US922231A - Rail splice and brace. - Google Patents

Description

R. L. ABERNATHY.

RAIL $1 1101: AND BEACH. APPLICATION FILED APR. 4. 190s. ggg gg 1 D Patented May 18, 1909.

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RAIL SPLICE AND BBACE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18,1909.

Application filed April 4, 1908. Serial No. 425,237.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Roscoe L. Annu- KATHY, a citizen of the United States, residing at East St. Louis, in the county of St.

5 Clair and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail Splices and Braces, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement and braces designed particularly for connectin and bracing the meeting ends of railroad rails.

The main object of the present invention is the provisionof a railbrace and splice in 1 5 which an auxiliary railis utilized as a brace and splice member, a chair platebeing connected to'the auxiliary rail to underlie the base flanges of the track rails.

The invention will .be described in the following specification, r'eference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a transverse sectional View through a splice and brace connection constructed in accordance with my improvement. Fig. '2 is a plan of the same partly in section.

Referring particularly to the accoin 'miiying drawings, my improved rail splice and brace comprises a base plate or chair 1, preferably a flat plate of suflicient length to underlie the ineetin ends of the railroad rails 2 and extending some distance in each direction beyond the juncture of said rails. lhe chair plate is also ofinaterially greater width than the base flanges 3 of the main rails, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. In conjunction with the chair plate l. utilize what I term a brace rail in the particulars hereinafter noted .is of the same sectional configuration as the maiiirail. The brace rail differs from the main rail in having its tread portion 5 of sonicuhat less height than the tread portion or ,ball of the inain rail and in dispensing ni-tlroneof the lateral extensions of the baselhinge, having but a single extension or base flange *6 arranged wholly at one side of the web 7 ol' the brace-rail, the'opposing side of the web in aliiienient with t ic flange extension 6 being formed with a comparatively narrow extensionS, which,togethcr with the base flange in alineincnt with. the web 7, is under nut to provide a recess 9, all as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The undercut portion J of the brace rail extends throughout the length of said rail, and

ture of the rail ends to be 4 which rail except flanges, the bolts 13,

' is designed to receive and fit one 3 base flange 3 of the main rail.

medium of rivets 10 countersunk in the under surface of the chair plate to avoid. projection, the brace rail being arranged to dis pose the free edge of its flange 6 in alinenient with one edge of the chair late.

In use the brace and sp ice connection of this improvement is applied to the main railsl so as to dispose the brace rail and chair plate l equally extended beyond the meeting uncbraced. in this position the chair plate will underlie the meeting ends of said rails and the base flange extensions on one side of said rails will.

be engaged in the undercut recess 9 of the -brace rail. T he relatively inner edge of the tread ortion 5 of the brace rail will snugly abut t e proximate surfaces of the tread portions 2 of the main rails, thereby effectively bracing" the rails at the tread portions.

In conjunction with the joint described I use an ordinary iishplate 11 to be secured to the relatively outer side of the tread portion of the main rails, in the usual manner. The fish plate 11 and rails are secured in place by bolts 13 extending through said plates and main and brace rails, and between the web portions of said rails and corresponding in number to the number of boltsused l rovidc blocks 14, preferably of steel or the fike, which are of a sectionai contour to snugly lit'the space between the brace and main rails, bearing thereby against the web portions of the brace and main rails beneath the respective tread portions and on the base or course, passing through the block or filler 14. The bolts 1?, are preferably secured by the nuts 1.5 which after being properly seated are held against movement by ordinary cotter pins 16 pass ing through the bolts. The chair plate 1 is designed to rest upon s secured by ordinaryrail spikes 18 engaging said plate and the ties, the relatively inner edge of the plate being referably extended beyond the proximate or go of the base flange. of the main rails and formed with apertures 19 toreceive the particular spikes at this oint.

The construction described provides a rail brace and connection which is particularly effective in that it braces every portion of edge of the I V The brace l rail is secured to the chair plate 1 through the l base flanges and 'aeod ties l7, and be the rail, and is further of essentially economic construction in that any worn rails Will be effective in service as the brace rails, the sole requirement being the elimination of one brace flange extension and a slight redilation in the height of the tread or ball of such rail to avoid interfering with the passage of wheels which may be worn or grooved by use.

The construction described provides a support for the base flanges of the rails and also a lateral brace to prevent independent movement of the ball portions of the rails, whereby the meeting ends of the rails are in el'fect as rigid as any other ortion of the track.

Having thus (lescri ed the invention What is claimed as new, is:-

llncombination with the end portions of adjacent railway rails of usual construction comprising base. and treadportions and an intermediate web, a base plate underlying the rail ends and projecting upon opposite sides to engage and rest upon ties, and havin o enin s near one ed e a brace rail of D D 7 less height than the main rails and comprismg a web, a tread and an outer base flange inner lower portion of the brace rail having a longitudinal recess to receive the outer edge of the base portions of the main rails,

and having a lateral extension to overhang said. main rail base portions, filling pieces between the brace and main rails, a'fish plate arranged upon the opposite side of the main rails, bolts connecting the brace and main rails, the filling pieces and the fish plate, and spikes for securing the parts to the ties, one set of spikes passin through the openings of the base plate and operating by a Wed e action upon the adjacent base flange of tie main rails to force the opposite base flange into the said longitudinal recess and beneath the overhanging extension of the brace rail.

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

Roscoe L. ABERNATHY.

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