USRE12074E - Rail-joint - Google Patents

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PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY B, NIGHOLSAND CONSTANTINE'B. VOYNOWrOF PHILADELPHIA,

` 5 PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Reissuea Letters ratent No. 12,'o74,dated January 27, A1903. Original No. 673,649', dated May 7, 1901'. Application for reissue led .Tulyv 26, 1902. Serial No. 117,090.

To all wwm/ it muy concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY B. NICHOLS" andCoNsTAN'rINE B. VoYNow, citizens of the United States, residingat Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Penusylrail-sections incidenty to the passage of a carl f or traic thereover.

.The principal object of our invention is to provide a comparatiyely'simple,durable, and perfect joint for the meeting ends of rail-sections to insure unbroken continuity of the abutting or joined rail-sections, and thus to prevent relative movement of said joined rails incident to the passage'of cars over the same, thereby prolonging thevlife of the rail ends and lessening noise and jar, as well as wear and `tear on the rolling-stock.

Heretofore fish-plates rolled, forged, or cast to conformto the outline of the sides of the Y rail were bolted or riveted on each side of the rails, and the contact of such plateswith the foot, underhead, and tram was relied upon' to maintain the relative position of the rails; but in practice it has been foundthat rolled v or even machined fish-plates would not give the required contact to form a continuous support to the rail, because invariablywhen fish-plates were bolted or riveted onto-the rail the contact, which is the essence of the rail-joint, was only established at certain points and in course of time would either rust away, due to moisture or other extraneous causes, orbe hammered away under continual pounding of the rolling-stock and other in- According to our invention these objectionable features are obviated by the employment of a substance or metallic material, which when introduced in a luid-state'into the space provided therefor will fill up and harden therein, and thus compensate for irregularities existing in both the rail-sections and fish-plates, thereby providing a continuous and perfect 4support for the rail-sections.

Our invention, stated in general terms, con- -sists of a railand fish plate or plates or channels contacting with or abutting against the web of the rail and a suitable liner interposed inA a fluid state between said sh plate. or

plates and said rail adapted to fill the spaces,

so as to become practicallya continuous support for the rail-sections at the contiguous meeting ends of such rail-sections, and the ''sh plate or plates. suitably bolted, riveted,

or otherwise' secured to the joined or abutting rail-sections.

The nature and'scope of our present inven? tion will be more fully understood from the1 suitable substance or material interposed between the rail-sections and the fish-plates or channels and filling the space provided for the same adjacent the-web; and Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of two meeting rail-sections, showing our invention` in application f thereto, as illustrated in Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings, A is the rail, of any well-known construction.

B represents sh-plates or channels abut-- of the plates or channels and the rail-sections4 for the purpose of introducing a suitable substance to take the place in the lling up of the spaces of the metal contacts of the plates or channels-at the said points with the railsections.

b is aliner consisting of metallic or other material interposed ina fluid state betweenthe rails and the fish-plates or channels in anyl preferred manner by pouring the same .thrqugh spaces provided therefr in @hess-h'- rplates or channels, `thereby to provide for any irregularities due to the rolling of the rails and shplates, and thustoform a`couti'nufor the rail-sections.

ous and perfect support for the same. This` liner may consist o f zinc,'.spelter, type or Babbitt metal` or the like, or it may consist of other materials, such as sulfur or the like.

Inthe lower portions of the {ish-plates or channels may be provided openings on each sidefor the introduction of the liner betweenthe base of .the rail and the spaces' formed by the fish-plates or ,channelsI insposition in their abutment against the web of the rails riveted, bolted, or otherwise secured thereto, this sub# stance 0r material filling up entirely the sp'acesaud making thereby a perfect snpportl Having described our inventi'om'what we claim as new, and'desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is. l

1. A rail-joint comprising contiguous 'rail-.

sections, alish plate or plates con necting said sections, anda suitable liner interposed vin a iinid state between said fish plate or plates and said rail-sections. f

2. A rail-joint comprising two contiguous rail-sections, {ish-plates or channels contacting withor abutting against thewebs of said sections -and a suitable liner interposed in a molten state between said fsh-platesor channels and said rail-sections '3. A rail-jointfcomprising contiguous rail-l sections, a tish plate or' plates connecting said sections, anda suitable linerinterposed in a.`

channel formed between a -portion of said fish plate or plates and an adjacent'iange of said y rail-sections.

V4. A railjoint comprising two contiguous rail-sections, .'sh-plates or channels contacting with or abutting against the webs of said sections' anda suitable liner interposed between the upper and lower dan ges of said fishplates or channels and said rail-sections.

5. A rail-joint comprisingrail-sections abutting against each other, fish-plates or chaunels suitably secured to the webs of said rails and a metal liner interposed between the ianges of said plates or channels and said rail-sections, and forming a support for the angedportions of said railsections with said 6; Arail-joiu-t'col'nprising contguousrailsections, fishplates ,or channels Vabutting against said sections, said fish-plates or channels riveted or bolted to the web portions olf` said rail-sections and a linerconsisting of a l Huid substance or material, such aszinc,

spelter, type or Babbitt metal or the like poured bctweenvsaid plates and. rail-sections said rail-sections with said fish-plates.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names in the presence of two sub? scribing witnesses.

HENRY B. `NICHOLS. vvCONSTANTINE B..VOYNOW. Witnesses: e Gino. B. TAYLOR,

FRANCIS HEAD.

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