US835325A - Railway-track rail. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906.

G. J. ROUSE. RAILWAY TRACK RAIL. APPLIOATION FILED JULY?, ipoe.

GEORGE J. Ronse; `or GAYS, ILLINoIs.

RAILWAY-TRACK BAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. e, i906.

i Application filed `[lilly 7, 1906. Serial No. 325,184.

i `To `ar/ZZ whom it, may concern;

' Be it known that I, GEORGE J. Rouen, a

` citizen of the United States of America,jre

siding at Gays, inthe county of Moultrie and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Track Rails, of

` which the followin is a specification.

`My invention re ates to improvements in the constructionof railway-tracks, and particularly to improvements inthe construction of rails therefor.

l :Themainobject of theinvention isthe production of arail structure whereby the rails i of a track will be securely held and more rmly supported to sustain the same against both vertical and lateral strains, so as to effectually prevent the rails from spreading or becoming displaced or depressed at the joints,

j thus effectually .obviating the objections to tracks and rails of ordinary construction.

A further obj ect ofthe invention is to profvidemeans whereby the rails, while made of convenient length for assemblage and transportation, are designed to be connected in such a manner as'to form a practically continuous track which obviates the use of ish- `plates and other like joint connections to old them lconnected and support them `against the strains to which they are subjected under the weight of the rolling-stock. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is i a side elevation ofa section of a continuous iss j sectiononthe line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Csimilarview on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

track-rail embodying my invention. Fig. 2

`is a longitudinal section through adjoining railsof the track. Fig. 3 isa vertical cross- Fig. 4 vis a Fig. 5

i is a detail view, showing the construction of facoperating pair of clamps.

j In carrying my invention into practice in the production of a continuous track-rail I rovide rails consisting of sections 1 and 2.

" lhe section 1 constitutes a tread-section conforming Ingenera'l appearance and construc- 1 i ing a head 3, a web 4, and a supportingase j `5. In accordance with my invention the web tion with a commercialrail, to wit, com ris- `4 is bifurcated or formed with a longitudinal channel, groove, or mortise extending continuously through the section 1, while the base 5 is composed of two outwardly and opipositely extending flanges 7 and 8, forminga Ollow base, the outer edges of the flanges being downturned, as shown at 9, to rest upon the ties or sleepers 10. I Each inner or reinforcing rail-section 2 com rises a base 11, having an upwardly exten ing or vertical longitudinal web or tongue 12. The. rail-sections are coeXtensive in length with each other and with an ordinary commercial rail, and the base 11 is of proper size and form to occupy the hollow base 5, while the Web 2 is adapted to correspondin ly fit within the channel or mortise 6. j

n the operation of assembling the rails to form a track the sections 2 are first laid upon Y..

the ties in longitudinal alinement in the ordinary manner and the tread-sections 1 engaged therewith and fastened in the manner hereinafter described. The inner or reinforcingr sections 2 are disposed so as to break joint with the sections 1, or7 in other words, so

that each section 2 will extend from a point midway of one of the tread-rails acrossthe joint between it'and an adjacent rail and to a point midwayr of the length of the latternamed rail, this construction being carried out throughout the length of the-track. Hence the rail-sections 2 will cross the joints between the tread-sections l, and, as the two sets of rail-sections are arranged in abutting relation, a practically continuous track-rail will be provided in which the inner rail-sections will be so dis osed as to prevent both depression and si ewise movement of the abutting ends of the tread-rails and operate to stay and hold the tread-rails from movement in any direction under the weight of the rolling-stock and pressure of the wheels thereof. The fianges of the base of the sections 1 fit over the bases 11 of the sections 2,

and the base portions of both sets of rail-sections rest upon the ties and are preferably made wider than the base of an ordinary rail to secure greater stability to resist turning over of the rails from pressure of the ianges of the wheels. The endsof the sections 1 may be secured to the underlyin the portions 9 of the flanges ,7 and 8 being preferably notched to receivethe Shanks of the spikes in the customary manner. These spikes will be sufficient to retain said rail-sections in place without the use of fish-plates, bolts, and other similar fastenin s, as the joints ofthe tread-sections are rein orced and held from movement by the inner rail-sections. The sections 1 and 2 are held inassembled relation at suitable intervals, preferably between the ties, by clamps 14 and 15, each comprising a base 16 to extend under theportions 9 and outer edges of the flanges ties by ordinary spikes 13,

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of the base 11, and a jaw 17 to hook over the flange 7 or 8, as the case may be. Each clamp` is further 'provided with a depending lug 18, the lug of the clamp 14 being formed with a rectangular opening and the lug of the clamp 15 with a round opening to respectively receive the squared and threaded portions of the shank of a connecting tie-bolt 19, provided with a securing-nut 20. This bolt holds the pair of clam s assembled and in en-V proved rail with the commercial rail through the use of the ordinary oint-fastening.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A track-rail comprising outer rail-sections of commercial form, each having a hollow base and a longitudinal groove through the web thereof, and inner rail-sections, each provided with a base to iit within the base of the outer rail-section and a web to occupy the 'groove in the web of said outer section, the

form havin a head, a hollow base composed of outward y-eXtending flanges and a ifur- 4o cated web forrnin a longitudinal groove communicating wit the hollow base, and inner or reinforcing rail-sections, each comprising a base adapted to lit in the hollow base of the tread-sectlons and a web to iit the groove 45 or channel of the bifurcated web, the inner rail-sections being arranged to break joint with the tread-sections.

3. In a track structure, the combination of ties, a track-rail comprising interfitting outer 5o or tread and inner or reinforcing sections arranged to break joint, said sections having base portions, one receiving the other, clampin devices engaging said base portions and holding the rail sections connected, and 5 5 means for fastening' the outer rail-sections to the ties.

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

GEORGE J. ROUSE.

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