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US919577A
US919577A US40710007A US1907407100A US919577A US 919577 A US919577 A US 919577A US 40710007 A US40710007 A US 40710007A US 1907407100 A US1907407100 A US 1907407100A US 919577 A US919577 A US 919577A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B7/00—Connections of rods or tubes, e.g. of non-circular section, mutually, including resilient connections
    • F16B7/04—Clamping or clipping connections
    • F16B7/044—Clamping or clipping connections for rods or tubes being in angled relationship
    • F16B7/0446—Clamping or clipping connections for rods or tubes being in angled relationship for tubes using the innerside thereof
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
    • E04B1/18—Structures comprising elongated load-supporting parts, e.g. columns, girders, skeletons
    • E04B1/24—Structures comprising elongated load-supporting parts, e.g. columns, girders, skeletons the supporting parts consisting of metal
    • E04B1/2403—Connection details of the elongated load-supporting parts
    • E04B2001/2448—Connections between open section profiles
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T403/00—Joints and connections
    • Y10T403/46—Rod end to transverse side of member

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  • metal preferably copper.
  • This invention relates to bonds for electrically connecting the rails of a railway track, and it consists in a bond composed of laminations of copper or other suitable conducting metal, the ends of the bond being inclosed in a sheet metal terminal of peculiar construction, as hereinafter set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.
  • Figure 1 is a front elevation of a rail bond embodying my invention
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the terminals before its application to the bond
  • Fig. 3 is a cross-section of one of said terminals as applied to the bond and to the web of a rail.
  • the body of the bond is composed of a plurality of laminations 1 of good conductin material, preferably co per. This, as is wel known, forms a flexib e strip, which can be 'flexed at the middle, as at 2, to provide for relative movements of the ends of the two rails, due to vibration, expansion and contraction and other causes.
  • Each end of this body is inclosed in a terminal or cap of sheet
  • the cap has a base portion 3 adapted to lie flat against the web 4 of the rail, and preferably wider than the body of the bond so that it will extend beyond the same, forming flanges 5 above and below said body.
  • the base is also provided with a number of perforations 6 to permit the solder, 7, which unites the terminal to the rail, to flow freely into the terminal and between the laminations, as indicated in he cover ortion 8 of the terminal is formed. refera ly by doubling over the sheet of meta of which it is composed, thereby Specification of Letters Patent.
  • the cover is bent to conform to the size and shape of the body of the bond, fitting it closely, and terminating with a flange 5' which lies upon the other flange 5.
  • one or more integral ribs 9, running lengthwise of the cap is formed at some suitable point in the sheet which forms the terminal, and preferably in the base portion 3, so that it will extend between two of said laminations to the opposite side of the body, as indicated in Fig. 3.
  • the terminal is secured to the laminations by solder, and the intervening rib or ribs lying between pairs of said lammations not only gives increased electrical contact between the cap and the body, but materially strengthens the structure, and renders it less likel that the base of the cap will be pulled off tfie laminations.
  • the flanged base gives a broad surface between the terminal and the rail, and the erforations insure an interlock ing of the sofder which makes a strong joint.
  • a rail bond comprising a laminatedbody and a sheet metal cap inclosing an end thereof and having a perforated base, and a rib integral with said base and extending between two of said laminations.
  • a rail bond comprising a laminated body and a sheet metal ca inclosingone end thereof and having a per orated base, a. rib integral with said base and extending between two of said laminations, and flanges extending beyond the bod of said bond.

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G. H. HILL.
RAIL BOND.
APPLICATION FILED DEO.19,1907.
Patented Apr. 27, 1909.
INVENTEI R GEURGE H. HlLL. bY M WITNEZIFJEEI ATTY.
metal, preferably copper.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
GEORGE H. HILL, OF SOHENEOTADY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GENERAL ELECTRIC COM- PANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.
RAIL-EON D.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, GEORGE H. HILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Schenectady, county of Schenectady, State of New, York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Bonds, of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to bonds for electrically connecting the rails of a railway track, and it consists in a bond composed of laminations of copper or other suitable conducting metal, the ends of the bond being inclosed in a sheet metal terminal of peculiar construction, as hereinafter set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a rail bond embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the terminals before its application to the bond; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section of one of said terminals as applied to the bond and to the web of a rail.
The body of the bond is composed of a plurality of laminations 1 of good conductin material, preferably co per. This, as is wel known, forms a flexib e strip, which can be 'flexed at the middle, as at 2, to provide for relative movements of the ends of the two rails, due to vibration, expansion and contraction and other causes. Each end of this body is inclosed in a terminal or cap of sheet The cap has a base portion 3 adapted to lie flat against the web 4 of the rail, and preferably wider than the body of the bond so that it will extend beyond the same, forming flanges 5 above and below said body. The base is also provided with a number of perforations 6 to permit the solder, 7, which unites the terminal to the rail, to flow freely into the terminal and between the laminations, as indicated in he cover ortion 8 of the terminal is formed. refera ly by doubling over the sheet of meta of which it is composed, thereby Specification of Letters Patent.
Application filed December 19, 1907.
I Patented April 27, 1909.
Serial No. 407,100.
making one of the flanges of double thickness. The cover is bent to conform to the size and shape of the body of the bond, fitting it closely, and terminating with a flange 5' which lies upon the other flange 5.
At some suitable point in the sheet which forms the terminal, and preferably in the base portion 3, is formed one or more integral ribs 9, running lengthwise of the cap. The height of this rib is preferably about equal to the width of the laminations com-' posing the body, so that it will extend between two of said laminations to the opposite side of the body, as indicated in Fig. 3. The terminal is secured to the laminations by solder, and the intervening rib or ribs lying between pairs of said lammations not only gives increased electrical contact between the cap and the body, but materially strengthens the structure, and renders it less likel that the base of the cap will be pulled off tfie laminations. The flanged base gives a broad surface between the terminal and the rail, and the erforations insure an interlock ing of the sofder which makes a strong joint.
What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is,
1. A rail bond comprising a laminatedbody and a sheet metal cap inclosing an end thereof and having a perforated base, and a rib integral with said base and extending between two of said laminations.
2. A rail bond comprising a laminated body and a sheet metal ca inclosingone end thereof and having a per orated base, a. rib integral with said base and extending between two of said laminations, and flanges extending beyond the bod of said bond.
In witness whereof, I ave hereunto set my hand this 18th day of December, 1907.
GEORGE HIHILL.
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BENJAMIN B. HULL, HELEN ORFORD.-
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