer side edge securingflanges with central slots and stop projections at each side of said slots, and coupling-bars having angular terminals applicable to the flanges through the slots and adapted to bear against the said projections.

i. In a rail-joint, the combination with rails, of chair-sections embracing the joint of the rails and having outer side edge securingflanges with central slots formed with beveled corners, and coupling-bars having angular terminals applicable to, and removable through, the said slots.

5. In a joint of the class set forth, the combination with rails, of chair-sections having inwardly-extending bases to embrace the baseflanges of the rails and inclosing flanges rising from the outer portions of the bases and extending inwardly and upwardly over the said base-flanges of the rails, one inclosing flange having an upstanding fish-plate member and the other provided with a locking projection with nut-recesses therein and a slot, a fishplate extending through the inclosing flange having the slot therein, and headed securingbolts passed through the fish-plate member and fish-plate and having nuts thereon held in the recesses of the nut-locking projection.

6. In a joint of the class set forth, the combination with rails, of chair-sections having inwardly-extending bases to embrace the baseflanges of the rails and inclosing flanges rising from the outer portions of the bases and'extending inwardly and upwardly over the said base-flanges of the rails, one inclosing flange having an upstanding fish-plate member and the other provided with a locking projection with nut-recesses therein and a slot, a fishplate extending through the inclosing flange having the slot therein, headed bolts inserted through the said fish-plate member, the railwebs and the fish-plate and having nuts seated in the recesses of the nut-locking projection, and coupling-bars embracing the opposite lower side edge portions of the chair-sections and snugly bearing against the under sides of the bases of the chair-sections.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK LIESKE.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. MORIARTY, ALFRED WEST.

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