US929929A - Rail. - Google Patents

Description

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RAIL.

APPLICATION FILED APB. 22.1909.

Patented Aug. 3

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UNITED PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE FLESSA, OF RAWHIDE, NEVADA, rASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO GEORGE COLL, OF

TONOPAH, NEVADA.

RAIL.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. `3, 1909.

Application filed April 22, 1909. Serial No. 491,416.

To all 11i/omit may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE FLEssA, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Raw hide, in the county ot Esmeralda and State of Nevada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rails, ot which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in continuous rails.

The object of my invention is to provide a .rail in which any pounding oit' the wheels passing over the same is absolutely eliminated.

A further object of my .invention is to provide a rail const-ructed so as to more firmly receive the wheels passing over the same and thus guard against slipping of the wheels.

lilith these and other' objects in view, the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly7 pointed out in the claims, it being understood that changes in the specii'ic structure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claims without de- Viarting from the spirit ot the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the rail embodying` my invention, Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view, Fig. 3 discloses an end view of one of the intermediate tread members, Fig. 4t shows an enlarged detached end view of the outer tread bar or member, Fig. 5 shows an enlarged detached detail of the inner edge tread bar or memb er, Fig. 6 shows an end view ot' a modification.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 5 represents the base of a rail, G the web and 7 the enlarged head provided with the longitudinally disposed rectangular seat or channel 8. The channel 8 is not quite in 45 thecenter of the head so that the outer edge -ot' the rail head 4l is thicker than the inner rail head 3 as disclosed. The inner rail head portion 3 is provided with a plurality of openings 9 which are threaded to receive a screw 13 as disclosed.

The rail sections in my invention are connected by means of fish plates, the outer fish plates comprising the lower web portion 2 and the upper liange portion 11 while the inner fish plate 3 is provided with a head 12 which extends upward a considerable distance beyond the web of the rail as disclosed.

rlhe channel within the rail head 7 is preterably rectangular as disclosed and is adapted to removably receive a plurality of tread bars or members marked 17, 18 and 20 in the drawings.

As shown in the drawings, the member 17 is positioned within the channel 8 along the outer edge of the rail while the member marked 1S is positioned along the innerwedge of the channel, the member 20 being interposed between the two end members in the manner disclosed. These members are all made of strips of metal which are bent yupon themselves to form a double thickness. As shown in Fig. 8 the intermediate members 2O are of like thickness. hese members end in the `tlat lower edge 21 and the upper rounded edge Each portion is further provided with a kerf 22 upon one side and a rib 2a upon the opposite side, this rib and kert being formed in indenting the plate either before or after the same has been folded.

The two edge members forming the tread of my rail, are also made of sheet metal bent double but the two equal portions are of one equal thickness as disclosed in Figs. et and ln Fig. et the outer edge member 17 is shown as having the inner portion 17 considerably thinner than the major portion 17, these two portions 17 and 17 ending in the straight edge 21 at one end and the rounded or curved portion 25 at the upper or oppo* site end. The major portion 17 is provided with the kerf 22 though its opposite side is perfectly vHat as disclosed, while the minor .portion 17 is indented to provide the kert 24 upon one side, and the V-shaped rib 2.3 upon the opposite side. The opposite edge tread member as used in my rail comprises the major portion 18 having an indentation to provide the kerf 24 upon one side and the rib 23 upon the opposite side, this rib seating within the kerf of the opposite member 18 which is considerably thinner than the maj or portion as disclosed. This thinner portion 18 is also indented to provide the rib and kerf as disclosed. The set screws 13 are so positioned that their conical points 17 will snugly work into the kerf 24 of the inner edge tread members 18 as is disclosed in the drawings. As disclosed in the transverse view, these tread barsor members project beyond the upper edge of the rail head. These tread bars or members are made of any suitable material and if desired may be used in layer formation sol that felts or even wooden strips could be interposed between the intermediate members 20 to act as a sound-deadening device for instance. As the curved or rounded edges 25 of these tread members are the portions that receive the wheels, the top or tread of the rail is provided with a plurality of longitudinally disposed channels. In sanding the track the sand will of course lie within these tracks and offer much firmer contactforming surface than if the rail were smooth.

In assembling` the tread members care is taken that the end of one set of connected members comes between the end of the adjacent set so that the united upper surface presents an unbroken tread to the wheels.

The assembled edge and intermediate tread members are of such a width that they will snugly lit into the channel 8. After these members have been properly seated the set screws 13 are advanced to securely hold them in position. This construction of course permits the tread members to be removed at ijny time without disturbing the rail mein- In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the rail is in the form of a base 30 having the two similar upstanding franges 31 and 32 and between these flanges are held the tread members 33. The wheels used in connection with the modification would be without flanges and would wedge between the upstanding flanges 31 and 32 of the tread-holding member 30.

While I have described the members as being made of metal strips folded double, it should be understood that separate bars may be used, and as a matter of factin certain eases such a construction may be the preferred form, and

I-Iaving thus described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A rail having an enlarged longitudinally channeled head and a plurality of hori- Zontally disposed threaded side openings within said head, said threaded openings communicating with said channel, an edge tread member comprising a strip doubled upon itself and comprising a fixed member having a longitudinally disposed V-shaped kerf and a thinner member extended to provide a V-shaped rib upon one side and a V-sliaped kerf upon the opposite, a second edge tread member comprising a strip doubled upon itself and being indented to provide a kerf upon one side and a rib upon the opposite and a plurality of intermediate tread members each comprising a sheet metal section bent upon itself and indented to provide registering kerfs upon one side and registering ribs upon the opposite, said combined members being of a thickness to snugly fit into said channel, and means to hold said members in each of said channels.

2. The combination with a rail having a longitudinal channel within its head, of screws entering said channel, and a plurality of metal strips bent double, each strip hav ing a lengthwise positioned indentation to provide a kerf upon one side and a proj ecting rib upon the other, said screws registering with said kerf.

3. The combination with a rail having a longitudinal channel within its head, of screws entering said channel, a plurality of metal strips bent double, each strip having a lengthwise positioned indentation to provide a kerf upon one side and a projecting rib upon the other, said screws registering with said kerf and an edge strip bent double and provided with a smooth face upon one side and a kerf upon the other.

l. The combination of a rail having a loni gitudinal channel within its head, cf screws entering said channel, a plurality of metal strips bent double, each strip having a lengthwise positioned indentation to provide a kerf upon one side and a projecting rib upon the other, said screws registering with said kerf, an edge strip comprising a thick and a thin section bent double, said thick section having a smooth face upon one side and a kerf upon the other.

5. The combination with a rail having a longitudinal channel within its head, of screws entering said channel, a plurality of metal strips bent double, each strip having a lengthwise positioned indentation to provide a kerf upon one side and a projecting rib upon the other, said screws registering with said kerf, an edge strip comprising a thick and a thin section bent double, said thick section having a smooth face upon one side and a kerf upon the other, said thin section being indented to provide a kerf upon one side and a rib upon the other.

G. The combination with a rail having a longitudinal channel within its head, of screws entering said channel, a plurality of metal strips bent double each having a lengthwise positioned indentation to provide a kerf upon one side and a projecting rib upon the other, said screws registering with Said kerf, an edge strip comprising a thick l other, all of said strips projecting beyond l0 und a thin Section bent double said thick l the head of Said rail.

Section having a smooth face upon one side i In testimony whereof I ax my signature, lnd u kerf upon the other, said thin section in presence of two Witnesses.

nenv' indented to Qrovde a kerf u on one l side t,and a rib upod the other, and apseoond GEORGE FLESSA' head strip comprising a thick and a thin! fitnessesz member each member being indented to pro- GEORGE COLL, Vide a kerf upon one side und :1 rib upon the l J. PETERSON.

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