US985572A

US985572A - Rail-joint.

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Publication number: US985572A
Application number: US59987810A
Authority: US
Inventors: John Cusick
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1910-12-29
Filing date: 1910-12-29
Publication date: 1911-02-28
Anticipated expiration: 1928-02-28

Description

J. CUSICK.

RAIL'IJOINT. l APPLICATION ILED DEO. 29, 1910.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

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fronting ends of two rails; second, to obviate the necessity of using bolts and nuts as a fastening means for the confronting ends lof rails; third, to provide a rail joint that can be easily and quickly installed without the use of skilled labor, and fourth, to accomplish the above results by a joint that is simple in construction, durable, and highly elicient for the purposes for which it is intended.

I attain the above objects by a mechanical construction that will be hereinafter specificallyv described and'then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein y Figure 1 is a perspective View of the rail joint, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a` detached connecting member, Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the rail joint,l partly broken away and partly in section, and, Fig. l is an end View of the same.

Thexeonnecting member of the rail joint comprises two splice bars l and these bars intermediate the ends thereof are formed integral with a rail section 2 corresponding in 'cross section to a rail section protruding above the splice bars and the base flanges thereof protruding ontwardly from the lower edges of the splice bars." The ends of the splice bars 'l are provided with lateral flanges 3, said flanges' rail, the head of the l Specification of Letters atent. PaQM-,e p, 28, 1911i, Application filed December 29, 1910. Serial No. 599,878

4extending outwardly from the outer sides of the bars 1 and having the outer upper edges thereofprovided with recesses l adapted to receive the heads 5 of spikes 6 driven into ties 7 for retaining the coniiecting member upon said tics.

The rails to be held by the connecting member are designated 8 and these rails are adapted to have the ends thereof confront the rail section with the splice bars 1 brac- A ing the sides of the rails 8 and` the flanges 3' of said bars extending over the base flanges of the rails 8.

The connecting member is made of metal similar to the rails S and is adapted to form a bridge between the ends of the rails S and thereby provide practically a continuous tread for rolling stock upon said rails.

y What I claim is In a rail joint, the combination with ties and rails adapted to be supported by said ties, of a connecting member interposed between the ends of said rails and comprising splice bars, a rail section connecting` said splice bars intermediate the ends thereof and having the head of said section protruding above the upper edges of said splicel bars and the base flanges of said section protruding outwardly from the lower edges of said bars, lateral flanges arranged at the ends of said splice bars and adapted to extend over the base flanges of the rails between said splice bars, said lateral flanges having recesses formed therein, and means engaging` in said recesses and adapted to retain said connecting member and thel rails connected thereby upon said ties, substantiallu.` as described.

ln testimony whereof l ailiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN CUSCK.

Witnesses lL-ix H. SiioLovrrz, Grassi' T. Hoon.