US95928A - Improved railway-rail chair - Google Patents

Description

am@ eine antrittl @time FREDERICK NIOKLIN, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND I 'REUBEN WILLIS, OF SAME PLACE.

Latas Patent No. 95,928, dated october 19, i869.

.IMPROVED RAILWAY-RAIL CHAIR.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK NICKLIN, of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Railroad-Chair and Coupling; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specication, in which- Figure l is a vertical cross-section of my improved chair, showing it applied to the rails.

Figure 2 is the same view as g.1,showug a slight modification ofthe chair.

Figure 3 is a top view, illustrating the application rolled with a flange or lip, forming a groove along one edge of its upper side, to receive the base-flange of the rail, as shown in figs. l and 2.

The part A is formed withV a longitudinal corrugation, a2, upon its under side, and also with an upwardly-projecting ange, as, along the outer edge of its other side, forming a longitudinal corrugation or groove beneath the other flange or" the rail.

B is the other part of the chair, which is formed with a flange or lip, b l, along its upper side, forming a groove to receive the ange of the rail.

vIhe lower side of the part B is so formed as to lit over the grooved part a of the part A, and, with a downwardly-projecting flange, to enter the groove of the said .part A, as shown in figs. l and 2.

O is a wedge,which is formed in two parts, tapering in opposite directions, asI shown in g. 3, so that when driven into the groove or corrugation of the part A, between the flanges a and b2, the parts A and B may be bound closely together, clamping the ends of the rails securely between them.

The outer edges of the parts of the wedges C may be bevelled oli", as shown intig. 1.

The adjacent edges of the parts of the wedge O, near one end, may be notched, as shown `in ig. 3, so that when driven in tightly, a nail or other square piece of iron may be inserted in the said notches, so 'as to securely lock the wedge C in place, and prevent the possibility of its working out or loose.

If desired, the anges a and b2 may be widened, so as to meet each other when the parts of the chair are driven vinto place, and clamp the rails, without the interposition of the wedge O, as shown in tig. 2.

The chair or coupling A B should be about eight inches long, or about the length of an ordinary chair.

This construction allows the parts of the chair to be rolled when desired, so that the chair maybe rolled or cast, as may be most convenient. A

Having thus described my invention,

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A railroad-chair in two parta-whose internal faces are shaped as described, in combination with two keys, with reversed inclinations on their 'coincident sides', the said elements being tted together, as and for the purpose specified.

W'itnesses: FREDERICK NIOKLIN.

JOHN lYnr'ro, REUBEN WILLIS.

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