US825656A - Rail-joint. - Google Patents

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PATENTBD JULY 10, 1906.

H. R. JOHNSON.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1906.

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RAVIL-JOINTJ go; 825,656,. 2 1 V I Speciiihation of Letters Paten tl,

Application filed March 7, 1906. Serial No. 30 2 7311 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY R. JonNsoN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Carnegie, in the County of-Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail- "Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and .useful improvements in rail-joints; and the invention has for its primary object the provision of novel means for securing the confronting ends of two sections of rails together without the use of nuts and bolts, splice-bars, or fish-platesl Another object of this invention is to pro vide a rail-joint having a continuous tread which will dispense with the 'arring of rollingstock passing over the joint etween two sections of rails.

A further object of this invention is to provide a rail-joint which will be extremely simple in construction, strong and durable, coinplaratively inexpensive to manufacture, and

'ghly efficient when in use.

With the above and other objects in view, which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the sa'me'consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and, referring to the drawings accompanying this application, lik numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutboth views, in which Figure 1 is a erspective View of the confronting ends oftwo sections of rails, illustrating the construction of said rails to form a joint. broken away, illustrating .the confronting ends of two sections of rails joined together. To put my invention into practice, I use the ordinary type of rails 1 and 2 commonly employed in railwa construction for forming tracks over whic 1 rolling-stock is, adapted to travel. splice-bars, and shlates I construct a rail '2 whereby its end wi l fit over the end of the rail 1 and form practically a continuous tread. To this end I cut away the head 3 of the rail 1,

leaving a web portion 4, which, together with the base fianges' 5 5, is cutaway, as indicated at-6 6, formin seats for the adjoining railsection 2. The ase-flanges 7 7 formed by cutting away the flanges 5 5, are provided with a together. to become lat Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly- In dis ensing with nuts and bolts,

plurality of apertures or openings .8, which ar, as desired.

3 tion of rail 2 has the underneath face of its aase fiange 9 cut away, as at 10 10, while its web portion 11 is-provided with a vertically-disposed slot 12, extending upwardly into the head 14 of the rail,2, as at 15. The base-flanges 16 16, formedby cutting away the flanges .9 9, are provided witlra plurality of a ertures or openings 17 of' the same size as t e openings or apertures 8 of the rail 1.

In cutting away the head 3 of the rail 1 I provide the end of the head 3 with an inclined or beveled face 17 and conespondingly bevel or incline the head 14 of the rail 2, as at 18, whereby when the rails l and 2 are placed together the inclined or beveled faces 17 and 18 of said rails will coincide.

The rail-head 14 is ada ted to fit upon the rail 1, the web portion 4.- o" the rail 1 engaging in the slot 15 of the rail 2, While the flanges 16 16 of the rail 2 I650 upon the flanges 7 7 of the railI-l. Spikes or the like fastening means 19 are often employed for securing the rails 1 and 2 together,- said spikes passing through the apertures or openings 17 of the rail 2 and the apertures or openings 8 of the rail 1 firmly locking the rail 2 upon. the rail 1-.

The overlapping end of the rail 2 is adapted to fern-fa continuous tread between the heads 3 and 14' of said rails, and the beveled, Orin inclined faces 17 and 18 of said rails are adapted 'to revent the rail 2 from rising irrespec tive o the rail. 1 when. said rails are secured may be circular or rectangih The ad oining p disp aced-relative to the other, and expan. ..en and contraction of said rails Wlll be permitted by making the openpermit of movement irrespective of the spikes 19 or 61611168118 employed for holding the rails in engagement with the ties 20 and 21.

a .webportions l'andthebaseflanges 5 of the rails 1 and 2 I am e'habled to maintain a smooth and even connection between the rails 1 and 2 when the rail 2 is placed inengagenient with the rail 1, thisbeing especially true of the heads 3 and 14 of said rails.

Whzitl claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A rail-joint, consisting of rail ends, one. of which is provided with a slot extending the entire depth of the rail-flange, andinto the.

rail-head, said rail end having the under- .ltwill be im .ossible for one railings 8 and 1'1" oi said rails of a sufhcient s1 ze to 7 neath face of the rail-base out away and the being inclined at reverse angles whereby the flanges of said base provided with apertures, ends of said treads will match when the rail the other rail end having its tread cut away ends are engaged and securing-spikes passed for a distance e ualto the length of the slot through said apertures.

5 in the first-mentioned rail end, and-having the In testimony whereof I affiX my signature I 5 4 upper face of the flanges forming the railin the presence of two Witnesses.

base cut away", said flanges provided with ap HARVEY R. JOHNSON ertures registering With the first-mentioned Witnesses: apertures when the rails are matched to- E. E. POTTER,

- 1o gether, the adjacent ends of the rail-treads v M. E. LAWSON.

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