US843918A - Railway-rail joint. - Google Patents

Description

No.'843,918. PATENTED FEB.12',1907.'

J. c. WALLACE.

RAILWAY RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2 ,1906.

JAMES c. WALLACE, or enliven, cotosiin No. seems.

. improvements in Railway-Rail Joints; and l do declare the following to be a full, clear,

voi the class set forth in Le to beer against the rails, whereby the and exact description cf the invention, sucl es will ena-bleothers skilled in the art to which it epperteins to make eml use. the same, reference being had to the accompenying'drewings, end to the letters and. figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification;

My invention relates to rsilw y-reil. joints Patent No.

731,638, dated June 23, $95? My present ll'lVtIlt-ML. is en struction shownin the replacing of another.

in the construction in n y storesconsidemblc diiiiculty has been in applying the same to is already ieid, since the joint is an integral device. Another dilliculty experienced by the use of the construction covered by the eior patent is due to the feet that in order to n'iel'ze the joints tight upon the rails they would have to be constructed it so closely that some of the rails would not enter, owing to 3V slight diil'erence in the size oi dili'erent rails. Hence my present improvement provides means for doing away with this di'lliculty, and consists oi the use of set-bolts or machinescrews in connectien with loch-nuts, the said bolts being threaded in the joint and made ietter \Cixllfi mcy be held tigi tly within the joint, the rails without the bolts would lit loosely.

iieving brieily outlined my improvements, as well the function they intended to perform, l will proceed to describe tin same in detail, IGiWfiIl-JE being made to the ec conipcnying ings, in wh' en embodiment thereof.

In the drawings, Figure l is e. perspective view of my device shown in connection with two rails, the latter being shown in dotted lines. in this view the removable member of the rail-joint is detached. Fig. 2 is a. perspective view oi the removable member ,h is illustrated quite Specification of Letters Patent Application filed Jenuarv 26, 1906. Serial No. 297.959..

RsHLWAYe-RML denier.

, .Pat'ented Feb. is, 1907.

open at its opposite ends to receive the rails 6, which abut against a stop 7. with which the rail-joints are provided. Thisstop is formed integral with the larger member of. the device. The removable member, which I will designete by the numeral 8, cooperates with the larger member to complete the rail-joint 'on one side of the stop. it is connected with the base of the larger member by meen:-. of stud-bolts 9, which pess throngh lugs 10, formed on the member 8, and cooperating: lugs 12, formed on the base of the larger member. If it is desired to apply or these devices to the rails of a track already laid, it would only be necessary to remove the spileesol' the rails suiiicientiy to-ellow one rail to be pushed in one direction end the other in the opposite direction suiiiciently toiepply the larger member to the end oi 'one rail, The other rail could thenhe thrown into position. Then by applying the member 8 the joint will be complete.

The rail-joint is provided on opposite sides with threaded openings adapted to receive set-bolts 14, which when screwed to position engage the flanges of the rails 6 and press the letter downwardly against the base oi the joint. ,Then by turning the lock-nuts 3.3, which are threaded on the bolts, to cause them to engage the joint on the outside the bolts will be held securely in the adjusted position.

From the fiiregoing description the use and operation of my improved device wiil e readily understood. In laying new track oi course the body or larger member of the t would be applied to one end of e reii, which the other end is pieced in position, the two ediecent ends abutting against the stop 7, while the flanges oi the device cngege the web of the rail on opposite sides. in laying new track the removable member 8 may, if desired, be left in place, since the mi? end may be inserted in the'joint'af designate my improved ter the shown in deteil. Fig.3 is 2. top view of the complete joint applied to a pair of rails.

letter is applied to the other rail Howthe old joint may be removed and a new one snpplicd'withvery little difliculty. It will he understood that it will be quite easy after removing a number of the spikes (not shown) which hold two abutting rails in p ace to move these rails laterally sulIi-g eiently to make it entirely practicable to apthe joint, assuming that the removable -ihjember is detached After the rail ends I are n osition the removable member may be ly-and easily. applied.

, aving thus described my invention, what I. claim .is

-;.side, said plate being of a length equal to the I. A rail-jointcomprising a device shaped to conform to the shape of the rails and open at, both ends to receive the rail extremities to be joined, the device being open at the top allow the to of the rail to roject above, and closed at t e bottom, whic 1 forms a support for the rail, the said device being provided with a removable angle-plate on one I 'length'of one of the railends inclosed by the joint.

2, A rail-joint comprising a device shaped to conform to the shape of the rails and open at both endsto receive the rail extremities to seams be joined, the joint including a removableangle-plate on one side, said plate being of a 1 length equal to the length or one of the rail 1 ends inclosed by the joint, and bolts threaded in the joint and whose inner extremities engage the flanges of the rails for the purpose set forth.

3. A rail-joint comprising a device open at both extremities to receve the rail ends, the said device being provided'on one side with a removable angle-plate ofn length equal to the joint.

4. A rail-joint of the class described com- .Witnesses;

DENA NELSON, .A. J. QBRIEN length of one of the rail ends inclosed by the prising a device open at both ends to receive

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