US921965A - Rail-end angle-bar. - Google Patents

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UNITED sTATgs PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. ELLIS, OF OKLAHOMA(l RAIL-END ANGLE-BAR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM (l. ELLIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at llobart, in the county of Kiowa and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail- End Angle- Bars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object an improved construction of rail end angle bar or fastening device designed particularly for the abutting ends or joints of railway rails, and the invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that l shall .hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding ol the invention and the merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and to the accompanying drawing, in which latter:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a rail fastener constructed in accordance with the principles of my invention; Fig. 2 is a trailsverse sectional view thereof on the line l1-r of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail inner perspective view of one angle bar, a ortion of one tongue being broken away; am Fig. 4 is an outside perspective view of one of the angle bars.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

In carrying out my invention, l provide a air of my improved angle bars for each Ajoint of the rails, said bars being designed to e applied to the opposite sides of the rails and securely clamped together by meansV hereinafter described so as to tightly hold the rails, and each of said angle bars is preferably an integral structure of cast or forged steel, or similar metal, the two bars of each pair being preferably formed in rights and lefts, for reasons that will hereinafter be made obvious.

Each angle bar com risesl a preferably solid web engaging mem er 1 designed to fit against the web of the rails and preferably provided with beveled upper and lower faces 2 so that as the web engaging members are compressed against the side of the rails, they will enter with a wedge-like action between the head and base flange thereof. Each angle bar also embodies a base flange engaging member 3 which extends out from the web engaging member l and over and upon the upper surface of the base flange ofthe rail Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 20, 1908.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Serao. 433,970.

and thence extends downwardly over the outeriedgezof said flange and inwardly underneath Lthe rail, as clearly illustrated in the drawing;Y 'f

In order to securely clamp these two angle barstogether and to hold them compressed tightlyagainst o posite sides of the rail ends and in order to a so secure a very tight joint and a relatively broad bearing surface for the com ressing members, I form each angle bar in tie present instance with a pair of s aced jaws 4 that project outwardly and ownwardly from the outer face of the web engaging member 1, and thence inwardly underneath the rails, to meet corres ending jaws VV,of the opposite angle bar. Phe eX- tremities of one pair of jaws are formed with grooves as indicated at 5, while the extremities of the opposite aws are formed with tongues 6 to enter said grooves. Each jaw is also formed with a slot 7 and each angle bar is provided with a pair of s aced and inwardly extending tongues 8 tiat referably project in substantial slinementwit the ijaws 4 and that project out from the edge o the base flange engaging member 3, the tongues of one angle bar being designed to project through the slots 7 that are formed in the jaws of the opposite bar. Each tongue 8 is formed with an opening 9 and the parts are so proportioned and arranged that when the inner extremities of the jaws 4 meet and abut against each other underneath the rails, the tongues 8 will project far enough through the slots 7 to admit of the partial insertion of wedges 10. n" t ffpractioal ap lication of my improved angle bars, vit wi l be understood that two of them are applied, a rivht and a left, at the abutting ends of the rai s, with the web engaging members 1 fitting against the webs of the rails, and the members 3 enga ing the flanges and eXtendinJr underneath t e rails. The parts are move( toward each other in this relation until the inner ends of the jaws 4 abut underneath the rails, whereupon it will be understood that the ends of the tongues 8 will project through the slots 7 far enou h to expose a ortion of the openings 9. T e locking we ges 1() are then driven firmly into the openings 9, by a spike driving Inaul, or other tool, until the desired compression is obtained, it being understood that the jaws 4 are sufficiently yielding to ermit the inward compression of the mem ers 1 against the sides of the rails. After the demateriau? LVW wlw. I

sired compression has been effected, the with slots, and a pair of inwardly extending wedges 10 are securely locked in position by means of headed keys 12 that are driven through any one of a series of openings 11 5 formed in the wedges and are then bent or otherwise clenched in the wedges to prevent the accidental loosening or displacement thereof.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided a very simple7 strong and light construction of rail end anvle bar that may be easily applied to the en s of railway rails and quickly secured in position to effect a forcible im ression against the sides of the rails to hold t em securely in place alinement with each other.

Having'thus described the invention., what is claimed as new is:

1. A rail fastener comprisin a pair of angle bars, each angle bar embo yin j a web, I

a wedge engaging member, a pair o s aced jaws projecting first outwardly and t ence inwardly and designed to extend underneath the rails, the extremities of one pair of jaws being designed for abutting engagement with the corresponding extremities of the opposite jaws, said jaws being formed j spaced tongues formed on cach angle bar and designed. to extend under thc rails and to project through the slots in the opposite jaws, and means for holding said tongues in said slots.

A rail fastener comprisiwr a pair of angle bars, each of which embodies a wedge engaging member, a base flange engaging member, a pair ol' spaced 'aws exten ing outwardly and thence inwardly, the extremities of said jaws being adapted to project underneath the rails and designed to abut against the corresponding extremities of the jaws on the opposite angle bar, each of said jaws being provided with a slot, and a pair of spaced tongues projecting inwardly from the inner edge of each base flange engaging member and designed to project throu l1 the slots in the opposite jaws, and means or holding said tongues in said slots.

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

HENRY N. ELLls, C. C. HoToHKiss.

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