US915423A - Rail-fastening. - Google Patents

Description

JAMES MIKE FOUNTAIN, or Eier MACON, esoneri.

RAIL-FAS TENBNG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

lPatented March 16, 1909.

Application vfiled November 25, 1908. Serial No. 464,399.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JAMEs MIKE FOUN- TAIN, citizen of the United States, residing at East Macon, in the county of Bibb and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a combined angle bar, tie plate, and rail brace, for connecting and supporting the joints of railway rails, and has for its object to provide an improved device of the kind, which will provide a strong and stout fastening adapted for connecting the ends of two rails and for holding the same on the ties, and which will brace the meeting ends of the rails and give-the beneiit of a combined tie plate and brace.

' The nature of the invention will morefully appear from the following description and the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of one side Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the other side; Fig. 3 is an end view ,Figa 4 is a cross section' on the line 4-4 of Fig. l; Fig. 5 is a plan view of one section or art'of the device removed from the rails; ig. 6 is a plan viewof the complete structure.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the rail ends are indicated at 6, the rails being of the usual form and construction. The joint and brace consist of two parts, each including a lish plateor angle plate, and' one including a pair of tie plates, and the other including race devices which are secured to the tie plates when the parts are assembled.

The fish plate on one side is indicated at 7 and on the other side at 8. Theseare'rnade in the form of angle plates the upper edges of which contact with the under side of the head ofthe rail, and the lowerflanges of which rest or lie upon the upper surface of the rail base. f The angle bar 8 is madeintegral with two ltie plates 9 andlO which project inwardly under the rail base, which rests thereon,` and these tie plates have depending cross ribs 11 which v'sink into the ties when the plates are ap vlied thereto.- As stated, these'plates are ormed integral' with the angle ar- 8. Holes 12 arepr'ovid'ed to re t ive the spikes onone side 'and holes 13 are provided to vreceive the spikes onthe other side and at the ell/dof the tie plates` opposi to the angle bar 8 they have an upward projecting lip 14 the inner edge 15'of whi is inc e The angle bar 7 on the oppo side of the rail is provided with exten.w

A rail fastening comprising twol sectie one consisting of an ang A projecting inwardly from4 the lower fi 16 at its lower edge or flange, projecting outwardly and horizontally to rest upon the tie plates 9 and 10 'and to match therewith. These extensions 16 have spike holes 17 which, when the parts are assembled, regis-- ter with the spike holes 13. The outer edge 18 of the extensions is beveled or inclined, and when the parts are assembled rests against the inclined edge 15 on the lip of theV .tie plates, producing a wedge effect or action when the parts are placed together, the angle bar 7 being slid in'le'nthwise. This angle bar is also provided solid rail braces 19 which lie or are located between the extensions 16' and the upper flange oi' the angle bar, thereby bracing the angle bar and forming a solid structure..

, In assembling the parts the angle bar 8 and the tie plates formed integral therethfale placed on the joint, with the tie plates 'under the rails and resting on the ties/ The angle bar 7 is then applied or slid 'fn lengthwise and hammered up .to position, nd the wedge action above described forces' the an le barsi` together and clamps the rail l'ends t erebetween` The .spikes are thendriven, and as they pass on one side through pthe holes 17 and 13,.the two sections of the joint are iirmly fastened together and the parts all clamped against the-rails. find the usual bolts are also inserted through holes in the'angle bars and the webs of the rails, as indicated at 21;

The plates rest on the ties adjacent the joint ofthe rails, and the ribs 11 being forced into the ties prevent creeping' of the chairs and consequently the rails and also assist in holding the parts in position. The usb of independent devices for preventing creeping of the rails is therefore obvia ted. To separate the joint, it is necessary to first take out the bolts 21 and tpe spikes in 'the holes 17 and then knock out he tie plate 7 Vendwise, thereby loosening the-wedge and permitting the rails 'to be lifted out; and to do this it is not necessary to remove the tie plates or take out the spikes on the other side. Although shown in. connection with a rail joint,the invention may obviously be used in other positions along the rail. When applied-toa joint, it forms the conplete joint, tie plate, andrail brace,A and w' be found very eilective for the purposeintended p.- l claim:

e bar with tie p .thereof'andhaving spike holes and also haw' action, to force the angle bars against the -in inclined lips at their free ends, and the rails when the parts are assembled. 10 o t er consisting of an angle bar having pro- In testimony whereof, I affix my signature jeetions extending outwardly and having in presence of two witnesses. spike holes which register Withv said holes JAMES MIKE FOUNTAIN. lwhen -the parts are assembled, and also'pro- Witnesses.:

,vided with inclined edges attheir outer ends O. C. HANCOCK,

adapted to fit against said lips with s wedge W. B. HARDIE.

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