US774401A - Rail. - Google Patents

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PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904. H. B. SUTLIFF. RAIL.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 28, 1904.

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HENRY B. SUTLIFF, OF RAVENNA, OHIO.

TRAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,401, dated November 8, 1904.

Application filed March 28, 1904.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY B. SUTLIFF, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Ravenna, in the county of Portage and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rails, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railways, and particularly to a class thereunder known as rails.

An object of this invention is .to produce a rail in which the tread-surface or head of the rail can be changed with relation to the base and web, the said head being reversible in order that each edge of the rail may be placed in position to receive the wear incident to its use. By this arrangement I prolong the period of durability of the rail-head, while eliminating any wear'on the base and web, so that a base and-web may be employed for practically an indefinite period.

A further object of this invention is to obviate the necessity of removing the spikes or anchoring means whereby the said base is secured to the cross-tie, thus doing away with the perforation of the said cross-tie which occurs when the spikes or anchoring means are withdrawn or applied. By this means the period of usefulness of the cross-tie is prolonged, as the base of the rail is not disturbed until such time as the cross-tie deteriorates to such a degree as to be unsafe.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means for retaining the head of the rail in relation to the web of the rail and the means thereon for bracing the head; and the invention further contemplates the provision of means for breaking the joints of the head and base, so that the joints of the head will lie intermediately of the joints of the base and web, thus strengthening the structure, obviating the use of fish-plates, and otherwise improving on rails now in general use.

Finally, an object of the invention is to provide a rail of the character noted which will possess advantages in points of-eflicienoy and durability and proving at the same time comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and maintain.

IVith the foregoing and other objects in Serial No. 200,483. \No model.)

view the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a View in elevation, showing several sections of rails. Fig. 2 is a top plan View thereof. Fig. 3 is, a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the detached head of the rail. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the base and its web. Fig. 6 is a view in elevation of a slightly-modified construction. Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the base of a rail, and 2 the web thereof, the said web having flanges forming shoulders 3, extending from end to end of the rail, the said flanges being approximately centrally of the height of the web. The web above the flanges has a series of slots 4 for the reception of the securing means comprising bolts 5, which run through the flanges 6 of the head 7, the said flanges being provided with apertures 8 for the reception of the said bolts 5. The slots 4: are provided for the purpose of permitting expansion and contraction of the rails. The head 7 has its two sides uniform in order that the base of the head with relation to the web may be reversed in order to permit either side to face inwardly with relation to the track, that each side of the rail may be utilized. The flanges 6 are formed by channeling the head on its under side 'to produce a longitudinal slot which receives the upper portion of the web above the ribs, the flanges 6 resting onthe shoulders 3 and the top of the web resting against the upper wall of the channel of the head. From an inspection of Fig. 3 the joint of the web and head will be seen, and it will be observed thatthe interlocking parts so contact as to prevent any undue play or vibration of the head.

It is my purpose to break the joints of the head-sections with relation to the joints of the base-sections in order that the joint 9 of the said head may be intermediate of the joints 10 of the base, and it is furthermore my purpose to have the meeting ends of the head beveled on an angle of approximately forty-five degrees, (45 as shown in Fig. 2, in order that the wheels of the rolling-stock traveling over the rail may pass over one rail-section and to the other without encountering the joint at right angles to the direction of travel of the said wheels, thus preventing the battering of the rail ends.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6 the construction is very similar to that shown in the other figures of the drawings except that the flanges A are broken to form seats for the depending lugs B, which depending lugs have apertures for the reception of the bolts C, which pass through the said lugs and through the web of the rail for holding the head. in place. The head D of this construction is similar to the head heretofore described in that it is reversible and the joint E is beveled. In this construction, where the head rests on the flanges and the lugs depend below the flanges, an unusually elfective joint is produced which will be found to possess advantages in many uses.

Having fully described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a rail of the character described, a base and web, flanges projecting from the-sides of the web forming shoulders, a rail-head having a channel to receive the upper part of the of March, 190%.

web, the flanges of said head resting on the shoulders of the web and bolts run through the flanges and web.

2. In a rail of the character described, a base and web, flanges projectingfrom the sides of the web forming shoulders, a rail-head having a channel to receive the upper part of the web, the flanges of said head resting on the shoulders of the web, the abutting ends of the head having beveled joints, and bolts run through the flanges and web.

3. In a rail of the character described, a base and web, flanges projecting from the sides of the web forming shoulders, a reversible head having its two edges of the same contour and having a channel to receive the upper part of the web, the flanges of said head resting on the shoulders of the web, the abutting ends of the head having beveled joints, and bolts run through the flanges and web.

4. In a rail, a base and web, flanges on the web forming shoulders, the said flanges being broken to form spaces between the ends of the sections of the flanges, ahead having lugs depending between the ends of the sections of the flanges and bolts for binding the lugs to the web.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 24th day HENRY B. SUTLIFF. Witnesses:

H. M. VVRIGHT, N. G. Fox.

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