US394761A - Railway-rail joint - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

G. F. GAGE.

RAILWAY RAIL JOINT.

Patented Dec. 18, 1888.

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GEORGE F. GAGE, OF HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILWAY-RAIL JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,761, dated December 18, 1888.

Application filed August 13, 1888, Serial No. 282,494. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. GAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Huntingdon, in the county of Hunting-don and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway- Rail Joints; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in that class of railroadjoints in which the bolts and nuts are dispensed with, and in which the fish-plates are dividedthat is, the plate on each side of the rail is separate and independent of that upon the opposite side.

The object of the invention is to provide a strong, cheap, andeffective rail-joint, to dispense with the necessity of piercing the rails, which piercing tends to weaken the rail, and to provide a strong brace for the rails at curves.

To the above ends and to such others as the invention may pertain the same consists in the peculiar combinations and in the novel construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fullyhereinafterdescribed, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same in a vertical plane passing through the spikes at one end of the plates. Fig. 3 is a like section through one of the brackets employed at the curves. Fig. 4 is a detail partly in section and partlyin side elevation.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the ends of adjoining railway-rails of any well'known or approved construction. These rails are provided at the edge of the base thereof with notches a, designed to receive the spikes which are employed to secure them to the cross-ties, as will be apparent from the description later on. Arranged one upon each side of these rails are the plates B, formed with a vertical portion, 1), of sufficient height to just go under the tread of the rails and beveled on their upper edges, so as to snugly embrace the lower face of said tread. This forms a very strong bearing. The plates are secured to the cross-ties in any suitable manner, preferably by means of spikes c, which pass through openings provided therefor in the flange of the plates and engage the notches in the edges of the base of the rails. Thus the rails have a bearing at all points and are braced against strain in all directions. I

Around curves I employ the brackets D, which are formed with a base portion, cl, provided with suitable holes to receive the securing-spikes, with an inclined portion, d,-which fits the inclined portion of the plate B, and with a vertical portion, (P, which has a broad bearing against the vertical portion of the plate B and against the vertical portion of the rail. These brackets are hollowed out slightly on their under side, as shown at e, to provide room for the heads of the spikes that secure the plates to the cross-ties. This serves to protect the spikes, to prevent their being drawn by malicious persons, and to prevent their jarring out, for, by the construction shown, the said spikes cannot be taken out until after the brackets have been removed.

The peculiar form of the bracket provides a very strong brace, the inclined portion being intcgral with the base, and the vertical portion, having a large bearing against the vertical portion of the plate, serves to make a very efficient means of preventing displacement of any of the parts.

Vhat I claim is 1. The combination, with the adjacent ends of two adjoining rails, of the plates arranged one upon each side of said rails opposite the joint therein and the brackets secured to the cross-ties and formed with a base portion bearing against the edge of said plates, and with an inclined portion havinga flat bearing on the inclined portionof the plates, and at the upper end formed with an enlarged vertical portion parallel with and bearing against cured lo the 1,105 and embracing Said plates,

and formed. with l1 ')llo\\'(:(l-o11t portions 6 on the under lac-o of said brackets over said Spikes, substantially as shown, and for the purpose specified.

In tesiin'iony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE l GAGE.

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