US815762A - Rail-joint. - Google Patents

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' PATENTED MAR. 20, 1906@ N. SUMIC.` ,y RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY6, 1905. 4 K

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fish-bars joined together.

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I Application led July 6,1905. Serial No. 268,584. f

Be it known that I, NIoHoLAs SUMro, av citi# Zen of the United States of America, residing jat Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny' and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain vnew andw useful Improvements in Rail- Joints, of which the following is a specificahadV therein to the acanying drawings. I

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T s invention relates to certain new and vuseful improvements in rail-joints; and the invention has for its object the rovision of a novel form of fish-bar wherein t e use of nuts another and prevent the confronting ends of two rail-'sections from becoming displaced or spreadingupon the ties or road-bed supporting the same.

A further object of this invention is the provision of novel means for supporting the conj :fronting ends of two rail-sections, whereby the rails cannot become disjoined owing to the vibratory stresses or strains exerted upon the same by the rolling-stock. v

A still further object of thisy invention is to provide j a rail-joint which will be extremely simple in construction, strong and durable,

' comparatively inexpensive to manufacture,

and highly .efficient as ymeans lfor retaining the confronting ends of tworail-sections together. .y

The invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and, referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure l is a detail perspective view of one of myimproved fish-bars. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the opposite side of said fish-bar. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the adjoining shbar. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the opposite side of the adjoining fish-bar. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view of my improved Fig. 6 is avertical sectional view of a rail equipped with my improved iish-bars. `Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 7 7 of Fig. 5, and Fig. 8 is a similar view on the line 8 8 of Fig. 5.

-'To put my invention into practice, I construct my improved fish-bars whereby two vbases'of the rails are modate the base of a rail.

sh-barsused to connect two sections of rails togetherwill interlock with one another and form a substantial base-plate upon which the adapted to rest and be supported.

VIn Figs. 1 and 2v of the drawings I have illustrated oneof the fish-bars, which consists of a web Vportion 1, having an outwardlyextending base portion 2, carrying a base-l plate 3.- A particular feature of myinvention resides 1n theno'vel constructionA of the base-plate 3, and by referring'to Figs. 1l and 5 of the vdrawings it will be observed that the base-plate 8 is of a suiiicient width to accom- That portion of the base-plate lying upon the outer `side of the fish-bar is provided with apertures 4j to accommodate suitable spikes employed for securing-the Jiish-bar to cross-ties or the like road-bed. The {ish-plate is provided transversely with a central raisedportion 5, and theone edge ofthe base-plate 3-is slotted, as indicated at 6 6, to provide an outwardly-extending raised tongue 7, which, together with the ends 8 8 of the base-plate 3, are provided V'with aperturesA 9 to accommodate spikes or `tion 1, base portion 2', and a base-plate,

but in this instance the central portion 5 is countersunk,providing an outwardly-extend-` ing tongue 7 which, together with the ends 8 8 of the base 3', arey provided with apertures 9. The opposite edge of the baseplate 3 is also provided with apertures 4',

said apertures being employed in connection with spikes to retain t e fish-bars in close proximity to one another.

The manner of-joining the two rail-sections together by my improved fish-bars is as follows: The rail-sections to be connected together are placed upon the base-plate 3, the confronting ends of said Irail-sections resting upon the raised portion '5 of vsaid base-plate. The fish-bar illustrated in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings is now moved into engagement with the fish-bar illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings, the raised tongue 7 sliding into the groove l0, formed by the countersunk portion 5', and the ends 8 8 of the plate -3 moving over the ends 8 8 of the plate 3. In so placing the fish-bars the countersunk tongue 9a recedes into the groove 10', formed by the raised por- IIO will aline vertically with the aperture 4 of the countersunk portion 5. This is also true of the apertures 9 of the base 3, as the ends 8 8 of the base 3 slide under the ends 8 8 of the base 3 and the apertures of one base* alline with the apertures of its adjoining basep ate.

In Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive, of the drawings the relative position of the fish-bars when joined together is illustrated, this being true in connection with Figs. 7 and 8, where the relative positions of the raised and countersunk portions of the ish-bars is clearly ill ustrated. In connection with this construction it will be observed that it is impossible for one fish-bar to move longitudinallyT in respect to the other, the {ish-bars being interlocked by the raised and countersunk portions of the base-plates. The fish-bars are adapted to be locked in engagement with the rail-sections, which they support and join by the employment of spikes 1l 11 or the like fastening means; but in this connection I do not care to confine myself to the manner of vsecuring the ish-plates to their respective road-beds.

From the foregoing it will be observed that I have devised novel means for supporting the confronting ends of two adjoining railsections and for retaining them in such a position as to prevent any longitudinal or lateral movement of one rail-section independent of the other.

Vhile I have herein described the preferred manner of constructing my improved fishbars, it is obvious that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing Jfrom the general spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a rail-joint, the combination with two sections of rails, of fish-bars, base-plates carried by said fish-bars, the base-plate of one of said {ish-bars having a central raised portion and relatively depressed side porlions, the base-plate of the other of said fish-bars having a central countersunk portion and side portions elevated relatively to the central portion, said base-plates being adapted to interlock one within the other, means to secure said fish-bars together upon a suitable road-bed, substantially as described. y

2. Fish-bars of the character described, consisting of web portions having outwardlyextending base portions andA inwardly-extending base-plates carried by said base portions, onev of said base-plates having a central raised portion and relatively countersunk side portions formed therein and the other of said base-plates having a central depressed portion and relatively raised side portions, the said base-plates being adapted to interlock with one another, substantially as described.

3. A rail-joint comprising two {ish-bars, one of said fish-bars having a base-plate with a central raised portion and relatively depressed side portions, said raised central portion having a projecting tongue and said depressed side portions having tongues, the other of said islnbars having` a base-plate with a depressed central portion adapted to receive the tongue on the central portion of the irst-named fish-bar, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I a'HiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

NICHOLAS SUMIC.

I/Vi tn esses E. E. POTTER, C. KLos'rERMANN.

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