US950587A - Rail-joint. - Google Patents

Description

B. WOLHAUPTER. RAIL JOINT.

' APIL'IOATION Minn FEB. 21, 1908. 950,587.

Patented Mar. 1,1910.

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BENJAMIN WOLHAUPTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE RAIL JOINT COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

RAILJOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

latented Mar. It, 191%..

Application filed February 21, 1968. Scriat. N2. 117,116.

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This invention relates to the subject. of i railway 'ail joints, and has novel and practical improvements which provide for the suspension of thcrails in such a manner that the same are held firmly supported out: of contact at the bottom with the base section of the joint structure wherein the port the rails at the bottom.

Further, the invention not only provides a construction in'which the rail is supported by the joint parts without the ail bearing on the vbase of the joint, but also provides means for securely clamping the rails in po sition and holding them against lateral or vertical movement ii'idcpendent oi the joint.

A general object of the invention is to provide thoroughly pended-rail rail-joints which application to ditterent tratlic requirements, and ditierent ra l-sections,

but in all instances providing for suspending the rails i in a way to secure a maximum bracing ettect therefor, while at; the same time supporting the rails outof contactwith the main supporting base of the joint, and evenly distribnting the load from the top heads of the rails through the side the joint to the supporting base of the latter.

With these and other objects in view, which will readily appear to those familiar with the art as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed. I

practical forms of susare capable of in view certain joint, thus providing a oints do not sup- 1 joint. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of another nioditication of the joint constructeit in accordance with the present invention. Fig. l a cross sectional view of a further modification of the invention embodied in a joint of the general. lYeber type. Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view of a modification of the joint similar in general features to the construction shown in Fig. a l, but embodying a spiral spring compensating washer substi tuted for the tiller and arranged around each bolt between the channel bar and. the up standing girder or side bar of the joint chair. l igs. 6 and 7 are sectional views of ditlerent designs of the improved construction of joint T illustrating the same supplied with suitable elements or parts of the side of the joint opposite the insulation to provide insulated rail joints.

Liltc references designate i-i-n'respo'iding parts in the several tigures oi the diaiwings. The improved st ucture as mnbodied i a rail joint of the general YUUQL t -qpc, well exemplified by the l ili'lti of joint illustrated in l igs. l and L of the drawings. The joint shown in these figures of the drawings enibodies iii its general organization the service rails 1 and 2, a joint chair 3, a wooden tiller block 4-, and a side angle bar arranged at filler block.

The said service rails 1 and 2 are illustrated 1 as being of a conventional type, that. is, provided with the head t), the bottom flange i, and the intermediate connecting web S.

The form of joint chair 3 illustrated is of the design usually employed in the otion type of rail joints, and essz-iiitiall comprises a .llltllll supporting base 9 arranged horizontally beneath the rails, and an upstanding girder 10 preferably formed integrally with the has-e it and arising therefrom at one side edge so as to be disposed at one side of the rails and thereby constitute one oi the side i invention, the tiller As above indicated, the essential features 1 of the invention involved in the central thought of the suspension of the rails out of contact with the supporting base, is necessarily susceptible to a wide range of structural modification, but a few of the preferred embodiments of the the aceon'ipanying drawings, in which,-

Figure l. is a sectional perspective view of a rail joint. of the general \Vebcr type, einbodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a invention are shown in bars of the joint. .tccording to the present block -1- is interposed between the upstanding girder or side bar it),

, and one side of the rail, and i1- also adapted Z to register in the iishing iaces ot the rails block 4 is provided at its inner so as to provide a substantial brace therefor, as well as a definite point of support upon which the rails are suspended. in this con nectiou, it will be observed that the tiller upper corner l with a bearing portion 11 engaging beneath the heads (3 of the rails, and in a correspond mg position at its inner lower corner the lOO said tiller block is prolonged at its bottom to form a bottom supporting foot 13 disposed at one side oi? the bottom flange 7 of the rails and resting directly on the upper side of the main supporting base 9 of the joint.

The side angle bar is arranged similarly to the filler block -l, that is, the said angle bar is formed at its upper edge with the bearing head 141. engaging beneath the rail heads 6, and at its lower edge is formed with the inclined bearing foot engaging against the upper side oi. the flanges 7 of the rails. also, the said side angle bar 5 has depending from its lower bearing foot 15 a supporting foot-flange l6 resting directly on the upper side of the main supporting base 9 ot' the joint. it will thus be seen that by -arranging the rails 1 and 2 with their hot tomsout of contact with the supporting base" 9 of the joint, the said rails will be held sus-' pended in such position upon the upper hearing points of the side elements 1; and 5 of the joint, and by reason of the registering tit of the said elements in the fishing spaces at both sidesof the rails, the latter Wlll be so' curely braced. and thereby firmly held in the said suspended position. I

The rail joint just described is completed by the employment of the usual series of joint bolts 1'4,

iiiinother modification of the invention is suggested by the illustration oi. Fig. 8 of the dawings, wherein the joint has combined with the upstanding jgirder or bar 1Q a channel bar 18. This channel bar shown as provided with upper and lower bearing portions 19 and 20, which respectively enbeneath the rail heads 6 and upon the upper sidesfof the rail flanges 7 in the usual Way, but a distinctive feature of the mods fication, shown in Fig. 3 is that of providing; the channel bar 18 at its top edge with an tnitturned horizontally arranged hanger flange 21 which ovcrhai-igs and rests directly upon the girder or side bar 10, thus pro using a suspension for the rails upon said girder 10 through the interposition of the channel bar 18, and to secure a maxinuun bracing ei'lect, the lower bearing portion or foot of the channel. bar 18 may be providcd with. an abutment end or extension 22 which has a. direct abutting engagementwilh the girder or side bar 10. This construction secures a very rigid and compact lit for the parts, while at the same tin'iead initting of adjustment, and also providing definite means for the suspension of the rails out'of contact with the main supporting base.

in the design of joint illustrated in Fig.

1 of the drawings, there is embodied substantially the same elements and structural relation of parts as employed in the construction shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings,

but in addition thereto, the modification shownin Fig. 4; of the drawings includes in its general organizat on a wooden or equivalent filler block 23 which is held clamped between the channeled side of the bar 18 and the inner side of the girder or bar 10. Furthcrmore, in this form of the invention, (viz: that shown in Fig. 4) there is also suggested the feature of providing the oil contact with the base'section of the joint chair.

A further detail of construction that may i be resorted to in carrying out the present invention, is suggested in Fig. 5 of the drawings. For illustrative purposes, there is shown in this figure a joint embodying substantially the same general features as disclosed in F ig. 4, but involving the idea of omitting the filler 23 and substituting in place thereof a spiral spring con'ipensating' Washer 26 for each bolt. Each of tllGSl' 'ashers 26 preferably consists of a short spi 'al section of stoutspring metal placed around the bolt and interposed between the channel ha and the upright girder or bar 10 of the joint chair, and having a bearing against these elc1nents,all of which is plainly shown in saidl igo of the drawings.

To further exemplify the adaptation of the present invention to various jointsembodying differently designed and arranged elements, and also to show the applicability of the improvement to the standard joints aswell as to joints of the insulated type, reference is. made to Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings. From those figures of the drawings, it will be apparent that iii order to adapt the invention to insulated rail joints, this may be done in a practical and th0roughly'efl'ective manner by simply combining with joint members such as already described, any suitable or conventional insulation for insulating the metallic joint parts from the rails. For instance, Fig, 6 of the drawings illustrates the design of joint in Figs. 1 and 2 insulated by simply interposing between the side angle bar 5 and the adjacent sides of the rails a sheet 27 of insulating material. Also, for'purposcs of safeguarding the insulation there may be utilized in this adaptation of the invention, the insulating expedient of associating with the heads and nuts of the joint bolts the conventional bolt insulation which includes the usual insulating washers 28, and the in sulating sleeves or bushings 29 for the bolt holes in the joint bars. In connection with served that the wooden filler block 4: provides proper cent sides of the rail; and, furthermore, in this, as well as in other designs of insulated joints embodying the invention, the insula tion of one rail from the other is preferably completed by interposing the ordinary insulating end post between the i'neeting ends of the rails.

In the form of insulated joint shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings, there is shown the same design of joint as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, supplied with suitable insulation to provide a thoroughly practical insulated rail joint. In this adaptation of the invention, it is simply necessary to interpose side insulating sheets 30 between the rails and the said side and channel bars 5 and 18 respectively, and equip the end portions of the bolts with suitable bolt insulation such as shown in Fig. 6. 7

Other modifications and adaptations can be resorted to, and it will therefore be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without. departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

and sutticient insulation between the upright girder 10 and the ad a- 1 I claim: 1. The combination, in a railjoint, of the z rails, a joint chair having a base plate ar ranged out of contact with the rail bottoms, this form of the invention, it will be oban angle bar engaging beneath the rail heads at one side of the rails and having a support from its lower edge on said base plate, and other rail-heud-engaging means opposite the angle bar and also supported from the joint chair to combine with the angle bar to' suspend the rails from their heads and contact with the base plate.

2. The combination, in a rail joint, of the rails, a joint chair having a base plate and an upright member along one'edge of the out of latter, said plate being arranged out of contact with the rail bottoms, an angle bar, en- 7 gaging beneath the rail heads at one side of the rails and having a support from its lower edge on said base plate, and a side joint element fitting the fishing spaces at the side opposite the angle bar and having a supporting engagement with the underside of 'the rail heads and supported from said upright member, said angle bar and said side joint element combining to suspend the rails from their headsand out of contact with the base plate.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. BENJAMIN \VOLHAUPTER. \Vitnesses:

\VALTER'S. OGILVY, K. MCNALLY.

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