US965429A - Steel-rail joint. - Google Patents

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W. ARNDT.

V STEEL RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION rrnnn MAB. 7. 1910.

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WILLIAM ARNDT, OF GOSHEN, INDIANA.

STEEL-RAIL JOINT.

965,429. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 26, 1910. Application filed. March 7, 1910. Serial No. 547,869.

To all whom it may concern: thereby obviating the possibility of the Be it known that I, WILLIAM ARNDT, afianges of the wheels passing between the citizen of the United States, residing at faces of the meeting ends of the rails, should Goshen, in the county of Elkhart and State said rails slightly separate from contraction. 6o of Indiana, have invented certain new and It will likewise beseen that by making the useful Improvements in Steel-Rail Joints; elongated joint, as shown, a substantially and I do hereby declare the following to be continuous rail will be provided and the a full, clear, and exact description of the inusual pounding incident to the wheels passvention, such as will enable others skilled in ing over straight joints will be eliminated. 65 10 the art to which it appertains to make and The ends of the rails are secured together by use the same. introducing bolts 8 transversely through the My invention relates to new and useful integral fish plates and applying to the improvements in track rails and supporting threaded ends thereof nuts 9, which nuts are ties therefor and my object is to provide prevented from leaving the bolts by means 7o joints at the meeting ends of said rails, of split keys 10, which keys pass through whereby a splice will be formed between openings in the bolts and are seated in the rails. notches 11 in the outer faces of the nuts A further object is to so construct the and the bolt is prevented from rotating by meeting ends of the rails that the usual providing lugs 12 thereon, as best shown in 75 2 form of fish plate may be dispensed with. Fig. 3 of the drawings.

A further object is to provide means for The rails are secured in position on the securely attaching the rails to the ties, and, ties 1 by providing said ties with threaded a further object is to provide means for sockets 13, into which are introduced locking the rail securing mechanism to prethreaded stems 14 of rail securing bolts 15, so vent the same from working loose. said bolts being preferably T shaped and Other objects and advantages will be hereare adapted to overlapv the flanges of the inafter referred to and more particularly rails. As the upper faces of the flanges are pointed out in the specification and claims. inclined, the lower faces of the head of the In the accompanying drawings which are bolt are likewise inclined so that one sec- 85 made a part of this application, Figure 1 tion of the head will be firmly seated on the is a top plan view of a section of road way face of the flange when the head is turned showing my improved form of rail securing at right angles to the trend of the flange mechanism. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional and in order to prevent the bolt from turnview thereof, and, Fig. 3 is a transverse secing after the same has been seated in the 90 tional view through the rails and tie on an socket, one end of the head is provided enlarged scale. with an opening 16 through which extends Referring to the drawings in which simia split key 17, the lower end of the key lar reference numerals designate correspond entering a seat 18 in the tie and it will be ing parts throughout the several views, 1 readily seen that when the bolt is looked 95 indicates a tie, which is preferably conin engagement with the flange of the rails structed of metal and 2 and 3 indicate the and the key is introduced through the open rails rest-ing thereon. The meeting ends of ing in the bolt head and into its seat in the the rails are preferably out diagonally, as tie, said bolt will be held against rotation best shown at 4k in Fig. 1 so that when the until such. time as the key is removed. 100 meeting ends of the rails are joined together, In addition to engaging the rails with an elongated joint or splice will be formed. the bolts to hold the rails in position on The overlapping portions of the rails are the tie, the bases of the rails are entered increased in thickness to form integral fish in transversely disposed channels 19 eX plates 5 and 6, which is accomplished by tending across the face of the tie, thus pre- 105 increasing the thickness of the webs of the venting the rail from moving sidewise inderails, said thickened portions being slightly pendent of the tie. greater in length than the overlapping por- By securing the ends of the rails together tions of the ends of the rails. At the inner in the manner shown and providing the end of the thickened portions of the rails integral fish plates, the joint between the 110 are formed shoulders 7, against which the ends of the rails will be as solid as any outer ends of the rails are adapted to rest, other portion of the rails and by this arrangement, but one tie is required below the joint of the rail, thus saving the expense of an extra tie to properly support the ends of the rails.

This form of rail can be as cheaply produced as the common form of rail and the equipment can be supplied at a less cost in view of the fact that the fish plates are integral therewith and it will likewise be seen that the rails can be quickly applied to use and attached to the tie and said rails can be renewed at any time with a minimum expenditure of labor.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a tie having a transverse channel therein and a rail seated in said channel, said tie also having sockets therein; of bolts adapted to have threaded engagement with said sockets, a portion of the heads of said bolts being in engagement with said rail and the opposite portion thereof having openings therein, said tie being also provided with seats, and keys adapted to be inserted through said openings and have the ends thereof held within said seats, for the punpose described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with rails having their meeting ends disposed at an angle, fish plates integral with said meeting ends, bolts adapted to lock said meeting ends together, a tie adapted to extend below said meeting ends, said tie having sockets therein, T shaped bolts having their stems threaded to enter said sockets, one end of the heads of the bolts engaging the rails and means engaging the opposite ends of the bolt heads and the tie adapted to hold said bolts against rotation.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM ARNDT.

WVitnesses:

WILL I-I. ALEXANDER,

LoU W. VAIL.

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