US775738A - Guard-rail fastener. - Google Patents

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US775738A
US775738A US22147304A US1904221473A US775738A US 775738 A US775738 A US 775738A US 22147304 A US22147304 A US 22147304A US 1904221473 A US1904221473 A US 1904221473A US 775738 A US775738 A US 775738A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
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  • guard-rail fastener as in use.
  • Figure l is a plan view of my improved Fig. 2 is a section on line so 00, Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 is a plan of i the fastener-plate detached.
  • Fig. 4 is a plan of the brace detached.
  • This invention relates more particularly to the type of guard-rail fasteners shown and de.
  • brace-lug (hereinafter termed the brace) which is fastened to the plate C by means of rivets g, and its inner side is adapted to fit and abut against the side of the head, the web, and the foot of the guard-rail, as shown.
  • I provide the plate C with openings 0' and the brace /b with lateral base extensions 7b and forwardlyprojecting lugs k on its lower side.
  • the lugs 76 are passed into the openings 0, and when the brace is applied to the guard-rail B the lower forward ends of said lugs if extend under the foot of the rail, and the extensions 7L will rest upon the top of said foot, and spikes e are driven through openings if in the brace and spikes bearing upon the top of the extensions I it, as seen in Fig. 2.
  • the rail B will be held against tilting outwardly when stress is exerted in that direction against the side of the rail by the wheels of a train of cars.
  • the length of the lugs If is the same or a little less than that of the openings c in the plate, and thus the ends of the lugs abutting against the end wall of said openings serve to distribute the strain upon the spikes holding the fastener to the tie.
  • guard-rail fastener comprising the plate upon which the guard and main rails are adapted to rest, and the brace secured to said-plate,

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PATENTED NOV. 22, 1904.
D. F. VAUGHAN. GUARD RAIL FASTENER.
A'PPLIOATION FILED AUG. 20, 1904.
NO MODEL.
A TTORNEY.
, guard-rail fastener as in use.
ilNrrEn STATES Patented November 22, 1904.
ATENT rricn.
- GUARD-RAIL FASTENER- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 775,738, da ed November 22, 1904.
Application filed August 20, 1904. Serial No. 221,473. [No model.) i
To all whom, it Wuty concern.-
doniield, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guard-Rail Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, of which Figure l is a plan view of my improved Fig. 2 is a section on line so 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan of i the fastener-plate detached. Fig. 4 is a plan of the brace detached.
This invention relates more particularly to the type of guard-rail fasteners shown and de.
scribed in Letters Patent of the United States No. 56 L350, granted to me July 21, 1896; and the object of the present invention is to render the construction and operation of such fastener more perfect.
The precise nature of the improvement will clearly appear from the following description, in connection with the drawings, in which the same reference-letters are used to denote the same parts as are used in my said patent.
C is the fastener-plate, upon which rests when the device is in use the main rail A and the guard-rail B, said plate and rails being secured to the tie by means of spikes c, c, and f h is a brace-lug (hereinafter termed the brace) which is fastened to the plate C by means of rivets g, and its inner side is adapted to fit and abut against the side of the head, the web, and the foot of the guard-rail, as shown.
In carrying out my improvement I provide the plate C with openings 0' and the brace /b with lateral base extensions 7b and forwardlyprojecting lugs k on its lower side. In securing the brace to the plate 0 the lugs 76 are passed into the openings 0, and when the brace is applied to the guard-rail B the lower forward ends of said lugs if extend under the foot of the rail, and the extensions 7L will rest upon the top of said foot, and spikes e are driven through openings if in the brace and spikes bearing upon the top of the extensions I it, as seen in Fig. 2.
While I prefer to make the outer wall of the opening F for the spike e inclined and stepped, as shown in my said patent, such construction is not essential.
It will be seen that as the foot of the rail extends between the projecting end of the lugs [b and the end portion of the brace the rail B will be held against tilting outwardly when stress is exerted in that direction against the side of the rail by the wheels of a train of cars. Preferably the length of the lugs If is the same or a little less than that of the openings c in the plate, and thus the ends of the lugs abutting against the end wall of said openings serve to distribute the strain upon the spikes holding the fastener to the tie.
I remark that the side extensions 72 of the brace may sometimes be dispensed with. In such case the heads of the spikes a would rest directly upon the foot of the guard-rail. I further remark that I would sometimes provide the plate C with the slot for the passage of the spike 71: for the main rail A, as in my aforementioned patent.
Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The guard-rail fastener comprising the plate upon which the guard and main rails are adapted to rest, and the brace secured to said-plate,
and whose inner end is adapted to fit against the side of the head, web, and upper side of the foot of the guard-rail, and having the for wardly-extending lugs entered in slots in said plate, and adapted to underlie the foot of the rail, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Intestimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature this 18th day of August, A. D. 1904:.
DAVID F. VAUGHAN.
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