US173541A - Improvement in railroad-rail joints - Google Patents

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G. N. HQDGDON.

RAILROAD RAIL-JOINT.

No.173,541, Patented Feb.15,1a7e.

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IMPROVEMENT IN RAILRDAD-RAIL JOINTS.A

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173,541, dated February 15, 1876;

I November 6, 1875.

To all whom it may concern 'Be it known that l, GEoRGE N. HoDeDoN, of Enfield, Grafton county, New Hampshire, have invented a new and Improved Rail-Joint, of which the following is a specification:

The accompanying' drawing represents a top view of' my improved rail-joint.

The object of my invention is to provide an j improved joint for the meeting ends of rails,

-so that the battering of the same and the wear and tear of the rolling-stock are diminsteady support at the joints provided.

The invention consists in placing the rail ends'on longitudinal sleepers, which are, at a suitable distance from the joint, connected to the lateral ties, the rails being attached by Wood-screws to the sleepers and braces in lateral direction near the joint.

In the drawing, A are railway-rails, which are, at their joints, placed on longitudinal sleepers B, to which the rail ends are securely fastened by wood-screws a, applied to both sides of the rails. Two or three cross-ties at both sides of the joint are taken out to providefor the sleepers. The' spreading of the track on the sleepers is prevented by two lateral iron rods, connecting the rails, and passing through the iish-plate of the joints, dispensing with the bolts of the saine. cross-ties C, at both ends of the sleepers B, are

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application nie'd placed close up to the same, and attached to the sleepers, it' desired, furnishing with them a continuous bearing-of considerable length,

in place of the narrow bea-ring of the common cross-ties under the joints. The support given to the rail at both sidesof the joints resists more effectually the uneven pressure of the rollin g-stock, and provides a steadier rail-joint, that is less exposed to the bat-tering action of the wheels, and, in return, exerts a less injurious inluenceI on the rolling-stock.

`The cost for repairs of rails and stock is thereby reduced by a simple joint-support, Y which is less expensive and simpler than the GEORGE NAYLOE HoDeDoN.

Witnesses: j JAMES F. BRYANT, A. C. FIEIELD.

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