US1285762A - Rail-joint. - Google Patents

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. y

TERRY F. MANLETYFOF ANDAIJTUSIALALABAMAT RAIL-J'GINT.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be-it known that 1, {PERRY MANLEY, a citizen-of the :United States, residingat Andalusia, in the county of Covington and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in :Rail- Joints, of whichthe followin israspecification, reference'being had to t e accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certainwimprovements in rail joints andit is an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved joint whereby bounding at the o nt as the rolling stock'passes thereover is substantially entirely eliminated.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved rail joint wherein the meeting ends of rails are maintained in assembled relation by means of a web block.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved rail joint including a web block coacting with the meeting ends of rails and wherein said meeting ends are rested upon a chair together with a hold ing member engageable with a tie or other support and coacting with both the block and the chair.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved rail joint whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that n1y invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary view partly in side elevation and partly in section illustrating a rail joint constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the joint as illustrated in Fig. 1 with the spikes also in section;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken through the joint as herein disclosed with the end of one of the rails in elevation; and

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of the fish plate or web block as herein included.

As disclosed in the accompanying draw- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 12, 1918.

Patented Nov. 26, 1913.

SeriakNo; 239,604.

upper ortop wall 2 of the opening is 311".

nanged-on-an upward andinward incline arranged on a predetermlned angle relatlve to thellongitudinalaxis of-therail R. The 11nner wall 3 of the opening 2 is substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall thereof.

4 denotes a fish plate arranged at one side of the meeting ends of the rails and resting upon the adjacent base flanges thereof and extending beyond said flanges and contacting with the longitudinal marginal portion of the chair C. The inner face of the fish plate 4 adjacent its lower longitudinal margin is provided with the inwardly directed block 6 having its bottom face straight for contact with the bottom walls of the openings 1 in the meeting ends of the rails R and the upper face of the block from its longitudinal center is inclined upwardly and outwardly toward the opposite ends of the blocks and on the same angle as the top walls 2 of the openings 1. By this arrangement the block 6 snugly fits within the openings 1 in the meeting ends of the rails and serves to effectively hold the same in assembled relation. The overlying portions of the fish plate 4 and the chair C are provided with the recesses 7 which are adapted to register when the chair C and the fish plate 4 are in assembled relation and said registering recesses 7 receive the 'shank of a spike 8 or other holding member engaged with the tie T. By this arrangement the chair C is held against creeping on the tie and said chair G and the meeting ends of the rails R are also effectively held against relative creeping movement.

Although not essential it is preferred that the tie T be provided with a transversely disposed groove or channel 9 to receive the chair C.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a rail joint constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

In a rail joint, the combination with the meeting ends of rails having open end slots in the webs thereof immediately adjacent the base flanges, the bottom wall of each of said openings being flat and the top walls of said openings being inwardly and upwardly inclined, a fish plate overlying corresponding faces of the meeting ends of the rails and provided at one side with a block,

the bottom face of the block being straight and the upper face of the olock being upwardly inclined from substantially its longitudinal center to its opposite end whereby said block snugly fits within the openings in the meeting ends of the rail When the fish plate is in applied position, and a chair upon which the meeting ends of the rail rest, the outer marginal portion of the fish plate and the adjacent marginal portion of the chair being provided with recesses adapted to register when the fish plate and chair are in applied position, and a holding member seating Within said registering recesses.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PERRY F. MANLEY. lVitnesses:

R. H. JONES, W. J. MERRILL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D, Gr

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